Karl Richter - J. S. Bach: Toccata und Fuge g-moll BWV 915
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Karl Richter - J. S. Bach: Toccata und Fuge g-moll BWV 915
0:00 - Adagio
1:00 - Allegro
3:39 - Fuga
Johann Sebastian Bach (March 21, 1685 – July 28 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for his orchestral music such as the Brandenburg Concertos; instrumental compositions such as the Cello Suites; keyboard works such as the Goldberg Variations and The Well-Tempered Clavier; organ works such as the Schubler Chorales and the Toccata and Fugue in D minor; and vocal music such as the St Matthew Passion and the Mass in B minor. Since the 19th-century Bach revival he has been generally regarded as one of the greatest composers in the history of Western music.
Karl Richter (October 15, 1926 – February 15, 1981) was born in Plauen, Germany to Christian Johannes Richter, a Protestant pastor, and Clara Hedwig Richter. Richter was a German conductor, choirmaster, organist, pianist and harpsichordist. He studied first in Dresden, where he was a member of the Dresdner Kreuzchor and later in Leipzig, where he received his degree in 1949. He studied with Günther Ramin (former teacher of another prominent Bach specialist, organist Helmut Walcha), Karl Straube and Rudolf Mauersberger.