- Audio CD (May 10 2011)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Sony Music Canada Inc.
- ASIN: B000003G9V
- Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
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- #49 in Music > Opera & Vocal > Vocal Non-Opera > Passions
- #49 in Music > Classical > Sacred & Religious > Passions
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Track Listings
| 1. Spoken Introduction By Virgil Fox |
| 2. We All Believe In One God, BWV 680 |
| 3. Spoken Introduction |
| 4. Rejoice Beloved Christians, BWV 734 |
| 5. Spoken Introduction |
| 6. Finale From St. Matthew Passion |
| 7. Spoken Introduction |
| 8. Prelude In E Minor, BWV 548 |
| 9. Fugue In E Minor, BWV 548. 'Wedge' |
| 10. Toccata In D Minor, BWV 565 |
| 11. Fugue In D Minor, BWV 565 |
| 12. Spoken Introduction |
| 13. Passacaglia In C Minor, BWV 582 |
| 14. Fugue In C Minor, BWV 582 |
| 15. Spoken Introduction |
| 16. Fugue In G Major, BWV 577, 'Gigue' |
| 17. Spoken Introduction |
| 18. The First Nowell |
| 19. It Came Upon A Midnight Clear |
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Hard to take,
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This review is from: Heavy Organ at Carnegie Hall: Organ Music of J.S. Bach (Audio CD)
This is not the best Virgil Fox CD- the Rodgers Touring organ is unable to perform at the level of larger organs. I recommend earlier recordings of Virgil Fox's in his Aeolian-Skinner 5-manual at Riverside Church, NY. That aside, this is still Fox, and is reason enough to buy this CD.
2.0 out of 5 stars
Has not aged well,
By A Customer
This review is from: Heavy Organ at Carnegie Hall: Organ Music of J.S. Bach (Audio CD)
I grew up on Virgil Fox. But this CD really butchered the performance. The old vinyl Heavy Organ series was actually cleaner sounding, had less of Fox's peculiarities and over-talk. A disappointment.
4.0 out of 5 stars
The "Fox Style" of Bach playing,
By A Customer
This review is from: Heavy Organ at Carnegie Hall: Organ Music of J.S. Bach (Audio CD)
This recording was originally issued as Volume 2; another Heavy Organ at CArnegie Hall album was made a year before this one and hopefully will be reissued on CD at some point. This album is a good example of Virgil Fox's approach to Bach's music. One hears kaleidoscopic registrations (a performance trademark of Fox's that was always controversial) and a dramatic, fiery style of playing. There are fewer quiet works on this album -- one, the final St Matthew Passion chorus, really doesn't come off well due to the overused tremolo and an articulation that doesn't allow the music to flow well. But I think the best track on the album is the shortest: Fox's performance of "Rejoice, Beloved Christians", shows phenomenal technique and lightning speed, yet is utterly delicate and graceful -- a rendition that is simply unassailable. The Wedge Prelude and Fugue, though containing some mistakes, is a very dramatic and noble interpretation. This record is far, far superior to Fox's first Heavy Organ album from Fillmore East, which suffers from numerous wrong notes and mistakes.
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