Selected Organ Works Band 1

Among the pupils of J. S. Bach, Johann Ludwig Krebs took a key position. Being one of the most talented of Bach's students, Krebs was already regarded as an extraordinary composer and organist with virtuoso skills in his own lifetime. Upon studying his comprehensive organ oeuvre, one feels his great skills as an organist which manifest themselves in a virtuoso fingering and pedal technique. As a composer, Krebs appears to us as an artist in perfect command of the rules of counterpoint. Apart from perfectly imitating his teacher Bach, Krebs had also turned toward the new gallant and sensitive tendencies of his time. He thus proved to be receptive to the new musical movements arising in his days which play a special role in his compositions.

Content:

Prelude in C minor Krebs-WV [Index of works] 403
Toccata and Fugue in E major Krebs-WV 406
Toccata and Fugue in A minor Krebs-WV 411
4 little Preludes Krebs-WV 412-415
Fantasia in F major Krebs-WV 418
Fantasia in F major Krebs-WV 419
Fantasia and Fugue in F major Krebs-WV 420
Fugue in G minor Krebs-WV 430
Fugue in Bb major [on B-A-C-H: the notes Bb, A, C, B] Krebs-WV 434