Due for release in January 2026, James McVinnie’s performance of Bach’s Clavier-Übung III reveals the collection’s fusion of technical mastery, theological depth, and emotional resonance, offering a clear and sensitive journey through one of the organ repertoire’s most profound and architecturally sublime achievements.
“This album of Bach’s Clavier-übung III has been a long time coming. I learnt some of CÜ3 as a teenager, and first performed the whole collection in my early 20s. Recorded in the dead of winter 2017, and sat on my hard drive in a near completed state for the years since, it has become like an old friend. Most of my recordings to date have been in the sphere of contemporary music, often presenting works that have been written in collaboration with composer friends. For a long time I’ve felt the need to release a project that fills in the gaps, if you like; after all, Bach’s music forms a central part of my musical makeup that’s been there right from the start. And so this feels a deeply personal album. This is what I think music sounds like.”
James McVinnie
Released on CD and digitally for download and streaming.
PHYSICAL RELEASE DATE: January 2026
DIGITAL RELEASE DATE: 16 January 2026
