[log in to unmask] writes: >I find the set largely a 'hit or miss' affair. Often, Jacob is >rather stodgy with his slow tempos and rounded contours. But sometimes >he displays enhanced vitality and delivers absolutely transcendent >interpretations. Overall, his playing has a 'sweet' quality to it that >will appeal to some more than others. If all the "complete sets" I've heard, Werner Jacob's is my favorite. His superb legato and his warm and technically secure performances also are recorded on a variety of period instruments, including a couple that Bach played (Hildebrandt organs in Stormthal and Naumburg [before it was restored and when it still had a non-tracker action]). Many of the recordings were made as a joint venture between EMI and VEB Deutsche Schallplatten, the government owned recording company of the old GDR. You are right to lament that the CD reissue doesn't tell you anything about Jacob. I think that he is now about 65, and he at least was the organist at the Sebalduskirche in Nuremberg. I haven't seen the new reissue. I hope that EMI provides information about the various pipe organs. I like the Rogg set, too, but the Jacob is my favorite single complete set. Carrow McCarn