CD 1:
Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565
The Little Fugue in G minor, BWV 578
Prelude and Fugue in C major, BWV 545
O Gott, du frommer Gott, BWV 767
Prelude and Fugue in F minor, BWV 534
Prelude and Fugue in G major, BWV 550
Prelude and Fugue in C minor, BWV 546

CD 2:
Prelude and Fugue in D major, BWV 532
Fugue in B minor on a theme by Corelli, BWV 579
Toccata and Fugue in F major, BWV 540
Christ, der du bist der helle Tag, BWV 766
Prelude and Fugue in A major, BWV 536
Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 543
Prelude and Fugue in B minor, BWV 544

NORDSTOGA’S NINTH

In his ninth and tenth of a total of fourteen releases of Bach’s collected organ works, Kare Nordstoga pulls together much of what was not collected from the composer’s side preludes and fugues.

The double form prelude (or toccata) and fugue has been an established form of composition since the 1600s. The North Germans Dietrich Buxtehude and Georg Böhm made a powerful contribution to this contrastive style in which the freer first part and the more rigorous second part are united in a dynamic whole. The young Johann Sebastian harvested significant impressions from these two composers during his time in Lubeck and Luneburg, and this album was recorded in Luneburg.

Kare Nordstoga (b. 1954) studied at the Norwegian Academy of Music under Soren Gangflot, Bjorn Boysen and Kaare Ornung, among others. Following his debut concert in 1978, he continued his studies under David Sanger in London, and he was for a time organist at Ullern Church, before coming to Oslo Cathedral in 1984. He has also been associated with the Norwegian Academy of Music, where he was appointed professor in 1994. Nordstoga is an active concert organist.

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Recorded in St. Johannis, Luneburg, 9-12 October 2017. Played on Bach-Bohm-Orgel, St. Johannis Luneburg. 5th album of Bach series (CD 9 & 10) performed by organist Kare Nordstoga.