If you have great Bass speakers and if you are going to die soon!

Posted on November 10th, 2007 and filed in Bach, Organ

Here is “Come Sweet Death” by J.S. Bach. (*performed by Frederick Swann – who was Virgil Fox’s main student/acolyte. Virgil Fox himself the only interpreter of Bach’s organ works I would choose to listen to! ; although he was a very controversial figure in the Organ world*)

Mr. J.S. Bach. Some say the Greatest of them all. As he neared death he composed this piece. To my ear it’s the sound of the Soul passing into the unknown Beyond. IF I had great bass speakers, and IF I knew when I was dying! … I’d love to hear this. PLEASE persevere through the early ‘morbidness’! – because The Soul’s lift-off is coming. (***Warning: If you don’t have great bass speakers you might be disappointed. I’ve never heard this on a proper sound system. It’s probably one of those pieces you’d have to hear in ‘person’. Be prepared to adjust volume!

Come Sweet Death

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One Response to “If you have great Bass speakers and if you are going to die soon!”

  1. Muriel Wells Says:
    September 20th, 2010 at 10:40 pm

    Hi Jim,
    I have a download of Virgil Fox playing this on the huge Wannamaker Organ—it is very impressive; the performer, organ and piece!
    I am in two minds about Virgil Fox, who is a virtuoso and enthusiastic organist. His showmanship can be offputting, but I recognise that he has introduced classical music to so many who would otherwise never have listened.
    This performance by Frederick Swann is very pleasing—yes I have a speakers and a subwoofer and have turned up the volume!!! My Logitech system is still in the modest range but manages to do some justice to organ music. Mind you I should like something at the upper end of the scale—who wouldn’t?
    Thankyou for posting this.
    Regards,
    Muriel aka Polly.

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