This five-volume graded series of organ music by J.S. Bach provides a wonderful selection of pieces for players of all levels and abilities. It includes the essential pieces from all genres, including chorale preludes, preludes and fugues, toccatas, and trio sonata movements, as well as a variety of lesser known works. Each volume contains a general introduction drawn from Marsden Thomas’s long experience as a teacher, with advice on registration, fingering and footing, touch and articulation, and ornamentation. There are informative Notes on the Pieces by renowned Bach scholar Professor Russell Stinson, addressing source issues, structure and symbolism, and, for the chorale preludes, information on the original hymn melody and text on which it is based. Contents: Christ lag in Todesbanden, BWV 695 Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 895 O Lamm Gottes, unschuldig, BWV 1085 Fugue in E flat major, from The Well-Tempered Clavier, book 2, BWV 876 Allegro (1st movement from Concerto in D major, after Vivaldi), BWV 972 Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 713 Fantasia in C major, BWV 570 Concerto in C major, 1st movement (after Johann Ernst, Prince of Sachsen-Weimar), BWV 984 Kyrie, Gott Vater in Ewigkeit, BWV 672 Christe, aller Welt Trost, BWV 673 Kyrie, Gott heiliger Geist, BWV 674 Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr, BWV 675 Dies sind die heilgen zehn Gebot, BWV 679 Jesus Christus, unser Heiland, BWV 689 Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir, BWV 687 Fugue in G minor, from The Well-Tempered Clavier, book 1, BWV 861 O Gott, du frommer Gott, BWV 767 In dich hab ich gehoffet, Herr, BWV 712 Difficulty: Moderately Difficult 63 pages, softbound 2014 Oxford University Press