The Johan Niclas Cahman instrument at LÃ¶vstabruk Church, 130 km north of Stockholm, is one of the organ world's best-kept secrets. Footprint is proud to release this recording from the multi prize-winning organist Christina GarcÃa Banegas, who plays works by Johann Sebastian Bach on this magnificent instrument organ built in 1728, just as the composer reached the peak of his powers. Banega's album presents a fulsome and revealing snapshot of Bach the organist-composer, from the gravitas of his Prelude and Fugue in F Minor BWV 534 with it's stern five-voice fugue, to the touching simplicity of his strophic variations on Lutheran chorale tunes BWV 776. We also hear the fourth of Bach's Trio Sonatas- works of which the composer's first biographer Forkel claimed 'it is impossible to say enough of their beauty,'- and unfathomably inventive Ricercar a 3 BWV 1079/2, from which the album takes it's name.

Tracklist:

Prelude & Fugue In F Minor, Bwv 534: I. Prelude
Prelude & Fugue In F Minor, Bwv 534: II. Fugue
Prelude & Fughetta In F Major, Bwv 901: I. Prelude
Prelude & Fughetta In F Major, Bwv 901: II. Fugue
Musical Offering, Bwv 1079: Ricercare À 3 (Arr. For Organ)
Christ, Der Du Bist Der Helle Tag, Bwv 766
Kleines Harmonisches Labyrinth, Bwv 591
Organ Sonata No. 4 In E Minor, Bwv 528: I. Adagio - Vivace
Organ Sonata No. 4 In E Minor, Bwv 528: II. Andante
Organ Sonata No. 4 In E Minor, Bwv 528: III. Un Poco Allegro
Befiehl Du Deine Wege, Bwv Anh. 79
Chorale Preludes: No. 32, Ach Herr, Mich Armen Sünder, Bwv 742
Prelude & Fugue In A Minor, Bwv 551

UPC: 7320470227497
Label: Footprint
Release Date: 1.4.19
Format: CD

Cristina García Banegas - Ricercare (CD)