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Bach and Expression, with Daniel Moult and Martin Schmeding

How should we ideally express both ourselves and the music of Bach while playing his organ works? How do we move beyond the weight of various traditions of performance practice and other cultural baggage? How do we reach the deepest meaning in our interpretations?

Daniel Moult and Martin Schmeding give richly detailed presentations about the nature, history and performance practice of a broad selection of Bach’s organ works, and then perform the pieces themselves on four individual but complementary central German organs – two Silbermanns in Rötha, the big Trost in Waltershausen and the Hildebrandt in Sangerhausen. The centrepiece of the DVD-CD boxset is a 3 1/2 hour seven-part documentary in which the two organists explore how to bring these pieces to life, with reference to score, instrument and coming to terms with tradition. The boxset also includes almost 2 1/2 hours of music performed on film and on CD, recorded to the highest quality in stereo and surround. Further film extras include demonstrations of the four organs.

Music performed on both film and CD by Daniel Moult and Martin Schmeding includes: Prelude and Fugue in A minor BWV 551; Prelude and Fugue in G minor BWV 535; Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor BWV 582; Toccata and Fugue in F major BWV 540; Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C major BWV 564; Concerto after Ernst BWV 595; Canzona BWV 588; Trio BWV 1027a; Chorale Preludes BWV 654, 659, 660, 661, 662, 676, 688, 691, 698, 715, 730, 1092, 1093, 1115.

Contents:

DVD 1 (stereo)

Bach and Expression (210 minutes)

(documentary in seven parts)

DVD 2 (stereo / surround sound)

Filmed performances of all music as per CD1 and 2 tracklist (150 minutes)

Demonstrations of the organs in Rötha, Sangerhausen and Waltershausen (50 minutes)

CD 1 (73:45)

1 – 2 Prelude and Fugue in G minor BWV 535

Georgenkirche, Rötha – Daniel Moult (3:03 / 4:39)

3 Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier BWV 730

Marienkirche, Rötha – Daniel Moult (1:38)

4 Herr Christ, der ein’ge Gottes Sohn BWV 698

Marienkirche, Rötha – Daniel Moult (1:12)

5 Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten BWV 691

Marienkirche, Rötha – Daniel Moult (1:40)

6 Praeludium in A minor BWV 551

Marienkirche, Rötha – Martin Schmeding (5:51)

7 Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr BWV 715

Marienkirche, Rötha – Martin Schmeding (1:52)

8 Herzlich lieb hab ich dich, o Herr BWV 1115

Marienkirche, Rötha – Martin Schmeding (3:08)

9 Herr Gott, nun schleuß den Himmel auf BWV 1092

Marienkirche, Rötha – Martin Schmeding (2:29)

10 Herzliebster Jesu, was hast du verbrochen BWV 1093

Marienkirche, Rötha – Martin Schmeding (3:10)

11 – 12 Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor BWV 582

Jacobikirche, Sangerhausen – Martin Schmeding (7:48 / 5:50)

13 Canzona in D minor BWV 588

Stadtkirche, Waltershausen – Daniel Moult (5:59)

14 – 15 Toccata and Fugue in F major BWV 540

Stadtkirche, Waltershausen – Martin Schmeding (8:38 / 5:37)

16 Concerto in C major after Ernst BWV 595

Stadtkirche, Waltershausen – Daniel Moult (3:52)

17 – 18 Prelude and Fugue in D minor BWV 539

Marienkirche, Rötha – Daniel Moult (2:17 / 4:50)

CD 2 (77:17)

1 – 3 Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C major BWV 564

Jacobikirche, Sangerhausen – Daniel Moult (5:34 / 3:55 / 4:47)

4 Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland BWV 659

Jacobikirche, Sangerhausen – Daniel Moult (4:11)

5 Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland BWV 660

Jacobikirche, Sangerhausen – Daniel Moult (2:46)

6 Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland BWV 661

Jacobikirche, Sangerhausen – Martin Schmeding (2:45)

7 Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele BWV 654

Jacobikirche, Sangerhausen – Martin Schmeding (7:32)

8 Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr BWV 662

Georgenkirche, Rötha – Daniel Moult (7:16)

9 – 10 Prelude and Fugue in E minor BWV 548

Georgenkirche, Rötha – Martin Schmeding (6:32 / 7:36)

11 Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr BWV 676

Georgenkirche, Rötha – Martin Schmeding (5:02)

12 Jesus Christus, unser Heiland, der von uns den Zorn Gottes wandt BWV 688

Stadtkirche, Waltershausen – Martin Schmeding (4:04)

13 Trio in G major BWV 1027a

Stadtkirche, Waltershausen – Daniel Moult (3:19)

14 – 18 Canonic Variations on Vom Himmel hoch da komm’ ich her BWV 769

Stadtkirche, Waltershausen – Martin Schmeding (1:27 / 1:17 / 2:25 / 3:25 / 3:12)

Bach is arguably the greatest of all composers, and certainly the greatest composer who wrote for the organ. His organ music is the heart and soul of the organ’s repertoire. Fugue State Films, together with leading organists Daniel Moult and Martin Schmeding, will explore this extraordinary canon with the aim of greater appreciation and elucidation of how best to play these marvellous pieces of music.