Bach: Complete Organ Works Vol.3

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*** Résumé en anglais seulement ***The organ loomed large from early on in Bach s life. The foundations of his multifaceted career as a professional musician were clearly laid on the careful cultivation of Bach s prodigious talent as an organist whilst he was still a child. Johann Sebastian Bach was born in Eisenach in 1685, and after the death of his father- the director of municipal music in the town- at the age of ten moved to Ohrdruf, where he was taken in by his eldest brother, Johann Christoph. Christoph was the organist at St. Michael s Ohrdruf and had been taught by Pachelbel. During his years at Ohrdruf, the young Sebastian was a choral scholar and likely had his first experiences in organ building and maintenance. in 1700 he moved to Luneburg, as a choral scholar at St. Michael s School; this move brought him into the orbit of many organists, including Georg Bohm and Adam Reinken in Hamburg. 1703 found him examining a new organ at the New Church in Arnstadt, where he was appointed as organist in August of that year, remaining for four years, his first major professional organist post. Cearly showing remarkable talent as a player from an early age, Bach s career remained founded upon the organ even as he moved around in a variety of posts after leaving Arnstadt in 1707. David Goode is Organist at Eton College, combining this post with a flourishing performing career. A music scholar at Eton, and then organi scholar at King s College, Cambridge, he studied organ with David Sanger and in Amsterdam with Jacques van Oortmerssen. Of his previous Bach album, The Times wrote: One of Britain s finest organists puts the 1714 organ in Freiberg Cathedral through its paces... An exemplary introduction.