BACH JOHANN-SEBASTIAN

(CD) GOLDBERG VARIATIONS
Andras Schiff returns to the Goldberg Variations in what will be regarded as one of the classical music events of the year. Two decades after his acclaimed account of the Variations for Decca, Schiff documents Bach's towering masterpiece again, this time in a live recording for ECM New Series. As the New York Times said, "Mr Schiff is, in Bach, a phenomenon. He has quite simply internalized this music. He doesn't so much perform it as emit, breathe it." The fluency of the playing in this concert recording from Basel is quietly astonishing,...
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(CD) SIX SONATAS FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO
Ο Johann Sebastian Bach ξεκίνησε να δουλεύει στις 6 σονάτες για βιολί και τσέμπαλο την εποχή που βρισκόταν στην αυλή της Βαϊμάρης και του Κέτεν, ενώ επέστρεψε στο έργο αυτό πολλά χρόνια αργότερα, αναθεωρώντας και τελειοποιώντας τη σύνθεση σχεδόν μέχρι το τέλος της ζωής του. Ο Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach αργότερα θα αναφερόταν στο έργο ως "ένα από τα σπουδαιότερα έργα του αγαπημένου μου πατέρα". Προιωνίζοντας τη φόρμα της κλασικής σονάτας, το βιολί και το πληκτροφόρο όργανο αντιμετωπίζονται επί ίσοις όροις μπροστά στην πρόκληση των υψηλών συν...
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(CD) THE SONATAS AND PARTITAS
SONATA No. 1 in G minor, BWV 1001 Adagio Fuga. Allegro Siciliana Presto PARTITA No. 1 in B minor, BWV 1002 Allemanda Double Corrente Double. Presto Sarabande Double Tempo di Borea Double SONATA No. 2 in A minor, BWV 1003 Grave Fuga Andante Allegro PARTITA No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004 Allemanda Corrente Sarabanda Giga Ciaccona SONATA No. 3 in C major, BWV 1005 Adagio Fuga Largo Allegro assai PARTITA No. 3 in E major, BWV 1006 Preludio Loure Gavotte en Rondeau Menuet I Menuet II [- Menuet I da capo] Bourree Gigue...
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(CD) DIE KUNST DER FUGE
One is tempted, perhaps, to experience the fugue as a puzzle. In that puzzle are strings of numbers unraveling from a central rope, even as they spin into one. Yet when listening to Bach's Art thereof, and especially in the Keller Quartett's sensitive hands, we find that even our best similes are weak and arbitrary, for this music, this expression of internal power, is alive. By no means universal, it takes a different form every time to every listener. We in turn can take comfort in knowing that the final triple fugue was never finished, ...
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(2CD) THE FRENCH SUITES
Recorded September 1991, Cavelight Studio, New Jersey Engineer: Peter Laenger Produced by Manfred Eicher...
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(CD) HARPSICHORD CONCERTOS
J. S. Bach's seven harpsichord concertos and the "Triple" concerto BWV 1044 span the total range of Baroque experience: from the tempestuous e'lan of BWV 1052, through the disquiet and anger of BWV 1056, to the joy and elation of BWV 1055. Richard Egarr and The Academy of Ancient Music, led by Andrew Manze, present these masterpieces in radically fresh, intimate readings charged with dramatic intensity.This title was released for the first time in 2002....
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(CD) VIOLIN CONCERTOS
The great Johann Sebastian Bach grew up around violin music: his father Johann Ambrosius was an accomplished violinist. This influence is reflected in Sebastian's compositional output, which contains a large number of solo and ensemble works for the instrument - including the concertos on this recording. The works, written in approximately 1720, are based on Vivaldi's concerto model from the beginning of the 18th century, and - in the case of the D minor and G minor concertos - are reconstructions of the harpsichord concertos. Indeed, many...
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(3-CD SET) MARIA YUDINA PLAYS J.S. BACH, BEETHOVEN, BRAHMS, LISZT
One of the few artists openly opposed to the Soviet leadership, Maria Yudina today ranks among the greatest musicians of her age. A phenomenal pianist who is particularly remembered for the virtuosity, spirituality and intellectual rigour of her playing, she prized Bach above all, as did all the Great Russian pianists of her day, but ventured far forward into the music of her own time, and was friends with many dissident artists and composers. Stalin famously had a soft spot for her Mozart playing; it is thought that this is what prevented...
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(2CD) JOHANNES-PASSION
J.S. Bach composed his St John Passion during his first winter in Leipzig, in advance of the Good Friday Vespers service of 1724. It is written for an intimate ensemble (much more modest than the scoring of his later St Matthew Passion) and was originally to be performed in the Thomaskirche, being moved to the Nikolaikirche at short notice. The music is a vivid representation of Christ's Passion as told in St John's Gospel, constructed of recitatives and choruses, with commentary in reflective chorales, ariosos and arias. The music is, by ...
