Johann Sebastian Bach: Organ Music

Stockmeier himself is not a virtuoso, not a showman, not a romanticist. His playing is perhaps best described with "Professorial" – although in English that sounds like a bit more of a put down than I would want to imply. He is not hell-bent on some 'authentic' approach (something that fatally(!) flawed/s Kopmann's incomplete set that lurks around on Brilliant records) but he does not indulge in M-C Alain like fashion, either. (Not even to mention that certain Mr. Virgil Fox.) I prefer the playing of Karl Richter (unselfconscious, warmer, bigger) and probably even Walcha… but to attest Stockmeier "competence" and "capability" would be selling his skill far too short, also. It's a bit on the dry side, for sure - but skillfully abetted with single or double discs of some of your favorite organ works by Bach with an organist who completely matches your preference, this might well make a preferred choice as the complete-works back-up.

CD

1. Pastorella F-Dur BWV 590
2. Konzert für Orgel C-Dur BWV 595
3. 1. Allegro - 2. Adagio - 3. Allegro
4. 1. (Allegro) - 2. Adagio - 3. Allegro
5. 1. Allegro - 2. Rezitativ - Adagio - 3. Allegro

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