JS Bach

Playlist 2021-03-21

This Week’s Links

A note on the date of Johann Sebastian Bach’s birth date: https://oslmusic.org/happy-unbirthday-j-s-bach/

Statue of 18-year-old Bach in Arnstadt

Classics for Kids: JS Bach

Johann Sebastian Bach

The Towns and Cities of JS Bach

Bach Family Tree

Essential Bach recording list

First Hour

WTC Bk.1: Prelude & Fugue #1 in C, Glenn Gould – piano, Sony 89344, THE GOULD VARIATIONS: THE BEST OF GLENN GOULD’S BACH

Cello Suite #1 in G BWV1007: prelude, allemande, & gigue, Yo-Yo Ma – cello, Sony 190758 54652, YO-YO MA – SIX EVOLUTIONS

Cantata BWV147: Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring, Hungarian Radio Chorus & Failoni Chamber Orchestra, Budapest, Matyas Antal, NAXOS 553751, AVE MARIA: SACRED ARIAS AND CHORUSES

Brandenburg Concerto #2 in F BWV1047, English Chamber Orchestra, Anthony Newman, Wynton Marsalis – trumpet, Sony 66244, WYNTON MARSALIS – IN GABRIEL’S GARDEN

“Little” fugue in g BWV578, Olivier Latry – organ, La Dolce Volta, LDV69, BACH TO THE FUTURE

Orchestral Suite #3 in D after BWV1068, Ensemble Sonnerie, Monica Huggett, Gonzalo X .Ruiz – oboe, AVIE 2171, ORCHESTRAL SUITES FOR A YOUNG PRINCE

Second Hour

Cantata BWV171 “Gott, wie dein Name, so ist auch dein Ruhm” – Aria “Jesus soll mein erstes Wort, Orchestra of St. Luke’s, John Nelson, Kathleen Battle – soprano, Itzhak Perlman – violin, Deutsche Grammophon 429737, THE BACH ALBUM

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

Concerto in d for 2 violins BWV1043, Academy of Ancient Music, Andrew Manze, Rachel Podger – violin, Andrew Manze – violin, Harmonia Mundi 907155, J.S. BACH SOLO & DOUBLE VIOLINS CONCERTOS

Invention #1 in C BWV772, Invention #8 in F BWV779, Sinfonia #8 in F BWV794, Invention #14 in Bb BWV785, Sinfonia #14 in Bb BWV800,Invention #5 in Eb BWV776, Invention #2 in c BWV773, & Sinfonia #2 in c BWV788, Simone Dinnerstein – piano, Sony Classical 300910, BACH INVENTIONS & SINFONIAS BWV772-801

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

Third Hour

Goldberg Variations BWV988: Aria, Richard Egarr – harpsichord, Harmonia Mundi 907425/46, BACH GOLDBERG VARIATIONS 14 CANONS

Concerto for 4 Harpsichords BWV1065, Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood – dir. & harpsichord, Christopher Hogwood, Davitt Moroney, Colin Tilney, Christophe Rousset – harpsichords, L’Oiseau Lyre 433053, TRIPLE & QUADRUPLE CONCERTOS

Sinfonia from Cantata BWV156, Accademia Bizantina, Ottavio Dantone, Decca 4782718, BACH SINFONIA

Concerto in d BWV 974 (based on oboe concerto by Marcello), Luc Beausejour – piano, Analekta AN 2 9128, BAROQUE SESSION ON PIANO

Cantata BWV214: opening chorus, Collegium Vocale, Philippe Herreweghe, Harmonia Mundi 901860, TONET, IHR PAUKEN!

Concerto #14 in g BWV 985 (after Georg Philipp Telemann, TWV 51:g21): adagio, Huguette Dreyfus – harpsichord, Denon 76497, J.S. BACH HARPSICHORD TRANSCRIPTIONS OF CONCERTI

Concerto in D after Vivaldi BWV972, Alison Balsom – trumpet(s), Colm Carey – organ, EMI 58047, JS BACH WORKS FOR TRUMPET

Cantata BWV110: opening chorus, Monteverdi Choir & English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Soli Deo Gloria 113, JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH CANTATAS VOL.14

Fourth Hour

Wer nur den lieben Gott…BWV647, Ton Koopman – organ,, Deutsche Grammophon 413638, J.S.BACH: WORKS FOR ORGAN / WORKS FOR HARPSICHORD

Motet BWV230: Lobet den Herrn, Tafelmusik Chamber Choir & Baroque Orchestra, Ivars Taurins, CBC 1136, JS BACH MOTETS

Anna Magdalena Notebook: minuets 1 & 2, ,& Musette, Michael Parloff – flute, Gerald Ranck – harpsichord, ESS.A.Y 1027, THE FLUTE ALBUM

Capriccio in Bb on the Departure of his Most Beloved Brother BWV992, Leon Fleisher – piano, Vanguard 1796, LEON FLEISHER THE JOURNEY

Cantata BWV208: (aria) Sheep May Safely Graze, Parley of Instruments, Roy Goodman, Emma Kirkby – soprano, Hyperion 66169, BACH: HUNT CANTATA

Concerto in a BWV1041, Akademie Fur Alte Musik Berlin, Isabelle Faust – violin, Harmonia Mundi HMM902335/56, JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH VIOLIN CONCERTOS

Sonata #4 in d BWV528, Richard Stone – lute, Adam Pearl – harpsichord, Chaconne CHAN 0803, BACH SIX TRIO SONATAS

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