Aria, for organ in F major (doubtful), BWV 587

• Date: after 1726
• Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
• Period: Baroque (1600-1749)

Review

This barely counts as a Bach composition, for it is a very straightforward transcription of the fourth movement of the trio sonata L'impériale from François Couperin's Les Nations. It is not even certain that Bach made the transcription himself, but if he did, it's likely that he fashioned this version around the same time he was writing his own trio sonatas for organ -- suggesting that he would have had to have gotten his hands on Couperin's original shortly after its 1726 publication. This is basically a da capo aria in its simplest ABA format. If the easily loping A section were just a bit less brisk, it would sound pastoral. One of its principal features is a repeated two-note motif, which is doubled to become the basis of the freely ornamented B section. ~ James Reel, Rovi

Albums with Complete Performances of the Work

Title	Date
Bach Edition, Vol. 6 [Box Set]
Bach Edition, Vol. 6: Organ Works [Box Set]
Bach Edition: Complete Works	2006
Bach Edition: Organ Works, Disc 7
Bach and the French Influence
Bach: Aria BWV587
Bach: Complete Edition
Bach: Complete Organ Music [SACD]
Bach: Complete Organ Works	2009
Bach: Das Orgelwerk (Complete Edition) [Box Set]
Bach: Frühe Orgelwerke (Box Set)	1997
Bach: I Concerti per Organo	2005
Bach: Les 4 Toccatas et Fugues	1993
Bach: Organ Masterworks	2001
Bach: Organ Miniatures
Bach: Organ Music Volume II
Bach: Organ Transcriptions	1994
Bach: Organ Works	2003
Bach: Organ Works
Bach: Organ Works [Box Set]	1988
Bach: Organ Works on Siberman Organs, Vol. IV	1998
Bach: Organ Works, Vol. 15
Bach: Organ Works, Vol. 4	1998
Bach: Organ Works, Vol. 4	2008
Bach: Orgelwerke XV	1997
Bach: Perspectives	2000
Bach: Preludium & Fuge, BWV 539; Concerto, BWV 593; Aria, BWV 587; Pastorella, BWV 590; Choräle
Bach: The Complete Organ Music, Vol. 4
Bach: The Organ Works	1999
Bach: The Organ Works
Bach: The Organ Works
Bach: The Organ Works (Box Set)	2000
Bach: The Organ Works [Box Set]	1995
Bach: The Organ Works, Disc 3	2000
Bach: The Works for Organ, Vol. 5	1994
Bach: The Works for Organ, Vol. 5	1994
Bach: Transcriptions of Concerti & Trios	1999
Bach: Works for Organ [Digital]	2011
Best Wedding 100
Great Organ Works
J.S. Bach: Complete Works for Organ (Box Set)
J.S. Bach: Complete Works for Organ, Vol. 11	1994
J.S. Bach: Organ Transcriptions	1994
J.S. Bach: The Complete Organ Works	2000
Johann Sebastian Bach Premium Edition	2006
Johann Sebastian Bach Premium Edition, Vol. 37	2006
Johann Sebastian Bach: Complete Works for Organ [Analog]	2007
Organ Miniatures (2)
Richard Clayderman: My Classical Collection	1991
The Complete Organ Music of Johann Sebastian Bach

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