50 Most Essential Bach Masterpieces

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Album Summary

Performers

• Max Frey (Harpsichord)
• Karl Stangenberg (Recorder)
• Brynjar Hoff (Oboe)
• Emanuel Abbuhl (Oboe d'amore)
• Klaus Jäckle (Guitar)
• Christiane Jaccottet (Harpsichord)
• Susanne Doll (Organ)
• Miah Persson (Soprano)
• Conrad von der Goltz (Violin)
• Henrik Mawe (Piano)
• Klemens Schnorr (Organ)
• Vesselin Gellev (Violin)
• Pieter Schoeman (Violin)
• Magnus Ludwigsson (Piano)
• Jurgis Grinkiavichius (Organ)
• Masaaki Suzuki [Conductor/Organ] (Keyboards)
• Andrei Ivanovich (Keyboards)
• Torleif Thedeen (Cello)
• Sergio Tiempo (Piano)
• Emmy Verhey (Violin)
• Hans Fagius (Organ)
• Jakob Lindberg (Lute)
• Nobuko Imai (Violin)
• Ilia Ioff (Violin)
• Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
• Otto Winter (Organ)
• Rachel Applebaum (Violin)
• Tracy Zobel (Oboe)
• Alfred Lessing (Bass Viola da gamba)

Conductors

• Ardal, Alf
• Duvier, Eugen
• Francis, Alun
• Gantvarg, Mikhail
• Griffiths, Howard
• Hager, Leopold
• Kakhidze, Djansug
• Lysy, Alberto
• Parry, David
• Sondeckis, Saulius
• Suzuki, Masaaki
• Titov, Alexander
• Warchal, Bohdan

Ensembles

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• Bach Collegium Japan
• Moravian Trio
• St. Petersburg Soloists

Composer

• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)

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Works Details

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Prelude and Fugue no 1 in C major (The Well-Tempered Clavier) :: Prelude

• Performer: Henrik Mawe (Piano)
• Running Time: 2 min. 28 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1722

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major :: Air

• Conductor: David Parry
• Running Time: 4 min. 14 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1731

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Toccata and Fugue for Organ in D minor, BWV 565

• Performer: Klemens Schnorr (Organ)
• Running Time: 8 min. 54 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: by 1708

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Double Concerto in D minor, for two violins :: Vivace

• Performers: Vesselin Gellev (Violin); Pieter Schoeman (Violin)
• Conductor: David Parry
• Running Time: 3 min. 38 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1730-1731

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Goldberg Variations :: Aria

• Performer: Henrik Mawe (Piano)
• Running Time: 4 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1741

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Orchestral Suite no 2 in B minor :: Badinerie

• Conductor: Mikhail Gantvarg
• Ensemble: St. Petersburg Soloists
• Running Time: 1 min. 29 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1738-1739

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben" BWV 147 :: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

• Performer: Magnus Ludwigsson (Piano)
• Running Time: 3 min. 37 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 07/02/1723

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Brandenburg Concerto no 3 in G major :: Allegro

• Conductor: David Parry
• Running Time: 5 min. 44 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 03/24/1721

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, chorale prelude for organ (Schübler Chorale no 1), BWV 645 (BC K22

• Performer: Jurgis Grinkiavichius (Organ)
• Running Time: 4 min. 25 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1748-1749

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Mass in B minor :: Et resurrexit

• Conductor: Djansug Kakhidze
• Running Time: 4 min. 33 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1748-1749

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Two-Part Invention no 8 in F major, BWV 779

• Performer: Masaaki Suzuki [Conductor/Organ] (Keyboards)
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1720

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Keyboard Concerto no 5 in F minor :: Largo (Arioso)

• Performer: Andrei Ivanovich (Keyboards)
• Conductor: Saulius Sondeckis
• Running Time: 3 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1738

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Suite for Cello no 1 in G major :: Prelude

• Performer: Torleif Thedeen (Cello)
• Running Time: 2 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1720

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Magnificat in D major :: Magnificat anima mea Dominum

• Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki
• Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan
• Running Time: 2 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Choral
• Written: 06/1733

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Keyboard Partita in B flat major :: Prelude

• Performer: Sergio Tiempo (Piano)
• Running Time: 1 min. 48 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: by 1740

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Concerto for Violin no 1 in A minor :: Allegro

• Performer: Emmy Verhey (Violin)
• Conductor: Alun Francis
• Running Time: 3 min. 52 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1730

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Fugue for organ in G minor ("Little"), BWV 578 (BC J66)

• Performer: Hans Fagius (Organ)
• Running Time: 4 min. 3 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: by 1707

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Orchestral Suite no 1 in C major :: Forlane

• Conductor: Bohdan Warchal
• Running Time: 2 min. 47 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: by 1725

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Sonata for Flute in E flat major :: Siciliano

• Ensemble: Moravian Trio
• Running Time: 2 min. 53 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1730-1734

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Brandenburg Concerto no 6 in B flat major :: Allegro

• Conductor: Alexander Titov
• Running Time: 7 min. 10 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 03/24/1721

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Two-Part Invention no 13 in A minor, BWV 784

• Performer: Masaaki Suzuki [Conductor/Organ] (Keyboards)
• Running Time: 1 min. 36 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1720

