The Bach Gamut, Volume I

~ Release by Virgil Fox (see all versions of this release, 3 available)

Annotation

Recorded live at "A Triumphant Blaze of Sound and Light" at St. Mary's Cathedral, San Francisco (1976) on the Fratelli Ruffatti pipe organ, 4-manuals, 89-ranks, and the Rodgers "Royal V" Touring Organ, 5-manuals. Works include Bach's "Fantasy and Fugue in G Minor," "Sheep May Safely Graze," "Tocatta, Adagio and Fugue in C Major," "Finale from the St. Matthew Passion," "Prelude and Fugue in A Minor," "Air on a G String," "Prelude and Fugue in D Major," and "I Call to Thee." Kaleidoplex DVD art by Marshall Yaeger; bonus video interview of Fox.

Annotation last modified on 2019-07-26 19:59 UTC.

Tracklist

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1Fantasy In G Minor
recording engineer:
Keith O. Johnson (engineer)
producer:
Charles F. Swisher (technical direction)
organ:
Virgil Fox (organist)
recorded at:
Saint Mary's Cathedral in San Francisco, California, United States (from 1976-09-10 until 1976-09-19)
recording of:
Fantasie (Praeludium) und Fuge g-Moll, BWV 542: I. Fantasie
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
part of:
Fantasie (Praeludium) und Fuge g-Moll, BWV 542 (Fantasia and Fugue in G minor, BWV 542)
1:40
2Fugue In G Minor
recording engineer:
Keith O. Johnson (engineer)
producer:
Charles F. Swisher (technical direction)
organ:
Virgil Fox (organist)
recorded at:
Saint Mary's Cathedral in San Francisco, California, United States (from 1976-09-10 until 1976-09-19)
partial recording of:
Fantasie (Praeludium) und Fuge g-Moll, BWV 542: II. Fuge
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
part of:
Fantasie (Praeludium) und Fuge g-Moll, BWV 542 (Fantasia and Fugue in G minor, BWV 542)
4:31
3Reprise
recording engineer:
Keith O. Johnson (engineer)
producer:
Charles F. Swisher (technical direction)
organ:
Virgil Fox (organist)
recorded at:
Saint Mary's Cathedral in San Francisco, California, United States (from 1976-09-10 until 1976-09-19)
partial recording of:
Fantasie (Praeludium) und Fuge g-Moll, BWV 542: II. Fuge
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
part of:
Fantasie (Praeludium) und Fuge g-Moll, BWV 542 (Fantasia and Fugue in G minor, BWV 542)
0:39
4Sheep May Safely Graze
recording engineer:
Keith O. Johnson (engineer)
producer:
Charles F. Swisher (technical direction)
organ:
Virgil Fox (organist)
recorded at:
Saint Mary's Cathedral in San Francisco, California, United States (from 1976-09-10 until 1976-09-19)
recording of:
Kantate, BWV 208 “Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd!”: IX. “Schafe können sicher weiden” (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
arrangement of:
Kantate, BWV 208 “Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd!”: IX. Aria (Sopran II) “Schafe können sicher weiden”
5:59
5Toccata In C Major
recording engineer:
Keith O. Johnson (engineer)
producer:
Charles F. Swisher (technical direction)
organ:
Virgil Fox (organist)
recorded at:
Saint Mary's Cathedral in San Francisco, California, United States (from 1976-09-10 until 1976-09-19)
recording of:
Toccata, Adagio, and Fugue in C major, BWV 564: I. Toccata
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
part of:
Toccata, Adagio, and Fugue in C major, BWV 564
5:22
6Adagio In C Major
recording engineer:
Keith O. Johnson (engineer)
producer:
Charles F. Swisher (technical direction)
organ:
Virgil Fox (organist)
recorded at:
Saint Mary's Cathedral in San Francisco, California, United States (from 1976-09-10 until 1976-09-19)
recording of:
Toccata, Adagio, and Fugue in C major, BWV 564: II. Adagio
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
part of:
Toccata, Adagio, and Fugue in C major, BWV 564
5:35
7Fugue In C Major
recording engineer:
Keith O. Johnson (engineer)
producer:
Charles F. Swisher (technical direction)
organ:
Virgil Fox (organist)
recorded at:
Saint Mary's Cathedral in San Francisco, California, United States (from 1976-09-10 until 1976-09-19)
recording of:
Toccata, Adagio, and Fugue in C major, BWV 564: III. Fugue
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
part of:
