This Week’s Links
Bach Birthday Bash – Part 2 of 2

Bach Biography

Bach Family Tree

Quotes about Bach and his music

Bach Bourree — Jethro Tull version

First Hour

WTC Book 1: Prelude & Fugue #1 in C, Angela Hewitt – piano, Hyperion, CDA67741/4, BACH: THE WELL-TEMPERED CLAVIER

Italian Concerto in F BWV 971, Christophe Rousset – harpsichord, L’Oiseau Lyre, 433054, J.S. Bach: ITALIAN CONCERTO BWV 971, ETC.

Musical Offering – Trio Sonata BWV1079, Emmanuel Pahud – flute, Matthew Truscott – violin, Jonathan Manson – cello, Trevor Pinnock – harpsichord, EMI Classics, 84220, THE FLUTE KING

Trio Sonata in C BWV529: allegro, Alison Balsom – trumpet, Alistair Ross – harpsichord, Alina Ibragimova – violin, Mark Caudle – viola da gamba, EMI, 58047, JS BACH WORKS FOR TRUMPET

Brandenburg Concerto #3 in G BWV1048, European Brandenburg Ensemble, Trevor Pinnock, AVIE, 2119, BACH SIX CONCERTOS FOR THE MARGRAVE OF BRANDENBURG

Second Hour

Suite in e BWV996: Bourree & Allemande, Sharon Isbin – guitar, Erato, 8-2564617518-5, BACH FOR GUITAR – LUTE SUITES

Capriccio on the Departure of His Most Beloved Brother BWV992, Ann-Helena Schlüter – piano, Hanssler, 124-2, JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH FANTASIAS & DUETS

Cello Suite #6 in D BWV1012: gigue, Yo Yo Ma – cello, Sony, 63203, INSPIRED BY BACH

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750, Overture #1 in C BWV1066, Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini, Naive, OP30578, JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH – COMPLETE OUVERTURES FOR ORCHESTRA

St. John Passion: excerpts, Apollo’s Fire: The Cleveland Baroque Orchestra & Apollo’s Singers, Jeannette Sorrell, Eclectra, 2044, ST. JOHN PASSION (IN ENGLISH)

Third Hour

“Little” fugue in g BWV578, Marie-Claire Alain – organ,, Erato, 88004, BACH – TOCCATA & FUGUE – PASSACAILLE – M.C. ALAIN

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) à la Bruce Haynes (1942-2011), Concerto “Brandenburg” #10 in d, Bande Montreal Baroque, Eric Milnes, ATMA Classique, ACD2 2565, NOUVEAUX BANDEBOURGEOIS

Sonata #5 in f BWV1018, Florence Malgoire – violin, Blandine Rannou – harpsichord, Zig Zag, 50801, JS BACH SONATES POUR VIOLON ET CLAVECIN OBLIGE (BWV 1014-1019)

Art of Fugue: contrapunctus I- IV, Les Violons du Roy (King’s Violins), Bernard Labadie, Dorian, 90297, ART OF THE FUGUE

Cantata BWV192: opening chorus: Nun danket alle Gott, English Baroque Soloists & Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner, Soli Deo Gloria, 110, BACH CANTATAS VOL.10: POTSDAM/WITTENBERG

Fourth Hour

Invention #8 in F BWV779, Invention #2 in c BWV773, & Invention #14 in Bb BWV785, Simone Dinnerstein – piano, Sony Classical, 300910, BACH INVENTIONS & SINFONIAS BWV772-801

Herzliebster Jesu, was has du verbrochen, Jorg Reddin – organ, Accent Music, 644110, DU MEINE SEELE SINGE

Suite in G (Anna Magdalena Book), Michael Parloff – flute, Gerald Ranck – harpsichord, ESS.A.Y, 1027, THE FLUTE ALBUM

Goldberg Variations: Aria, Variations 1-3, Variation 28-30 Quodlibet, & Aria da capo, The Catalyst Quartet, Azica Records, ACD-71300, GOLDBERG VARIATIONS BWV998 STRING QUARTET ARRANGEMENT

Christmas Oratorio: Shepherds’ Music, Festival Strings Lucerne, Rudolf Baumgartner, Deutsche Grammophon, 469376, THE FOUR SEASONS: A MUSICAL CALENDAR OF FAVOURITE CLASSICS

St. Matthew Passion: opening & concluding choruses, Concentus Musicus Vienna, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Teldec, 81036, ST. MATTHEW PASSION

Orch Suite #3: Air on the G String, Halle Orchestra, Owain Arwel Hughes, EMI, 72064, SUNDAY PAPER

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