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Double Concerto no 1 in C minor, for two keyboards :: Adagio

• Performer: Andrei Ivanovich (Keyboards)
• Conductor: Saulius Sondeckis
• Running Time: 6 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1736

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Prelude and Fugue, for organ in C major (Acht kleine Praeludien und Fugen no 1; doubtful), BWV 553

• Performer: Jurgis Grinkiavichius (Organ)
• Running Time: 3 min. 58 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: by 1751

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Christmas Oratorio :: Sinfonia in G major

• Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki
• Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan
• Running Time: 5 min. 46 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Christmas
• Written: 1734

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Prelude for Lute in C minor, BWV 999

• Performer: Jakob Lindberg (Lute)
• Running Time: 2 min. 3 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1720

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Brandenburg Concerto no 4 in G major :: Allegro

• Conductor: Alexander Titov
• Running Time: 7 min. 44 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 03/24/1721

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Violin Partita no 3 in E major :: Preludio

• Performer: Nobuko Imai (Violin)
• Running Time: 3 min. 32 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1720

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Cantata no 208 :: Schäfe können sicher weide (Sheep may safely graze)

• Running Time: 1 min. 34 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 02/23/1713

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Concerto for Violin no 2 in E major :: Allegro

• Performer: Ilia Ioff (Violin)
• Conductor: Leopold Hager
• Running Time: 8 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Concerto
• Written: by 1730

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Double Concerto in D minor, for two violins :: Largo ma non tanto

• Performer: Yehudi Menuhin (Violin)
• Conductor: Alberto Lysy
• Running Time: 6 min. 37 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1730-1731

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Fantasia and Fugue for Organ in G minor, BWV 542 "Great G minor"

• Performer: Otto Winter (Organ)
• Running Time: 11 min. 46 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: by 1725

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Concerto in C minor, for oboe and violin :: Allegro

• Performers: Rachel Applebaum (Violin); Tracy Zobel (Oboe)
• Conductor: Eugen Duvier
• Running Time: 5 min. 13 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1921

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Overture in the French Style :: Overture

• Performer: Masaaki Suzuki [Conductor/Organ] (Keyboards)
• Running Time: 12 min. 58 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1735

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Keyboard Concerto no 1 in D minor :: Allegro

• Performer: Andrei Ivanovich (Keyboards)
• Conductor: Saulius Sondeckis
• Running Time: 8 min. 13 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1738

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Kommst du nun, Jesu, vom Himmel herunter, chorale prelude for organ (Schübler Chorale no 6), BWV 65

• Performer: Jurgis Grinkiavichius (Organ)
• Running Time: 3 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1748-1749

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Concerto for Violin no 1 in A minor :: Adagio

• Performer: Ilia Ioff (Violin)
• Conductor: Leopold Hager
• Running Time: 5 min. 59 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1730

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Suite in C minor, for solo lute :: Prelude

• Performer: Jakob Lindberg (Lute)
• Running Time: 3 min. 27 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1720

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Recorder Sonata in C major :: Andante - Presto

• Performers: Alfred Lessing (Bass Viola da gamba); Max Frey (Harpsichord); Karl Stangenberg (Recorder)
• Running Time: 1 min. 36 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1736

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Easter Oratorio :: Adagio in B minor

• Performer: Brynjar Hoff (Oboe)
• Conductor: Alf Årdal
• Running Time: 4 min. 28 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 1743-1746

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Brandenburg Concerto no 5 in D major :: Allegro

• Conductor: Alexander Titov
• Running Time: 11 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 03/24/1721

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Suite for Cello no 5 in C minor :: Sarabande

• Performer: Torleif Thedeen (Cello)
• Running Time: 3 min. 53 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1720

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Oboe d'Amore Concerto in A major :: Allegro

• Performer: Emanuel Abbuhl (Oboe d'amore)
• Conductor: Howard Griffiths
• Running Time: 4 min. 39 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1969

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Fugue for lute in G minor, BWV 1000

• Performer: Klaus Jäckle (Guitar)
• Running Time: 5 min. 45 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: after 1725

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Brandenburg Concerto no 6 in B flat major :: Adagio ma non tanto

• Conductor: Alexander Titov
• Running Time: 5 min. 40 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 03/24/1721

Bach, Johann Sebastian : French Suite no 4 in E flat major :: Allemande

• Performer: Christiane Jaccottet (Harpsichord)
• Notes: Composition written: 1722.
• Running Time: 2 min. 49 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1722

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Orchestral Suite no 2 in B minor :: Rondeau

• Conductor: Mikhail Gantvarg
• Ensemble: St. Petersburg Soloists
• Running Time: 1 min. 43 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1738-1739

Bach, Johann Sebastian : The Musical Offering :: Largo

• Performer: Susanne Doll (Organ)
• Running Time: 7 min. 30 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 05/1747-07/1747

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Magnificat in D major :: Et exultavit spiritus meus

• Performer: Miah Persson (Soprano)
• Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki
• Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan
• Running Time: 2 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Choral
• Written: 06/1733

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Violin Partita no 2 in D minor :: Chaconne

• Performer: Conrad von der Goltz (Violin)
• Running Time: 15 min. 54 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1720

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Mass in B minor :: Dona nobis pacem

• Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki
• Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan
• Running Time: 3 min. 45 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1748-1749