Toccata, Adagio, and Fugue in C major, BWV 564
5:04
8St. Matthew Passion - Finale
recording engineer:
Keith O. Johnson (engineer)
producer:
Charles F. Swisher (technical direction)
organ:
Virgil Fox (organist)
recorded at:
Saint Mary's Cathedral in San Francisco, California, United States (from 1976-09-10 until 1976-09-19)
partial recording of:
Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244 (St Matthew Passion, BWV 244)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) (until 1727)
librettist:
Picander
premiered at:
Thomaskirche (St. Thomas Church) in Leipzig, Sachsen (Saxony), Germany (on 1727-04-11)
part of:
Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (number: BWV 244)
6:08
9Prelude In A Minor
recording engineer:
Keith O. Johnson (engineer)
producer:
Charles F. Swisher (technical direction)
organ:
Virgil Fox (organist)
recorded at:
Saint Mary's Cathedral in San Francisco, California, United States (from 1976-09-10 until 1976-09-19)
recording of:
Präludium und Fuge a-Moll, BWV 543.2: I. Präludium (former BWV 543)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
part of:
Präludium und Fuge a-Moll, BWV 543.2 (Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 543.2, revised version, former BWV 543)
3:08
10Fugue In A Minor
recording engineer:
Keith O. Johnson (engineer)
producer:
Charles F. Swisher (technical direction)
organ:
Virgil Fox (organist)
recorded at:
Saint Mary's Cathedral in San Francisco, California, United States (from 1976-09-10 until 1976-09-19)
recording of:
Präludium und Fuge a-Moll, BWV 543.2: II. Fuge (former BWV 543)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
version of:
Fantasie und Fuge a-Moll, BWV 944: II. Fuga
part of:
Präludium und Fuge a-Moll, BWV 543.2 (Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 543.2, revised version, former BWV 543)
5:01
11Air On A G String, BWV 1068
recording engineer:
Keith O. Johnson (engineer)
producer:
Charles F. Swisher (technical direction)
organ:
Virgil Fox (organist)
recorded at:
Saint Mary's Cathedral in San Francisco, California, United States (from 1976-09-10 until 1976-09-19)
recording of:
Orchestersuite Nr. 3 D-Dur, BWV 1068: II. Air (Orchestral Suite no. 3 in D major, BWV 1068: II. Air, Air on the G string)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) (in 1730)
part of:
Orchestersuite Nr. 3 D-Dur, BWV 1068 (Orchestral Suite no. 3 in D major, BWV 1068)
5:24
12Prelude In D Major
recording engineer:
Keith O. Johnson (engineer)
producer:
Charles F. Swisher (technical direction)
organ:
Virgil Fox (organist)
recorded at:
Saint Mary's Cathedral in San Francisco, California, United States (from 1976-09-10 until 1976-09-19)
recording of:
Präludium und Fuge D-Dur, BWV 532: I. Präludium
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) (from 1708 until 1717)
part of:
Präludium und Fuge D-Dur, BWV 532
4:27
13Fugue In D Major
recording engineer:
Keith O. Johnson (engineer)
producer:
Charles F. Swisher (technical direction)
organ:
Virgil Fox (organist)
recorded at:
Saint Mary's Cathedral in San Francisco, California, United States (from 1976-09-10 until 1976-09-19)
recording of:
Präludium und Fuge D-Dur, BWV 532: II. Fuge
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) (from 1708 until 1717)
part of:
Präludium und Fuge D-Dur, BWV 532
3:40
14I Call To Thee (Ich Ruf' Zu Dir)
recording engineer:
Keith O. Johnson (engineer)
producer:
Charles F. Swisher (technical direction)
organ:
Virgil Fox (organist)
recorded at:
Saint Mary's Cathedral in San Francisco, California, United States (from 1976-09-10 until 1976-09-19)
recording of:
Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 639
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) (from 1713 until 1715)
part of:
Neumeister-Sammlung (Neumeister Collection) (number: 77), Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (third edition, 2022, BWV³) (number: BWV 639), Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (second edition, 1990, BWV²) (number: BWV 639), Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (first edition, 1950, BWV¹) (number: BWV 639) and Das Orgel-Büchlein (number: 41)
5:13