This Week’s Links
Bach Birthday Bash – Part 1 of 2
All music on today’s program is by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Johann Sebastian Bach – biography
Johann Sebastian Bach – chronology
Jeremy Denk on the Goldberg Variations
Marietta Simpson – mezzo-soprano
Brandon Patrick George – flute
Christòpheren Nomura – baritone
Masaaki Suzuki – organ & conductor
Mahan Esfahani – harpsichord & conductor
First Hour
Invention #8 in F, Invention #1 in C, Invention #10 n G, & Invention #3 in D, Karin Kei Nagano – piano, Analekta AN2 8771, J.S. BACH INVENTIONS & SINFONIAS
Oboe Concerto in D Minor, BWV 1059R, The Academy of Ancient Music, Bojan Cicic, Lucie Horsch – recorder, Decca 4834722, BAROQUE JOURNEY
Goldberg Variations: Aria, Variations 1-8, & Aria da capo, The Catalyst Quartet, Azica Records ACD-71300, GOLDBERG VARIATIONS BWV998 STRING QUARTET ARRANGEMENT
Cantabile in G BWV1019A, Rachel Barton Pine – violin, Jory Vinikour – harpsichord, Cedille CDR 90000 177, JS BACH: THE SONATAS FOR VIOLIN & HARPSICHORD
Partita in a minor BWV1013: Allemande, Brandon Patrick George – flute, Profil Hanssler PH18039, FLUTE SONATAS & SOLO WORKS
Aria variata in a (Ital variations) BWV989, Alison Balsom – trumpet, Alistair Ross – harpsichord, EMI 58047, JS BACH WORKS FOR TRUMPET
Second Hour
“Little” fugue in g BWV578, Marie-Claire Alain – organ,, Erato 88004, BACH – TOCCATA & FUGUE – PASSACAILLE – M.C. ALAIN
Brandenburg Concerto in G #3 BWV1048, Cafe Zimmermann, Alpha 048, CONCERTS AVEC PLUSIEURS INSTRUMENTS – II
Concerto #14 in g BWV 985 (after Georg Philipp Telemann, TWV 51:g21): allegro, Huguette Dreyfus – harpsichord, Denon, 76497, J.S. BACH HARPSICHORD TRANSCRIPTIONS OF CONCERTI
Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248: Part I: Jauchzet, frohlocket, auf, preiset die Tage, Alto Aria: Bereite dich, Zion, mit zartlichen Trieben, Bass Aria: Grosser Herr, o starker Konig, & Choral: Ach, mein herzliebes Jesulein… (Chorus), Bach Choir of Bethlehem & Bach Festival Orchestra, Greg Funfgeld, Marietta Simpson – mezzo-soprano, Mary Watt – oboe d’amore, Cheryl Bishkoff – oboe d’amore, Christòpheren Nomura – baritone, Lawrence Wright – trumpet, Dorian 93183 I/II, CHRISTMAS ORATORIO BWV 248
Concerto in d for 2 violins BWV1043, English Chamber Orchestra, Steven Mercurio, Anne Akiko Meyers – violin x 2, e one EOM-CD-7785, AIR
Suite in e BWV996: Bourree, Sharon Isbin – guitar, Erato 8-2564617518-5, BACH FOR GUITAR – LUTE SUITES
Third Hour
Cantata BWV131: Aus der Tiefe rufe ich, Herr, zu dir: (bass & sop aria): Herr, hore meine Stimme, Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki, Midori Suzuki – soprano, Peter Kooij – bass, BIS, 781, J.S. BACH CANTATAS VOL.2
Sonata in F (orig in E) BWV1035, Michala Petri – recorder, Mahan Esfahani – harpsichord, Hille Perl – viola da gamba, OUR Recordings, 6.220673, BACH 6 FLUTE SONATAS BWV 1030-1035
Violin Concerto No.1 in A minor, BWV 1041, Janine Jansen & Friends, Janine Jansen – violin, Decca, B0019301, JANINE JANSEN BACH CONCERTOS
Gloria in excelsis Deo (?1745) BWV191: Aria (duet) & concluding chorus, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Claron McFadden – soprano, Christoph Genz – tenor, Soli Deo Gloria SDG 174, JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH CANTATAS VOL. 18: WEIMAR/LEIPZIG/HAMBURG
Sonata #3 in E BWV1016, Isabelle Faust – violin, Kristian Bezuidenhout – harpsichord, Harmonia Mundi 902256/57, J.S.BACH SONATAS FOR VIOLIN & HARPSICHORD
Fourth Hour
French Suite #5 BWV816: Sarabande, Lara Downes – piano, Tritone 59140, 13 WAYS OF LOOKING AT THE GOLDBERG – BACH REIMAGINED
Brandenburg Concerto #2 in F BWV1047, English Chamber Orchestra, Anthony Newman, Wynton Marsalis – trumpet, Sony 66244, WYNTON MARSALIS – IN GABRIEL’S GARDEN
Mass in b: BWV232: Benedictus, qui venit in nomine Domini, Orchestra of St. Luke’s, John Nelson, Kathleen Battle – soprano, Itzhak Perlman – violin, Deutsche Grammophon 429737, THE BACH ALBUM
Concerto in a BWV593:allegro & adagio, Marie-Claire Alain – organ, Erato 88004, BACH – TOCCATA & FUGUE – PASSACAILLE – M.C. ALAIN
Orchestral Suite #3 in D BWV1068, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, Jeanne Lamon, Analekta FL2 3134, ORCHESTRAL SUITES 1,3,4
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