The annual Sunday Baroque Bach Birthday Bash – an all-Bach program celebrating the composer’s genius and extraordinary legacy.
This Week’s Links
Decoding Bach’s the ART OF FUGUE
First Hour
Allein Gott in der Höh’ sei Ehr’ BWV676 (To God Alone on High Be Glory), Bálint Karosi – organ, Hungaroton HCD 32745-46, CLAVIERUBUNG III THE CHORALES
Well Tempered Clavier Book 2 Prelude & Fugue #1, Prelude & Fugue #3, & Prelude & Fugue #6, Vladimir Feltsman – piano, Music Master 67162, THE WELL-TEMPERED CLAVIER BWV870-893 – BOOK II
Sonata #3 in e BWV527, Tempesta di Mare Chamber Players, Chaconne, CHAN 0803, BACH SIX TRIO SONATAS
3-Part Invention #1 in C BWV787, 2-Part Invention #2 in c BWV773, 2-Part Invention #3 in D BWV774, 2-Part Invention #4 in d BWV775, 2-Part Invention #5 in Eb BWV776, 2-Part Invention #6 in E BWV777, 2-Part Invention #7 in e BWV778, & 2-Part Invention #8 in F BWV779, Janine Jansen – violin, Maxim Rysanov – viola, Decca 4759081, THE BACH ALBUM
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Overture in the French Style BWV831: Gavottes 1 & 2, Passepieds 1 & 2, & Bourrees 1 & 2, Hank Knox – harpsichord, Early Music EMCCD-7775, J.S. BACH KEYBOARD WORKS
Second Hour
Cantata BWV207a: opening chorus, Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki, BIS 2311, SECULAR CANTATAS VOL.9 THE CONTEST BETWEEN PHOEBUS AND PAN
Cantabile in G BWV1019A, Rachel Barton Pine – violin, Jory Vinikour – harpsichord, Cedille CDR 90000 177, JS BACH: THE SONATAS FOR VIOLIN & HARPSICHORD
Cello Suite #6 in D BWV1012: gavottes 1 & 2, Yo Yo Ma – cello, Sony 190758 54652, YO-YO MA – SIX EVOLUTIONS
Chaconne in d (Partita #2 BWV1004), Igor Levit – piano, Sony 24452, LIFE
Erbarm dich mein, O Herre Gott BWV721
Christ, unser Herr, zum Jordan kam BWV684, Wayward Sisters, Paul von Hoff – sackbut, Wayward Sisters 2018, A RESTLESS HEART
Oboe & Violin Concerto in c BWV1060, Berlin Baroque Soloists, Frank Peter Zimmermann – violin, Serge Zimmermann – violin, Hanssler Classics HC17046, BACH VIOLIN CONCERTOS
Magnificat BWV243: sicut locutus est, Arcangelo, Hyperion CDA68157, BACH, BACH & BACH MAGNIFICATS
Third Hour
Goldberg Variations: aria, Yo Yo Ma – cello, Ton Koopman – organ, Sony 60681, SIMPLY BAROQUE 2
Suite in G (Anna Magdalena Book), Michael Parloff – flute, Gerald Ranck – harpsichord, ESS.A.Y 1027, THE FLUTE ALBUM
Sinfonia from Cantata BWV156, Accademia Bizantina, Ottavio Dantone, Decca 4782718, BACH SINFONIA
Musical Offering – Trio Sonata BWV1079, Emmanuel Pahud – flute, Matthew Truscott – violin, Jonathan Manson – cello, Trevor Pinnock – harpsichord, EMI Classics 84220, THE FLUTE KING
Brandenburg Concerto #6 in Bb BWV1051, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Ton Koopman, Erato 45374, Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 4, 5 , 6
Fourth Hour
Wo soll ich flien hin hin BWV646 (Whither Shall I Flee)
Ach bleib bie uns, Herr Jesu Christ BWV649 (Lord Jesus Christ, With Us Abide), Alison Balsom – trumpet, Stephen Cleobury – organ, Warner Classics 925116, JUBILO
Sonata in E BWV1035, Brasil Guitar Duo, Marina Piccinini – flute, AVIE 2196, BACH FLUTE SONATAS
Mass in b: Cum Sancto Spiritu, Sanctus, & Dona nobis pacem, Boston Baroque, Martin Pearlman, Telarc 80517, J.S. BACH: MASS IN B MINOR
Prelude, Fugue & Allegro in Eb BWV998, Yasunori Imamura – lute/theorbo, Etcetera 1109, J.S. BACH: LUTE MUSIC
Art of Fugue: contrapunctus I, contrapunctus II, & Contrapunctus IX, Les Violons du Roy (King’s Violins), Bernard Labadie, Dorian 90297, ART OF THE FUGUE
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