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(CD/DVD) MAGNIFICAT AND CONCERTI
J.S.BACH: Keyboard Concerto No. 1 in D minor, BWV1052 Pierre Hantai (harpsichord) Magnificat in D major, BWV243 Hanna Bayodi-Hirt, Johannette Zomer (sopranos), Damien Guillon (countertenor), David Munderloh (tenor) & Stephan MacLeod (baritone) La Capella Reial de Catalunya A.VIVALDI: Concerto, Op. 3 No. 2 'Con due Violini e Violoncello obligato', RV 578 Manfredo Kraemer, Pablo Valetti (violins) Magnificat in G minor, RV610 Hanna Bayodi-Hirt, Johannette Zomer (sopranos), Damien Guillon (countertenor), David Munderloh (tenor) & Stephan MacLe...
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(3CD) MATTHAUS-PASSION
Bach composed his St Matthew Passion in 1727. Only two of his five Passion settings have survived - the St Matthew and the St John. The St Mark survives in a realisation after the manuscript was destroyed in a bombing raid in the Second World War. Of the other two works there is no trace. The work was premiered in Leipzig where Bach was kapellmeister at the Thomaskirche. Revised several times by the composer, it was often performed during his lifetime, but not heard outside Leipzig until 1829 when Mendelssohn performed an edited and modifi...
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(CD) TRIO SONATAS, BWV 525-530
The father of the Baroque period, Johann Sebastian Bach is one of the greatest composers of all time. His works, covering a wide range of instruments and voice types, continue to flourish to this day, forming a core part of musical learning. This special disc brings together the Trio Sonatas BWV525-530, works that originally appeared in a manuscript of works for organ. In this form, the pieces naturally became part of Bach's teaching - a notable contribution to his oldest son Wilhelm Friedemann's virtuoso organ technique. The works are oft...
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(CD) VIOLIN CONCERTO BWV 1052, DOUBLE CONCERTOS
Violin Concerto BWV1052 Double Concertos for harpsichords, recorders, oboe and violin...
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(CD) MAGNIFICAT BWV 243a, CHRISTMAS CANTATA BWV 63, CANTATA "CHRISTEN, ATZET DIESEN TAG"
This budget-priced reissue featuring Philippe Herreweghe and Collegium Vocale Gent recreates the festival of Christmas as it was celebrated in Leipzig under the direction of Johann Sebastian Bach. A highlight of the recording is the original version of the celebrated Magnificat, which includes four extra movements. This title was released for the first time in 2003....
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(CD) INVENTIONEN UND SINFONIEN / FRANZOSISCHE SUITE V
For more than four years, fans have been waiting for a new Bach recording from the extraordinary Austrian pianist Till Fellner. His interpretation of the first book of the Well-tempered piano for ECM was released in 2004 to great critical acclaim. "The articulation and the shaping of line are always clean, with meticulous but subtle attention given to the underlining of fugue subjects. There is just the right amount of flexibility in his shaping of phrase, and the sheer beauty of his sound helps lend the cerebral an enticing touch of the s...
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(CD) GOLDBERG VARIATIONEN
The fabulous recording of 1955....
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(4CD) GLENN GOULD
Toronto Symphony Orchestra, CBC Symphony Orchestra...
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(3CD) CHRISTMAS ORATORIO
Johann Sebastian Bach, hero of the Baroque, has many masterpieces to his name. Among them is the Weihnachts-Oratorium BWV248, also known as the Christmas Oratorio. The work was written in 1734 to be performed at several services spanning Christmas Day to Epiphany in Leipzig. A re-telling of the Christmas story, the work has become one of the most popular choral compositions of all time and is a regular fixture in the church and concert calendars all over the world. In a manner of parody, as was popular at the time, Bach repurposed sections...
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(CD) OBOE CONCERTOS
We can't be sure that Bach wrote any concertos specifically for the oboe aside from the C minor concerto BWV1060 - in which it's partnered by the violin in an exercise of pathos out of all proportion to the modest dimensions of the work itself. The other concertos here come down to us as harpsichord concertos, in which guise they do not sit entirely happily, and it seems more than likely that Bach, as both unhappy Kapellmeister of the Thomaskirche in Leipzig and far more content in his role supplying music, musicians and concerts to Zimmer...
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(5CD) FAMOUS CANTATAS
Throughout his life, Bach remained a passionate composer of sacred cantatas, which underpinned his unshakeable commitment to the Lutheran church. While he also turned his hand to secular cantatas, he remains best known for his religious works, and this collection delves into a varied selection representing all the important festivals in the Christian calendar. Along with some of the best-known examples, such as 'Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott' BWV80, with its triumphant timpani and trumpets, listeners will also find a treasure trove of less...
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