Organ Masterpieces Main Performer or Conductor: Marie-Claire Alain Instrumentation: Organ Individual Works: Trio sonata in e flat major, BWV 525 Trio sonata in d minor, BWV 527 Tocatta and fugue in f major, BWV 540 Fantasy and fugue in g minor (great), BWV 542 Prelude and fugue in a minor (great), BWV 543 Prelude and fugue in d major, BWV 532 Tocatta and fugue in d minor, BWV 565 Tocatta and fugue in d minor (Dorian mode), BWV 538 Prelude in e flat major, BWV 552 Fantasy and fugue in a minor, BWV 561 Chorale "Jesu bleibet mine freude" (Cantata BWV 147), BWV 147 Chorale "Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ", BWV 639 Chorale "Erbarm Dich mein, O Herre Gott", BWV 721 Canzone in d minor, BWV 588 Organ Concerto (after Vivaldi's Op 3/8) in a minor, BWV 593 Format: Compact Disc Record Label: Erato Duo Bonsai Catalog Number: 4509-91931-2 Year Released/Recorded: 1983; 1984; 1986 Total Playing Time: 2 hours 22 minutes Comments: Eugene Herron said: You say that you don't have $200.00 US for the Marie-Claire Alain ouevre? For a pittance you can buy some of her best, and some of Bach's best. From the Italianate Trio-sonatas to the powerful Fantasy and Fugue in G minor to the charming and parochial Tocatta and Fugue (Dorian) in D minor to the almost ubiquitous Tocatta and Fugue in D minor to someone sneaking a Vivaldi work onto this page (via Bach himself and I know it's not the only one either), it's all here. Erato's Bonsai line features no comprehensive liner notes and a tricky to use jewel case (so buy some cases for the diskettes), but the music and the effort is still there. I waited two years for this disk, but it was worth the wait. The Fantasy and Fugue in g minor was the best version I've ever heard. I preferred Ton Koopman's version of the Canzone, but on the whole this was a much awaited work for me. Acknowledgements: Thank you to the following for submitting this recording and for your comments: Eugene Herron Date First Submitted: 01/13/1998 Purchasing: Suggested Purchasing Sources Note: Inclusion in this database does not guarantee the availability of any recording. Some recordings may be out-of-print or no longer available.