Bach, J S: Chorale Prelude BWV1085 'O Lamm Gottes, unschuldig'

Volume 7 of Margaret Phillips’ on-going and critically-acclaimed cycle of the complete organ works of JS Bach Two CD set at ‘two-for-one’ price, each disc is a self-contained recital.

This set features two very different instruments by two of the finest organ builders of Bach’s time, both beautifully restored in the last few years. CD 1 features the 1728 Zacharias Hildebrandt organ in St Jacobikirche, Sangerhausen. The second disc features the 1735 Gottfried Silbermann organ in the Petrikirche Freiberg.

Repertoire includes the Preludes and Fugues in G major, A minor and C minor and the great Passacaglia in C minor.

This 7th volume of J S Bach’s complete organ works contains works from his Weimar and Leipzig periods. It includes his Toccatas in C major BWV 564 and in D minor, BWV 538 which he played throughout his life. Helga Schauerte is an outstanding musician and performs these works on an organ in the church of St. Gumbertus in Ansbach.

As always, the old proverb rings true: "Practice makes perfect." Even the young Johann Sebastian Bach had to learn and practice - although glimpses of his genius already shone through at a very early age. This CD contains early works such as these for purposes of study written during his student days in Ohrdruf and Lüneburg, as well as from his time in Arnstadt, where he had his first position as organist.