| The splendid music on this CD's a fine vindication of Bach's teaching, with its emphasis on thorough bass and chorales. |
| Although also without recitative, there were arioso pieces and instrumental symphonies, with choruses which included chorales. |
| I do have to caution that the booklet notes and texts for the chorales are in French and German only. |
| Fervent disputes were aroused by prayer in the vernacular, chorales after Protestant models, mixed choirs, and organ-playing. |
| This splendid music is a fine vindication of Bach's teaching, with its emphasis on thorough bass and chorales. |
| When already thirty, he decided on a return to basics, busying himself with contrapuntal puzzles, fugues and harmonization of chorales. |
