Johann Sebastian Bach - Dritter Theil der Clavier Übung (Maurizio Croci)

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Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

• Prelude and Fugue in E-Flat Major, BWV 552
• Chorale Preludes, BWV 669–689
• 4 Duets, BWV 802–805

Maurizio Croci, organ

Date: 2026

Label: Arcana

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In his album following the award-winning Bach Mirrored, organist Maurizio Croci offers a fresh interpretation of Johann Sebastian Bach’s Clavier-Übung III. Drawing on Johann Nikolaus Forkel’s accounts of Bach’s unconventional registration choices and the bold timbral models found in Georg Friedrich Kauffmann’s Harmonische Seelenlust (1733–36), Croci places registration at the center of expressive performance. Utilizing the historic 1737 Treutmann organ in Grauhof, Croci brings these historical insights to life, presenting a nuanced and renewed listening perspective on Bach’s masterwork through imaginative, period-informed soundscapes.

Maurizio Croci (b. 1970) is a distinguished Italian organist, harpsichordist, and musicologist praised for his expertise in early keyboard music. Educated in Milan and Trent, he completed advanced studies at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis and earned a musicology degree from Fribourg University. A prize winner at the 1998 Paul Hofhaimer Competition, Croci has performed internationally, including J.S. Bach's complete organ works in Berne. He serves as Organ Professor at HEMU Lausanne-Fribourg, director at the Accademia Internazionale della Musica in Milan, artistic director of the Académie d’Orgue de Fribourg, and sits on the artistic board of European Cities of Historical Organs.