Muthel: Complete Organ Music

The last pupil of J. S. Bach, Johann Gottfried Müthel is said to have been present at the composer’s deathbed, and to have performed his duties as Cantor for the weeks following his passing.He is also credited for notating a number of Bach’s final works. Given this most illustrious of mentors – and notable friends, such as C.P.E. Bach – it is surprising that Müthel’s music, “full of novelty, taste and grace” (Charles Burney) has not been more widely appreciated since his own death in 1788.Organist and author Matteo Venturini’s new recording of Müthel’s complete organ music is set to change that.