Bach in Montecassino

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Gugliemi's disc gives a lively snapshot of what at least might have been heard; and, thanks to an instrument built in the year before Bach's death…how it must have sounded too…thoughtfully programmed,... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2015 More…

Release Date: 18th May 2015
Catalogue No: VIVAT108
Label: Vivat
Length: 69 minutes

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Bach, J S: Chromatic Fantasia & Fugue in D minor, BWV903

Work length5:28

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Luca Guglielmi (organ)
Recorded: 19-21 October 2014
Recording Venue: Chiesa di San Nicolao, Alice Castello, Italy

Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 903: Fantasia

Track length5:28

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Bach, J S: Fuga sopra il Magnificat 'Meine Seele erhebt den Herren', BWV733

Work length4:29

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Luca Guglielmi (organ)
Recorded: 19-21 October 2014
Recording Venue: Chiesa di San Nicolao, Alice Castello, Italy

Meine Seele erhebet den Herren (Fuge uber das Magnificat), BWV 733

Track length4:29

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Bach, J S: Duets Nos. 1-4, BWV802-805

Work length12:03

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Luca Guglielmi (organ)
Recorded: 19-21 October 2014
Recording Venue: Chiesa di San Nicolao, Alice Castello, Italy

Duet No. 1 in E Minor, BWV 802

Track length2:51

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Duet No. 2 in F Major, BWV 803

Track length3:08

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Duet No. 3 in G Major, BWV 804

Track length3:26

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Duet No. 4 in A Minor, BWV 805

Track length2:38

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Bach, J S: Fantasia & Fugue in C minor, BWV537

Work length4:31

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Luca Guglielmi (organ)
Recorded: 19-21 October 2014
Recording Venue: Chiesa di San Nicolao, Alice Castello, Italy

Fantasia and Fugue in C Minor, BWV 537: Fantasia

Track length4:31

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Bach, J S: Chorale Prelude BWV753 'Jesu, meine Freude' (unfinished)

Work length2:12

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Luca Guglielmi (organ)
Recorded: 19-21 October 2014
Recording Venue: Chiesa di San Nicolao, Alice Castello, Italy

Bach, J S: Fantasia super 'Jesu, meine Freude', BWV713

Work length5:13

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Luca Guglielmi (organ)
Recorded: 19-21 October 2014
Recording Venue: Chiesa di San Nicolao, Alice Castello, Italy

Bach, J S: Chorale preludes

Work length4:30

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Luca Guglielmi (organ)
Recorded: 19-21 October 2014
Recording Venue: Chiesa di San Nicolao, Alice Castello, Italy

18 Chorales, BWV 651-668, "Leipziger Chorale": Wenn wir in hochsten Noten sein, BWV 668a

Track length4:30

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Excerpt, Bach, J S: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2

Work length2:45

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Luca Guglielmi (organ)
Recorded: 19-21 October 2014
Recording Venue: Chiesa di San Nicolao, Alice Castello, Italy

The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, BWV 870-893: Prelude No. 1 in C Major, BWV 870b

Track length2:45

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Bach, J S: Chorale Prelude BWV672 'Kyrie, Gott Vater in Ewigkeit'

Work length1:33

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Luca Guglielmi (organ)
Recorded: 19-21 October 2014
Recording Venue: Chiesa di San Nicolao, Alice Castello, Italy

Bach, J S: Chorale Prelude BWV673 'Christe, aller Welt Trost'

Work length1:17

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Luca Guglielmi (organ)
Recorded: 19-21 October 2014
Recording Venue: Chiesa di San Nicolao, Alice Castello, Italy

Bach, J S: Chorale Prelude BWV674 'Kyrie, Gott heiliger Geist'

Work length1:33

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Luca Guglielmi (organ)
Recorded: 19-21 October 2014
Recording Venue: Chiesa di San Nicolao, Alice Castello, Italy

Bach, J S: Chorale Prelude BWV675 'Allein Gott in der Hoh sei Ehr'

Work length3:31

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Luca Guglielmi (organ)
Recorded: 19-21 October 2014
Recording Venue: Chiesa di San Nicolao, Alice Castello, Italy

Allein Gott in der Hoh sei Ehr, BWV 675

Track length3:31

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Bach, J S: Fughetta super 'Wir glauben all an einen Gott', BWV681

Work length1:11

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Luca Guglielmi (organ)
Recorded: 19-21 October 2014
Recording Venue: Chiesa di San Nicolao, Alice Castello, Italy

Bach, J S: Chorale Prelude BWV683 'Vater unser im Himmelreich'

Work length1:34

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Luca Guglielmi (organ)
Recorded: 19-21 October 2014
Recording Venue: Chiesa di San Nicolao, Alice Castello, Italy

Bach, J S: Chorale Prelude BWV687 'Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir'

Work length4:51

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Luca Guglielmi (organ)
Recorded: 19-21 October 2014
Recording Venue: Chiesa di San Nicolao, Alice Castello, Italy

Excerpt, Bach, J S: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1

Work length2:14

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Luca Guglielmi (organ)
Recorded: 19-21 October 2014
Recording Venue: Chiesa di San Nicolao, Alice Castello, Italy

The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, BWV 846-869: Fugue No. 1 in C Major, BWV 846

Track length2:14

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Bach, J S: Fantasia & Fugue in A minor, BWV904

Work length10:08

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Luca Guglielmi (organ)
Recorded: 19-21 October 2014
Recording Venue: Chiesa di San Nicolao, Alice Castello, Italy

Fantasia

Track length4:39

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Fugue

Track length5:29

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In a church in a quiet northern Italian town, Alice Castello, survives a hidden jewel: an organ dating from 1749, perfect for Bach’s organ music.

The latest release on the acclaimed VIVAT label, performed by renowned Italian organist Luca Guglielmi, presents a remarkable programme of some of Bach’s finest keyboard works, performed on the organ in the Chiesa di San Nicolao, Alice Castello.

Guglielmi’s striking Bach programme is compiled from works collected by two eighteenth century scholars, Padre Martini and Friedrich Wilhelm Rust, that would surely have been heard in the famous Abbey of Montecassino, a magnet for musical travellers on ‘The Grand Tour’. Martini and Rust played a major role in the creation of the first collected edition of Bach’s works.

The vivid sound of the unique surviving eighteenth century Italian organ in San Nicolao, Alice Castello, and the equally stunning acoustic of the church, is brilliantly captured in this new VIVAT release.

Extensive presentation includes 44 page booklet with authoritative liner note in four languages (English, Italian, French & German), together with illustrations and session photographs, as well as comprehensive details of this unique eighteenth century organ.

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September 2015

Gugliemi's disc gives a lively snapshot of what at least might have been heard; and, thanks to an instrument built in the year before Bach's death…how it must have sounded too…thoughtfully programmed, Gugliemi's Italian perspective intrigues.

August 2015

A true recognition of Bach’s genius took some time, but these works were circulating shortly after his death and are here wonderfully played on an organ of the era.

17th May 2015

This is no ordinary greatest hits disc of Bach’s organ music. The organ used here is a fascinatingly sweet-toned baroque instrument by Michele Ramasco of 1749 (added to by Bruna in 1802 and in remarkable condition).

31st May 2015

Acoustically and tonally the San Nicolao organ possesses a lovely bloom and a dynamic spectrum that suits this music ideally. Moreover, Guglielmi is a dexterous and sensitive exponent, as compelling in the quieter, more reflective realms of the repertoire as he is in those of dramatic flourish.

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