Credits:

Balsom, Alison

Description:

The first in a remarkable project to record the complete works of Bach. The first in a series of complete works by Peter Kofler, who began recording all of Bach's organ works in March 2017, featuring the magnificent sound of a modern organ with four tiers of keys and 75 stops, which was also an innovator in organ music. The works of Bach, who was also an innovator of organ music, are sounded to the fullest. Peter Kofler, harpsichordist and organist, was born in Bolzano in 1979. After studying at the local Monteverdi Conservatory, he went to Munich to study with Harald Feller and Christine Schornsheim. He has performed with such old masters as Dorothee Oberlinger and Dmitry Shinkovsky, and since 2008 has been the organist at St. Michael's Church in Munich. Kofler is very enthusiastic about this recording, stating that "Bach's music, not the performance of modern organs or advanced recording techniques, is at the heart of this project. King International