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Stefano Molardi is shaping his recorded survey of Bach’s
complete organ music as self-sufficient and musically satisfying
recitals which, disc by disc, explore the diverse styles at the
compo...
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Stefano Molardi is shaping his recorded survey of Bach’s complete
organ music as self-sufficient and musically satisfying recitals
which, disc by disc, explore the diverse styles at the composer’s
disposal, the flexible usage to which he, the ultimate ‘compleat
musician’, puts ‘his’ instrument through its paces, and the
different liturgical demands which he was required to meet during
the course of his career as he moved from church to court and back
again. Grand Weimar- and Leipzig-composed preludes and fugues rub
shoulders with intricate trio sonatas which he had initially
conceived as chamber music, and between them nestle intimate
chorales from his Cöthen days.Accordingly, Molardi makes full use
of the potential flexibility of his chosen Trost organ in the
Stadtkirche ‘Zur Gotteshilfe’ in Waltershausen, deep in the
provincial heart of Thuringia. This is Bach country, and although
the organ has been periodically restored since it was finally
inaugurated in 1755, almost 30 years after the work was begun, it
retains the classic characteristics of its age and situation: a
thorough restoration in 1998 returned the instrument to its
original glory.Born in Cremona, Molardi has undertaken a
Renaissance career as not only organist but harpsichordist,
conductor and scholar, not only at home in the rarified confines of
early music but a virtuoso who has performed the complete organ
works of Liszt and Franck and made an extraordinary recording of
Verdi arranged for organ. These Bach discs are, perhaps
appropriately, less overtly spectacular but no less imaginative in
their rhythmic and coloristic response.Other information:- A new
recording (2013) of Bach’s complete organ works is, even in these
overfed and crisis-stricken days, an event of the first order.
First of all because the music is of such overwhelming beauty and
power, one of the greatest creations of humanity, and secondly
because there is still so much to discover and illuminate in these
works.- These recordings are based on the choice of instruments:
organist Stefano Molardi chose German instruments from Bach’s time,
lending an authentic character to the project. This first set
features the wonderful Trost Organ of the Stadtkirche Zur
Gotteshilfe in Waltershausen, Thuringia, built in 1725 and
gloriously restored in 1998.- Stefano Molardi is a “renaissance
man”, organist, harpsichordist, scholar, historian and writer. He
recorded extensively for Divox, DGG and other labels. His playing
is clear, crisp, free and rhythmically vibrant.- The CD’s are
programmed like concerto programmes, a fine diversity of genres and
styles, to avoid monotony and uniformity.- All information on the
organ, liner notes and artist biography are included in the
booklet....
