J.S. Bach — Complete Works for Organ (Marie-Claire Alain), Erato / Warner Classics (15 CD)

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Product Details:

• Product Type: Audio CD box set (15 discs)
• Brand / Label: Erato / Warner Classics
• Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
• Organist: Marie-Claire Alain
• Catalogue No.: 0190295634537
• Release Year: 2018 (this edition; recordings 1959–1967)
• UPC: 0190295634537
• Genre: Classical / Organ

Product Features

• Format: 15 × CD (Stereo)
• Marie-Claire Alain's first complete Bach organ cycle, recorded 1959–1967 (Denmark, Sweden, Germany)
• First release on CD; newly remastered 24-bit/96kHz from original tapes (2018)
• Includes a recorded conversation between Marie-Claire Alain and Michel Garcin
• Condition: Brand new, factory sealed

Overview

This is the great French organist Marie-Claire Alain's first complete traversal of Bach's organ works — recorded between 1959 and 1967, when she was in her thirties, and described by Alain herself as her most "instinctive" Bach. Long unavailable in this form, it appears here on CD for the first time, freshly remastered from the original tapes.

Fifteen discs take in the whole towering catalogue: the Trio Sonatas, the great Preludes & Fugues, the Orgelbüchlein, the Leipzig Chorales, Clavier-Übung III, the Passacaglia, and far more. Alain plays historic instruments across Northern Europe, and her clarity and rhythmic life set the standard that made her the most recorded Bach organist of the century.

For organ lovers and Bach collectors, the first-on-CD status and high-resolution remastering make this a significant release.

Interesting Facts

• Marie-Claire Alain (1926–2013) recorded three complete cycles of Bach's organ works — more than any other organist.
• This is her first cycle (1959–1967), released on CD for the first time in this 2018 set.
• She called these recordings her most "instinctive" interpretations of Bach.
• The performances were recorded on historic organs in Denmark, Sweden, and Germany.
• The final disc includes a recorded conversation between Alain and producer Michel Garcin.

Track Listing

Fifteen discs covering the complete organ works, including:

• CD1: 6 Trio Sonatas
• CD2–5: Toccatas & Fugues, Preludes & Fugues, Fantasias, Orgelbüchlein, Passacaglia & Fugue, Concertos
• CD6–9: Leipzig Chorales, Clavier-Übung III
• CD10–12: further Preludes & Fugues, Chorales, Fantasias, Trios, Concertos
• CD13–15: Chorales, Partitas, and a closing conversation between Marie-Claire Alain and Michel Garcin

Publishers

Released by Erato / Warner Classics in 2018 (catalogue 0190295634537). Recordings ℗ 1960–1967; remastered 2018.

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