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Currently listening to, Mythical Records "Odyssey of rapture vol. 2"

Odyssey of Rapture vol. 2

 

Currently listening to Mythical Records "odyssey of rapture"

http://www.mythicalrecords.com/discography/odysseyofrapture2.html

 

Currently listening to Mythical Records "Odyssey of Rapture vol. 2"

 

Serge Schoonbroodt playing Sweelinck's Fantasia Chromatica

 

Christiaan Teeuwsen BWV 566 on the Bader organ 1639 Zutphen

 

Gustav Leonhardt Goldberg Variation no. 25 and excerpt of ricercar a 6(Musical Offering) from the film Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach

 

a couple items from youtube

Daniel Roth playing BuxWV 140(excerpt) - title of video is Saint-Sulpice organ, tribute concert to Marie-Claire Alain
His playing begins at the 1 minute 30 second mark

Saint-Sulpice organ, Daniel Roth plays Sweelinck Chromatic Fantasia

 

Petros Paukkunen playing Sweelinck Fantasia Crommatica at Stellwagen organ Stralsund Germany (youtube)

Irene De Ruvo - Sweelinck Fantasia Chromatica (youtube)

These are my two favorite performances of this piece that I've come across. As far as the Schoonbroodt Fantasia Chromatica which I listed earlier, ultimately I just don't like the tempo he uses at the beginning. I find it too slow, interrupting flow.

 

Kevin Bowyer - Ricercare in 6 voices organo pleno (youtube)

Sebastian Heindl - BWV 546 (youtube)

 

Kenneth Gilbert - 3 part sinfonia no. 5 in e flat major

Helmut Walcha - sarabande from French Suite no. 1

Helmut Walcha - BWV 552 fugue (first recording)

Masaaki Suzuki - BWV 849 fugue

 

opening chorus of Bach's Saint Matthew Passion - Karl Richter's first (1958) as well as Karl Munchinger's

 

Mogens Wöldike - opening chorus of Bach's Saint Matthew Passion

I think that, for my taste, this is maybe the best recording of this piece that I've ever heard.

 

Wolfgang Gönnenwein - opening chorus of Bach's Saint Matthew Passion - like this a lot, even more than the Wöldike

Bernard Roberts - a number of selections from the Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1, including BWV 849 - I like the relatively self-effacing approach. I like the tempo on the BWV 849 fugue and BWV 853 fugue.

Helmut Walcha - BWV 552 fugue (2nd, Alkmaar), BWV 565 (mono), BWV 849 fugue (1st and 2nd)

Marie-Claire Alain - BWV 538 (2nd)

Harald Vogel - BuxWV 140 (Schnitger organ)

 

Richard Egarr - BWV 849 and BWV 867

John Williams - prelude from Bach's lute suite in e major

 

Glen Wilson - BWV 849

 

Peter Watchorn - BWV 849

 

Of the BWV 849 recordings that I've been listening to, Helmut Walcha's first, Masaaki Suzuki (I really like the harpsichord he plays), and Bernard Roberts are my favorites.

 

1960 Fritz Reiner performance with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra of Rimsky-Korsakov 'Scheherazade' on Chesky vinyl.
Fantastic performance - stunning sound stage and transients.

Caron.

 

Now,I listened to Roussel Symphony no 2.

 

Günther Ramin - opening chorus of Matthew Passion (1941) - great drive and energy

Ramin's recording, along with the Mauersberger and Münchinger recordings, are my current favorites for this piece. The balance between the voices in the Gönnenwein doesn't seem to be as good.

Christopher Herrick - BWV 552 fugue - great forward momentum on a nice sounding organ

Bernard Roberts - BWV 874