50°50'03.5"n 10°56'46.1"E (Bach Organ Landscapes / Arnstadt, Brandis, Zschortau) Jörg Halubek

• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750): Praeludium Et Fuga in A-Dur, BWV 536:
• 1Bach: Praeludium Et Fuga in A-Dur, BWV 536: I. Praeludium01:42
• 2Bach: Praeludium Et Fuga in A-Dur, BWV 536: II. Fuga04:18
• Lobt Gott, Ihr Christen Allzugleich BWV 732:
• 3Bach: Lobt Gott, Ihr Christen Allzugleich BWV 73201:14
• In Dulci Jubilo, BWV 729:
• 4Bach: In Dulci Jubilo, BWV 72902:27
• Vom Himmel Hoch, da Komm Ich Her, BWV 738:
• 5Bach: Vom Himmel Hoch, da Komm Ich Her, BWV 73801:22
• Fantasia in G-Dur, BWV 571:
• 6Bach: Fantasia in G-Dur, BWV 57107:15
• Vom Himmel Hoch, da Komm Ich Her, BWV 700:
• 7Bach: Vom Himmel Hoch, da Komm Ich Her, BWV 70002:33
• Fuga in C-Moll, BWV 574b:
• 8Bach: Fuga in C-Moll, BWV 574b06:51
• Gott, durch deine Güte, BWV 724e:
• 9Bach: Gott, durch deine Güte, BWV 724e01:40
• Ach Herr, mich armen Sünder, BWV 742:
• 10Bach: Ach Herr, mich armen Sünder, BWV 74202:17
• Capriccio B-Dur, BWV 992:
• 11Bach: Capriccio B-Dur, BWV 992: I. Arioso: Adagio02:14
• Capriccio B-Dur, BWV 993:
• 12Bach: Capriccio B-Dur, BWV 993: II. Fuga01:31
• Capriccio B-Dur, BWV 994:
• 13Bach: Capriccio B-Dur, BWV 994: III. Adagiosissimo02:24
• Capriccio B-Dur, BWV 995:
• 14Bach: Capriccio B-Dur, BWV 995: IV.00:36
• Capriccio B-Dur, BWV 996:
• 15Bach: Capriccio B-Dur, BWV 996: V. Aria di Postiglione. Allegro Poco01:05
• Capriccio B-Dur, BWV 997:
• 16Bach: Capriccio B-Dur, BWV 997: VI. Fuga All'imitatione di Posta02:47
• Praeludium Et Fuga in A-Moll, BWV 543:
• 17Bach: Praeludium Et Fuga in A-Moll, BWV 543: I. Praeludium03:06
• 18Bach: Praeludium Et Fuga in A-Moll, BWV 543: II. Fuga05:53
• Ehre sei dir, Christe, der du leidest Not, BWV 1097:
• 19Bach: Ehre sei dir, Christe, der du leidest Not, BWV 109701:56
• Das alte Jahr vergangen ist, BWV 1091:
• 20Bach: Das alte Jahr vergangen ist, BWV 109102:39
• Fuga in H-Moll, BWV 579:
• 21Bach: Fuga in H-Moll, BWV 57904:49
• Christ, der du bist der helle Tag, BWV 1120:
• 22Bach: Christ, der du bist der helle Tag, BWV 112001:27
• Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ, BWV 722:
• 23Bach: Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ, BWV 72201:16
• Christus, Der ist mein Leben, BWV 1112:
• 24Bach: Christus, Der ist mein Leben, BWV 111201:39
• Fuga in C-Dur, BWV 946:
• 25Bach: Fuga in C-Dur, BWV 94602:16
• Ich hab mein Sach Gott heimgestellt, BWV 1113:
• 26Bach: Ich hab mein Sach Gott heimgestellt, BWV 111302:02
• Praeludium Et Fuga in E-Moll, BWV 533:
• 27Bach: Praeludium Et Fuga in E-Moll, BWV 533: I. Praeludium01:57
• 28Bach: Praeludium Et Fuga in E-Moll, BWV 533: II. Fuga02:24
• Praeludium Et Fuga in G-Dur, BWV 541:
• 29Bach: Praeludium Et Fuga in G-Dur, BWV 541: I. Praeludium02:45
• 30Bach: Praeludium Et Fuga in G-Dur, BWV 541: II. Fuga04:38
• Jesu, meines Lebens Leben, BWV 1107:
• 31Bach: Jesu, meines Lebens Leben, BWV 110701:54
• Wie nach einer Wasserquelle, BWV 1119:
• 32Bach: Wie nach einer Wasserquelle, BWV 111901:59
• O Jesu, wie ist dein Gestalt, BWV 1094:
• 33Bach: O Jesu, wie ist dein Gestalt, BWV 109402:28
• Praeludium Et Fuga in C-Dur, BWV 545:
• 34Bach: Praeludium Et Fuga in C-Dur, BWV 545: I. Praeludium01:56
• 35Bach: Praeludium Et Fuga in C-Dur, BWV 545: II. Fuga03:40
• Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend, BWV 726:
• 36Bach: Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend, BWV 72600:57
• Ach Gott und Herr, BWV 714:
• 37Bach: Ach Gott und Herr, BWV 71402:32
• Erbarm dich mein, O Herre Gott, BWV 721:
• 38Bach: Erbarm dich mein, O Herre Gott, BWV 72103:06
• Fantasia et Fuga in A-Moll, BWV 561:
• 39Bach: Fantasia et Fuga in A-Moll, BWV 56108:31
• Total Runtime01:48:06

