RUBSAM, WOLFGANG (b 1946 )

"Rübsam always has something different to say about Bach, like it or not." Classical Digest

Wolfgang Rübsam is a special phenomenon of keyboard recording - indeed of recording per se - and lies at the heart of Naxos' contribution and commitment to the dissemination of organ music.

Wolfgang Rübsam was born in Germany and received his musical training in Europe from Erich Ackermann, Helmut Walcha and Marie-Claire Alain, and in the United States from Robert T. Anderson.

Rübsam has been Professor of Church Music and Organ at Northwestern University since 1974, shortly after winning the 1973 Grand Prix de Chartres for Interpretation. He has also been University Organist at Rockefeller Memorial Chapel of the University of Chicago. In great demand as a concert hall performer and as a festival artist, Rübsam appears regularly at the Los Angeles Bach Festival, the Wiener Festwochen and the Royal Festival Hall, to mention only a few of his many ports of call.

Professor Rübsam is probably best known internationally through over a hundred highly acclaimed recordings of the organ repertoire - from the Baroque and Romantic periods - for a variety of labels. Called upon frequently to give recitals and masterclasses in the US and Europe, he has also served on the juries of the most prestigious competitions, where his breadth of experience and sureness of technique have won respect and admiration in a variety of contexts. Rübsam is currently Professor at the Hochschule des Saarlandes fuer Musik und Theater in Saarbruecken, Germany.

For Naxos Professor Rübsam has performed on organ and piano in an irrepressible affirmation of faith in J.S. Bach which has extended to dozens of discs, most of which have made an impressive and sometimes an unexpected mark upon the critics. Yet Rübsam has also found time to record music by the most famous Liechtenstinian composer, Joseph Gabriel Rheinberger, and the German composer of Protestant church music (remembered for anything but), Johann Pachelbel, thus extending the pleasure of those who enjoy refined playing on the king of instruments.

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101 CLASSICS - The Best Loved Classical Melodies	8.508004
20 KLASSISKA FAVORITER (20 Classical Favorites)	8.570566
ADAGIO - The Ultimate Collection	8.570015-16
ADAGIO 2	8.553841
BACH (THE VERY BEST OF)	8.552103-04
BACH FOR MEDITATION	8.557650
BACH, J.S. (THE BEST OF)	8.556656
BACH, J.S.: Adagio	8.552242
BACH, J.S.: Clavierubung III, Vol. 1	8.550929
BACH, J.S.: Clavierubung III, Vol. 2	8.550930
BACH, J.S.: English Suites Nos. 1-3, BWV 806-808	8.553012
BACH, J.S.: English Suites Nos. 4-6, BWV 809-811	8.553013
BACH, J.S.: Famous Works	8.553220
BACH, J.S.: Favourite Piano Works	8.554041
BACH, J.S.: French Suites Nos. 1-2 / Italian Concerto / Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue	8.550709
BACH, J.S.: French Suites Nos. 3-6, BWV 814-817	8.550710
BACH, J.S.: From the W.F. Bach Notebook / 5 Little Preludes	8.553097
BACH, J.S.: Great Organ Works	8.553859
BACH, J.S.: Inventions and Sinfonias, BWV 772-801	8.550960
BACH, J.S.: Kirnberger Chorales and other Organ Works, Vol. 1	8.553134
BACH, J.S.: Kirnberger Chorales and other Organ Works, Vol. 2	8.553135
BACH, J.S.: Kunst der Fuge (Die) (The Art of Fugue), Vol. 1	8.550703
BACH, J.S.: Kunst der Fuge (Die) (The Art of Fugue), Vol. 2	8.550704
BACH, J.S.: Organ Chorales / Preludes and Fugues / Fantasia	8.553629
BACH, J.S.: Organ Chorales from the Leipzig Manuscript, Vol. 1	8.550901
BACH, J.S.: Organ Chorales from the Leipzig Manuscript, Vol. 2	8.550927
BACH, J.S.: Organ Favourites	8.550184
BACH, J.S.: Organ Transcriptions	8.550936
BACH, J.S.: Organ Works, BWV 535, 550, 584, 588-589, 736, 740	8.553033
BACH, J.S.: Orgelbuchlein (Das), Vol. 1	8.553031
BACH, J.S.: Orgelbuchlein (Das), Vol. 2	8.553032
BACH, J.S.: Partitas Nos. 1-2, BWV 825-826	8.550692
BACH, J.S.: Partitas Nos. 3-4, BWV 827-828	8.550693
BACH, J.S.: Partitas Nos. 5-6, BWV 829-830	8.550694
BACH, J.S.: Preludes and Fugues BWV 536, 541, 542, 544, 546	8.550652
BACH, J.S.: Schubler Chorales / Toccata and Fugue in D Minor	8.553150
BACH, J.S.: Toccatas, BWV 910-916	8.550708
BACH, J.S.: Trio Sonatas BWV 528-530 / Prelude and Fugue BWV 547	8.550653
BACH, J.S.: Trio Sonatas, BWV 525-527 / Prelude and Fugue, BWV 543	8.550651
BUXTEHUDE: Organ Music, Vol. 3	8.555991
CAFE CLASSICS (AUSTRALIA ONLY)	8.555258-59
CENTRE (THE), Vol. 1	8.554901-02DX
CHILL WITH BACH	8.556786
CHRISTMAS - A Classic Christmas: For Your Family	8.555291
CHRISTMAS - Merry Christmas	7151
CHRISTMAS Merry Christmas / Frohliche Weihnachten / Joyeux Noel	8.550188
CINEMA CLASSICS 2005	8.556814
CINEMA CLASSICS, Vol. 5	8.556625
CINEMA CLASSICS, Vol. 9	8.556629
CLASSICAL FAVOURITES	8.550521
CLASSICAL FAVOURITES (Den Klassiske Onskekonserten)	8.503129
Classical Music Start-Up Kit, Vol. 1: 1500-1825	8.550779
Classics at the Movies: Drama	8.556807
Classics at the Movies: Sci-Fi	8.556801
Credo: Music for Reflection and Meditation	8.556708
Discover Music of the Baroque Era	8.558160-61
Magnificat: Classical Music for Reflection and Meditation	8.556710
Music for Kids CD 8: Music from Planet Earth	8.558021
ORGAN (Eternal)	8.572181
PACHELBEL: Organ Works	8.554380
RHEINBERGER: Works for Organ, Vol. 1	8.554212
RHEINBERGER: Works for Organ, Vol. 2	8.554213
RHEINBERGER: Works for Organ, Vol. 3	8.554549
RHEINBERGER: Works for Organ, Vol. 4	8.554809
RHEINBERGER: Works for Organ, Vol. 5	8.557184
RHEINBERGER: Works for Organ, Vol. 6	8.570313
Sarabande: Classics for Relaxing and Dreaming	8.556613
THANKSGIVING - A Classic Thanksgiving: Songs of Praise	8.555294