Jörg Halubek – 50°53’53.9″N 10°33’22.6″E (Bach Organ Landscapes / Waltershausen) (2020) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Jörg Halubek – 50°53’53.9″N 10°33’22.6″E (Bach Organ Landscapes / Waltershausen) (2020)
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For this album Jörg Halubek selected selected Bach’s “Third Part of the Keyboard Exercise” – one of the rare collections of organ music that Bach set in print in his own lifetime (1739). The collection captivates him with its visionary compositional approach and a refreshingly pragmatic approach to printed layout that can still be appreciated today (cf. Gregory Butler, 1990). The compositional vision of the Clavierübung is linked for Halubek with the visionary element of Trost’s organ aesthetic. Bach thought highly of him – and will have appreciated his experiments with tone colours. As ever, a nobly dignified plenum forms the central pillar of the organ sound. Both mixtures contain thirds, resulting in combination with the softened middle register in a certain sharpness of sound, but also the clear, eloquent transparency of polyphonic works. The spatial acoustic has very little reverberation even in an empty church and is very clear. Apart from the plenum, the organ specification is mainly characterized by a wealth of eight-foot and four-foot stops: there are six 8′ flue stops and three 4′ flues in the Hauptwerk alone, among them a tremulant. The fine nuances in these sensitive timbres are an invitation to interpreters to experiment and to hear with new ears.

Tracklist:
1. Jörg Halubek – Praeludium pro Organo pleno, BWV 552/1 (09:55)
2. Jörg Halubek – Kyrie, Gott Vater in Ewigkeit, BWV 669 (03:28)
3. Jörg Halubek – Christe, aller Welt Trost, BWV 670 (04:16)
4. Jörg Halubek – Kyrie, Gott heiliger Geist, BWV 671 (04:49)
5. Jörg Halubek – Kyrie, Gott Vater in Ewigkeit, BWV 672 (01:22)
6. Jörg Halubek – Christe, aller Welt Trost, BWV 673 (01:14)
7. Jörg Halubek – Kyrie, Gott heiliger Geist, BWV 674 (01:29)
8. Jörg Halubek – Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr, BWV 675 (03:17)
9. Jörg Halubek – Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr, BWV 676 (05:14)
10. Jörg Halubek – Fughetta super Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr, BWV 677 (01:09)
11. Jörg Halubek – Dies sind die heiligen zehen Gebot, BWV 678 (05:00)
12. Jörg Halubek – Fughetta super Dies sind die heiligen zehen Gebot, BWV 679 (01:55)
13. Jörg Halubek – Wir gläuben all an einen Gott, BWV 680 (03:16)
14. Jörg Halubek – Fughetta super Wir gläuben all an einen Gott, BWV 681 (01:35)
15. Jörg Halubek – Vater unser im Himmelreich, BWV 682 (06:55)
16. Jörg Halubek – Vater unser im Himmelreich, BWV 683 (01:22)
17. Jörg Halubek – Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam, BWV 684 (04:09)
18. Jörg Halubek – Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam, BWV 685 (01:36)
19. Jörg Halubek – Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir, BWV 686 (05:32)
20. Jörg Halubek – Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir, BWV 687 (05:19)
21. Jörg Halubek – Jesus Christus, unser Heiland, BWV 688 (03:52)
22. Jörg Halubek – Fuga super Jesus Christus, unser Heiland, BWV 689 (04:19)
23. Jörg Halubek – Duetto I BWV 802 (02:21)
24. Jörg Halubek – Duetto II BWV 803 (03:24)
25. Jörg Halubek – Duetto III BWV 804 (02:35)
26. Jörg Halubek – Duetto IV BWV 805 (03:29)
27. Jörg Halubek – Fuga pro Organo pleno BWV 552/2 (06:55)

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