I'm willing to create a brand new thread in The Pipe Organ Forum for you. Just tell me how should I name it. Unless you want to have the previous postings there as well - then you need to ask moderators for help.
If we're asked for a new name for the thread what about 'Organ Music of J.S. Bach' ?
re: Helmut Walcha.
You said you own a Walcha integral on CD, his second verture. This is the stereo box set, years 1959-1971?
Because, if you want to listen to a fine remastered version of his first mono set, maybe you'd be glad to know that there is a budget edition available:
http://www.amazon.com/Bach-J-S-Organ-Works-Germany/dp/B000E6UL6I
Though without a booklet with (detailed) information, I think it's worth every penny!
Marc,
I have now got the remastered version of Walcha's first (mono) set and how glad I am to have it! You are indeed right about it being a 'fine' version. I have a soft spot for those particular performances and recordings because they were the first Walcha ones I heard and a revelation to me when I did first hear them. I do prefer some of those recordings / performances on the Lubeck and Cappel Organs to all others.
Thanks again for leading me to the remasterings. Finally, I got them from Archivmusic.com at an even lower price than Amazon.com
Best wishes.
rk
HI Marc -
Welcome!! I don't have much to add to the discussion about the organ, except this from my old boss at a radio station who played the organ at services every Sunday.
"Don't ever program 3 types of music on a classical station: harpsichord, opera, and the organ."
Why is that, listers? I have seen it happen - listeners drop off in DROVES whenever those 3 (and anything modern) plays on my station.