Maude Gratton – Bach: Leipzig Organ Works (1723-1750) (2016) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

The talented organist and harpsichordist Maude Gratton is an artist constantly seeking perfection. A graduate of the Paris Conservatoire, she trained with such great masters as Pierre Hantaï (harpsichord) and Louis Robilliard (organ), as well as with Olivier Baumont, Blandine Rannou, Kenneth Weiss, Michel Bouvard, Olivier Latry, and Olivier Trachier.

It was quite natural that Philippe Herreweghe, concerned with promoting the talent of promising young musicians, should invite her to record an album in the ‘Amis de Phi’ (Friends of Phi) collection. On this disc, the young organist has chosen an ideal programme for demonstrating her art, proposing an intelligent panorama of organ works by Johann Sebastian Bach: between the Preludes and Fugues in E minor and E flat major, BWV 548 and 552, Jesus Christus, unser Heiland, BWV 665, the Canonic Variations on ‘Vom Himmel hoch’, BWV 769, and the Organ Sonata no. 4, BWV 528, come and discover well-known and less well-known pieces by the Kantor of Leipzig.

Tracklist:
1-01. Maude Gratton – Prelude and Fugue in E-Flat Major, BWV 552, Praludium (08:48)
1-02. Maude Gratton – Prelude and Fugue in E-Flat Major, BWV 552, Fuge (06:27)
1-03. Maude Gratton – Chorale, O Lamm Gottes, BWV 656 (08:09)
1-04. Maude Gratton – Organ Sonata No. 4 in E Minor, BWV 528, I. Adagio, vivace (02:39)
1-05. Maude Gratton – Organ Sonata No. 4 in E Minor, BWV 528, II. Andante (04:18)
1-06. Maude Gratton – Organ Sonata No. 4 in E Minor, BWV 528, III. Un poco allegro (02:28)
1-07. Maude Gratton – Canonic Variations on Vom Himmel hoch, BWV 769, Variation 1 (In canone all’ ottava a 2 clav. e pedal) (01:21)
1-08. Maude Gratton – Canonic Variations on Vom Himmel hoch, BWV 769, Variation 2 (Alio modo in canone alla quinta a clav. e pedal) (01:25)
1-09. Maude Gratton – Canonic Variations on Vom Himmel hoch, BWV 769, Variation 3 (In canone alla settima, cantabile) (02:49)
1-10. Maude Gratton – Canonic Variations on Vom Himmel hoch, BWV 769, Variation 4 (A 2 clav. e pedal. per augmentationem in canone all’ ottava) (02:47)
1-11. Maude Gratton – Canonic Variations on Vom Himmel hoch, BWV 769, Variation 5 (L’altra sorte del’ canone all’ rovercio. Alla sesta – terza seconda nona) (02:47)
1-12. Maude Gratton – Duetto No. 1, BWV 802 (02:27)
1-13. Maude Gratton – Chorale, Jesus Christus, unser Heiland, BWV 665 (04:55)
1-14. Maude Gratton – Chorale, Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659 (04:09)
1-15. Maude Gratton – Chorale, Vor deinen Thron tret’ ich hiermit, BWV 668 (04:56)
1-16. Maude Gratton – Prelude and Fugue in E Minor, BWV 548, Praludium (06:04)
1-17. Maude Gratton – Prelude and Fugue in E Minor, BWV 548, Fuge (07:21)