Bach for everyone

Even for those who enjoy Bach's music his compositions for organ form a group not that easily accessible. The particular sonority of this 'orchestral' instrument and the richness of his acoustic output can be a pain as well as a treat. The music that those pieces contain though, is some of the most inspired and profound Bach let us. Fortunately for all who happen to think this way there is this cd that puts that great music in a more accessible form: the symphonic orchestra. And what a result this is. We owe it of course to the great musician Leopold Stokowsky, who was one of the most distinguished and interesting musical figures of the last century. He did the transcriptions and he conducted them in what would become one of the most true Bach recordings. The religious delf is all there (the orchestra is carefully responssive and plays with wonderful seriousness) but the orchestral sound makes the music so more human-like and so much easier approachable and understandable. It is a jewel and you can even say unique, as it's the only recording with this work.

Try to get especially that now comes packed with a bonus DVD which shows Stokowsky conducting Debussy. And if you are watching the DVD try to focus for a while on the man's hands. It's a show in itself.