Jörg Halubek – 53°32’46.0″N 9°59’42.4”E (Bach Organ Landscapes / Hamburg) (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Jörg Halubek – 53°32’46.0″N 9°59’42.4”E (Bach Organ Landscapes / Hamburg) (2021)
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With the major project “Bach Organ Landscapes” and the recording of all of Johann Sebastian Bach’s organ works, the German conductor, harpsichordist and organist Jörg Halubek invites you on a comprehensive journey to historical organ builders who shaped Johann Sebastian Bach. “The further you look back into music history, the more regional developments can be discovered,” says the artist. “These connections between instrument and organ work characterize the so-called organ landscapes”. The third and fourth albums of the ten-part series are about ‘Hamburg’ and ‘Lüneburg & Altenbruch’.

You’ll need your latest smartphone if you want to understand anything about the latest albums by the wacky German organist Jörg Halubek. Of course, the name Halubek is already a bit of an in-joke itself if one considers the journey to Lübeck (!) that Bach made in 1705, on foot, to meet Dietrich Buxtehude, the greatest German composer of his time. Underneath the GPS coordinates of the places and instruments frequented by Bach, we see Jörg Halubek from the back, looking out over the endless sea as in a painting by Caspar David Friedrich.

More seriously, Jörg Halubek is a complete musician. An organist and harpsichordist, he also studied period performance practice with Jesper Christensen and Andrea Marcon at the Schola Cantorum in Basel, before forming his own ensemble, il Gusto Barocco, with whom he has made several recordings. This new volume of his Bach complete works, “Bach Organ Landscapes”, undertaken since 2019 for the Berlin Classics label, takes us this time to Hamburg.

Together with the Toccata in C, BWV 564, the works on this album represent the influence of the North German style on Bach’s music. There are also some works composed before the trip to Lübeck and chorale preludes from his apprenticeship in Lüneburg. This project is based on ten historical organ builders who played a role in the life of Johann Sebastian Bach. – François Hudry

Tracklist:
01. Jörg Halubek – Toccata in C, BWV 564: I. Toccata (06:20)
02. Jörg Halubek – Toccata in C, BWV 564: II. Adagio (05:04)
03. Jörg Halubek – Toccata in C, BWV 564: III. Fugue (04:52)
04. Jörg Halubek – Wir Christenleut haben jetzund Freud, BWV 1090 (02:15)
05. Jörg Halubek – Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 1105 (02:26)
06. Jörg Halubek – Herzliebster Jesu, was hast du verbrochen, BWV 1093 (02:03)
07. Jörg Halubek – O Lamm Gottes, unschuldig, BWV 1095 (02:03)
08. Jörg Halubek – Herr Gott, nun schleuß den Himmel auf, BWV 1092 (02:44)
09. Jörg Halubek – Capriccio, BWV 993 (07:24)
10. Jörg Halubek – Werde munter, mein Gemüte, BWV 1118 (02:00)
11. Jörg Halubek – Fuga, BWV 575 (05:58)
12. Jörg Halubek – Herr Jesu Christ, du höchstes Gut, BWV 1114 (04:03)
13. Jörg Halubek – Durch Adams Fall ist ganz verderbt, BWV 1101 (03:06)
14. Jörg Halubek – Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu Dir, BWV 1099 (02:22)
15. Jörg Halubek – Wir glauben all an einen Gott, BWV 1098 (03:40)
16. Jörg Halubek – Praeludium and Fugue, BWV 549a: I. Praeludium (03:07)
17. Jörg Halubek – Praeludium and Fugue, BWV 549a: II. Fuga (04:29)
18. Jörg Halubek – Toccata, BWV 912a: I. (Allegro) (03:43)
19. Jörg Halubek – Toccata, BWV 912a: II. Adagio – (Fuga) – “Con discretione” (05:52)
20. Jörg Halubek – Toccata, BWV 912a: III. (Fuga) (03:07)
21. Jörg Halubek – Ach Gott, vom Himmel sieh darein, BWV 741 (05:05)
22. Jörg Halubek – O Herre Gott, dein göttlich Wort, BWV 1110 (02:17)
23. Jörg Halubek – Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan, BWV 1116 (01:52)
24. Jörg Halubek – Gott ist mein Heil, mein Hilf und Trost, BWV 1106 (02:36)
25. Jörg Halubek – Valet will ich Dir geben, BWV 735a (03:51)
26. Jörg Halubek – Fuga, BWV 955a (04:42)
27. Jörg Halubek – Alle Menschen müssen sterben, BWV 1117 (02:31)
28. Jörg Halubek – Mach mit mir, Gott, nach deiner Güt, BWV 957 (02:32)
29. Jörg Halubek – Nun laßt uns den Leib begraben, BWV 1111 (02:56)
30. Jörg Halubek – Herzlich lieb hab ich dich, o Herr, BWV 1115 (03:33)
31. Jörg Halubek – Prelude and Fugue, BWV 531: I. Praeludium (02:29)
32. Jörg Halubek – Prelude and Fugue, BWV 531: II. Fuge (04:43)

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