The first volume of 500 Years of Organ Music plunged us into the world of a majestic instrument which has been a formidable presence in churches and cathedrals for centuries. This new anthology dives deeper into the vast soundscape, discovering an eclectic range of composers and their equally varied works for what Mozart once described as ‘the king of instruments’. Naturally, a survey of the German organ music repertoire is not complete without the contribution made by the Bach family, and seven members of the family, including J.S. Bach, grace this set.
