Both JS Bach's six Trio Sonatas and Mendels-sohn's six Organ Sonatas are conceived as tutorial pieces - an "organ school" - to help attain demanding playing skills at the highest musical level. We know from Bach that he wrote his sonatas for his eldest son, Wilhelm Friedemann. Mendelssohn is known to have been familiar with Bach's sonatas and their pedagogical purpose. He gradually developed his own Organ Sonatas, originally for the English market: they are equal in number to Bach's sonatas, as well as in their intention as instructive pieces, "a kind of organ school", as Mendelssohn himself wrote to the publisher. Johann Sebastian Bach composed into his six Trio Sonatas "the sum of all the difficulties that a teacher wants a gifted pupil to master" (Marie-Claire Alain); written between 1727 and 1732, they remain a touchstone for every organist to this day. A good hundred years later, Mendelssohn created his Organ Sonatas - among other things, the independent and prominent pedal treatment (each movement features a pedal solo) and the frequent playing on several manuals challenge the player in the same spirit. Anything but monotonous studies, the results in both cases were masterpieces of the highest order.

Tracklist:

Organ Sonata No. 1 In E-Flat Major, Bwv 525: I. Allegro Moderato
Organ Sonata No. 1 In E-Flat Major, Bwv 525: II. Adagio
Organ Sonata No. 1 In E-Flat Major, Bwv 525: III. Allegro
Organ Sonata No. 1 In F Minor, Op. 65/1: I. Allegro Moderato E Serioso
Organ Sonata No. 1 In F Minor, Op. 65/1: II. Adagio
Organ Sonata No. 1 In F Minor, Op. 65/1: III. Andante Recitativo
Organ Sonata No. 1 In F Minor, Op. 65/1: IV. Allegro Assai Vivace
Organ Sonata No. 2 In C Minor, Bwv 526: I. Vivace
Organ Sonata No. 2 In C Minor, Bwv 526: II. Largo
Organ Sonata No. 2 In C Minor, Bwv 526: III. Allegro
Organ Sonata No. 2 In C Minor, Op. 65/2: I. Grave - Adagio
Organ Sonata No. 2 In C Minor, Op. 65/2: II. Allegro Maestoso E Vivace
Organ Sonata No. 2 In C Minor, Op. 65/2: III. Fuga. Allegro Moderato
Organ Sonata No. 3 In D Minor, Bwv 527: I. Andante
Organ Sonata No. 3 In D Minor, Bwv 527: II. Adagio E Dolce
Organ Sonata No. 3 In D Minor, Bwv 527: III. Vivace
Organ Sonata No. 3 In A Major, Op. 65/3: I. Con Moto Maestoso
Organ Sonata No. 3 In A Major, Op. 65/3: II. Andante Tranquillo
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
Organ Sonata No. 4 In B-Flat Major, Op. 65/4: I. Allegro Con Brio
Organ Sonata No. 4 In B-Flat Major, Op. 65/4: II. Andante Religioso
Organ Sonata No. 4 In B-Flat Major, Op. 65/4: III. Allegretto
Organ Sonata No. 4 In B-Flat Major, Op. 65/4: IV. Allegro Maestoso E Vivace
Organ Sonata No. 5 In C Major, Bwv 529: I. Allegro
Organ Sonata No. 5 In C Major, Bwv 529: II. Largo
Organ Sonata No. 5 In C Major, Bwv 529: III. Allegro
Organ Sonata No. 5 In D Major, Op. 65/5: I. Andante
Organ Sonata No. 5 In D Major, Op. 65/5: II. Andante Con Moto
Organ Sonata No. 5 In D Major, Op. 65/5: III. Allegro Maestoso
Organ Sonata No. 6 In G Major, Bwv 530: I. Vivace
Organ Sonata No. 6 In G Major, Bwv 530: II. Lento
Organ Sonata No. 6 In G Major, Bwv 530: III. Allegro
Organ Sonata No. 6 In D Minor, Op. 65/6: I. Choral
Organ Sonata No. 6 In D Minor, Op. 65/6: II. Andante Sostenuto
Organ Sonata No. 6 In D Minor, Op. 65/6: III. Fuga. Sostenuto E Legato
Organ Sonata No. 6 In D Minor, Op. 65/6: IV. Finale. Andante

UPC: 4022143234476
Label: Audite
Release Date: 1.7.22
Format: CD

J Bach .S. / Ross - Organ Sonatas (2pk) (2 CD)