Info for 50°50'03.5"n 10°56'46.1"E (Bach Organ Landscapes / Arnstadt, Brandis, Zschortau)

With the complete recording of Bach's organ works on various instruments, Jörg Halubek's "Bach Organ Landscapes" project paints a panorama of organ landscapes and organ building traditions.

Since 2020, he has portrayed nine different locations and their unique organs on six double albums. With a careful eye for the unique cultural heritage of the instruments of the Bach regions, he is in search of the original Bach sound.

"Above all, this album reflects the experimental phase of the young Bach, which is very strongly associated with Arnstadt," explains Jörg Halubek. The selected preludes, fugues, fantasies and chorales were presumably mostly composed during Bach's time as organist in Arnstadt and his employment at the princely court in Weimar as a chamber musician, court organist and later concertmaster. For this recording, Jörg Halubek chose three organs in the Leipzig area: the reconstructed Wender organ (1703) in the Bachkirche Arnstadt, Bach's first organist position, the organ by Christoph Donut (1705) in the town church of Brandis and the organ by Johann Scheibe (1746) in the village church of Zschortau. The Scheibe organ here already represents a later type, and there is a favourable report on this organ by Bach himself. Jörg Halubek has assigned one of the three organs to each work in order to do justice to the stylistic diversity as an interpreter.

Harpsichordist, conductor and organist Jörg Halubek is one of the most versatile artists on the music scene. In recent years, he has performed primarily as a "maestro al harpsichord", including with his orchestra il Gusto Barocco and at international guest appearances. His expertise in dealing with early music is demonstrated by numerous recordings, including Georg Friedrich Händels/Georg Philipp Telemann's "Cleofida" (2022) or Johann David Heinichen's "Flavio" as well as Bach's violin sonatas with Leila Schayegh. With these albums, Jörg Halubek continues his partnership with Berlin Classics.

Jörg Halubek, (Wender organ Bachkirche Arnstadt, Donut organ Stadtkirche Brandis, Scheibe organ Dorfkirche Zschortau)

Jörg Halubek
studied church music, organ and harpsichord in Stuttgart and Freiburg with Jon Laukvik and Robert Hill. At the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, he specialized in period performance practice with Jesper Christensen and Andrea Marcon. He won first prize in the 2014 International Johann Sebastian Bach Competition in Leipzig in the Organ category.

In recent years, Jörg Halubek appeared in the first place as “Maestro al Cembalo”. As guest artist, Jörg Halubek directed from the harpsichord at such venues as the Komische Oper Berlin, Nationaltheater Mannheim, the Handel Festival in Halle, Innsbruck’s Festival Weeks of Early Music, the Wuppertal Opera and the Stuttgart Liederhalle. As guest conductor since 2012 at Kassel’s Staatstheater he is regularly in charge of opera productions, directing such works as Mozart’s “Lucio Silla”, Gluck’s “Iphigénie” and Handel’s “Saul”. His particular concern is for the dramatic relevance of the historical material and he is a strong advocate of making full use of early music’s freedoms in one’s interpretation.

Directing Il Gusto Barocco, the Baroque ensemble he founded, he was invited to bring it to the 2019 Bach Week in Ansbach as festival orchestra and was very well received. 2021 promises the continuation with “L’Orfeo” of the Mannheim Monteverdi cycle he began with Il Gusto Barocco in 2017. Jörg Halubek has extended his discoveries of forgotten operas and opera arrangements, documented in the recent CD release of his premiere recording of Johann David Heinichen’s “Flavio Crispo”, with his 2020 concertante staging of “Cleofida” – Handel’s opera “Poro, Re dell’Indie” in the arrangement by Georg Philipp Telemann with German-language recitatives – in Stuttgart’s Wilhelma-Theater and at the Early Music Days in Herne.

His expertise in the field of early music is well demonstrated by his prizewinning recordings of works for keyboard instruments and violin by Johann Sebastian Bach (2016) and Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (2014) with Baroque violinist Leila Schayegh. Jörg Halubek has been Professor for Organ and Historical Keyboard Instruments at the Stuttgart Musikhochschule since 2016.

This album contains no booklet.