Naturally enough, this set opens with a brilliant account of the best known of all Bach's organ works (and ironically, one he probably didn't even write), the Toccata in D minor BWV 565. Rubsam gives a text-book reading, and his imaginative registrations and alert phrasing are typical of the various accounts collected here. Another prominent highlight is the G minor Fantasia BWV 542, a thrillingly engineered and sonorous performance, very much in typical 19th-century guise, with plenty of surprisingly effective romantic and dramatic touches. There's also a selection of chorale preludes from the Orgel-Buchlein, including many of the best-known settings, again agreeably and intelligently played.

Disc 2 begins with the imposing Passacaglia & Fugue in C minor BWV 582 and proceeds to showcase a series of well-known pieces, climaxing with a majestic reading of the Prelude & Fugue in E-flat ("St. Anne") BWV 552. These are admirable performances, but doubtless the lack of documentation concerning Rubsam's instrument (or instruments) is a drawback that some listeners inevitably will find annoying.

--Michael Jameson, ClassicsToday.com