Bach for Babies - fun and games for budding brains - Philips - PHI 2894629492 -

Personnel: Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano); Howard Collins, Celedonio Romero, Pepe Romero (guitar); Maria Graf (harp); Henryk Szeryng (violin); William Bennett , Jean-Pierre Rampal, Irena Grafenauer (flute); Michala Petri, Elisabeth Selin (recorder); Heinz Holliger (oboe); Friedrich Gulda, Sviatoslav Richter (piano); George Malcolm (harpsichord).

Whether or not one accepts the premise that playing Bach to an infant is the equivalent of planting seeds in the child's mental garden, this disc offers an entertaining program. Concentrating on shorter, lighter movements, the disc shows the quick and nimble side of Bach, performed in a wide variety of styles ranging from the classical earnestness of legendary pianist Sviatoslav Richter to the jazz-influenced arrangements of John Lewis and the unabashedly hokey Dixieland tootling of the Canadian Brass.

There's a lot of good material here, and this could indeed serve as a worthy introduction to Bach for children. Interestingly, the program concludes with the wonderfully serene aria from the Anna Magdalena Bach book, 'Bist du bei mir,' which is now believed to be the work of another composer. Whether this will have any effect on the youngsters remains to be seen.

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Bach, Johann Sebastian : Partita for Keyboard no 1 in B flat major, BWV 825 :: Praeludium

Performer: Jean Steuerman (Piano)
Running Time: 2 min. 7 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Written: 1726-1731

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Partita for Keyboard no 1 in B flat major, BWV 825 :: Menuets 1 & 2

Performer: Jean Steuerman (Piano)
Running Time: 1 min. 33 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Written: 1726-1731

Bach, Johann Sebastian : English Suite no 3 in G minor, BWV 808 :: Gavotte 1 - Gavotte 2 ou la musette

Performer: Sviatoslav Richter (Piano)
Running Time: 3 min. 10 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Written: by 1720

Bach, Johann Sebastian : French Suite no 5 in G major, BWV 816 :: Allemande

Performer: Sviatoslav Richter (Piano)
Notes: Composition written: 1722.
Running Time: 2 min. 54 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Written: 1722

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Suite for Cello solo no 3 in C major, BWV 1009 :: Bourreé 1 & 2

Performer: Pepe Romero (Guitar)
Running Time: 3 min. 42 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Written: 1720

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Suite for solo cello no 6 in D major, BWV 1012 :: Gavottes 1-2

Performer: Celedonio Romero (Guitar)
Running Time: 4 min. 57 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Written: 1720

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Work(s) :: Unspecified Prelude in D Minor

Performer: Celedonio Romero (Guitar)
Running Time: 1 min. 33 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Written: 1700-1750

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Orchestral Suite no 2 in B minor, BWV 1067 :: Badinerie

Performer: William Bennett (Flute)
Conductor: Sir Marriner
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Running Time: 1 min. 32 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Written: 1738-1739

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Brandenburg Concerto no 5 in D major, BWV 1050 :: Allegro

Performers: Henryk Szeryng (Violin); George Malcolm (Harpsichord); Jean-Pierre Rampal (Flute)
Conductor: Sir Marriner
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Running Time: 5 min. 20 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Form: Orchestral
Written: 03/24/1721

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, BWV 846-869 :: Prelude

Running Time: 3 min. 1 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Written: 1722

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, BWV 846-869 :: Fugue

Performer: Howard Collins (Guitar)
Running Time: 5 min. 48 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Written: 1722

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, BWV 846-869 :: no 2 in C minor, BWV 847

Ensemble: Canadian Brass
Running Time: 2 min. 5 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Written: 1722

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Brandenburg Concerto no 3 in G major, BWV 1048 :: Allegro

Conductor: Sir Marriner
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Running Time: 5 min. 36 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Form: Orchestral
Written: 03/24/1721

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Suite for Cello solo no 4 in E flat major, BWV 1010 :: Bourreé

Performer: Celedonio Romero (Guitar)
Running Time: 1 min. 14 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Written: 1720

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Partita for Keyboard no 1 in B flat major, BWV 825 :: Giga

Performer: Jean Steuerman (Piano)
Running Time: 1 min. 27 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Written: 1726-1731

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

Ensemble: Canadian Brass
Running Time: 3 min. 29 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Written: by 1707

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Brandenburg Concerto no 4 in G major, BWV 1049 :: Presto

Performers: Elizabeth Selin (Recorder); Henryk Szeryng (Violin); Michala Petri (Recorder)
Conductor: Sir Marriner
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Running Time: 5 min. sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Form: Orchestral
Written: 03/24/1721

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, BWV 846-869 :: Prelude

Performer: Friedrich Gulda (Piano)
Running Time: 2 min. 9 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Written: 1722

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Concerto for Oboe in D minor, BWV 1059 :: Siciliano

Performer: Heinz Holliger (Oboe)
Conductor: Sir Marriner
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Running Time: 3 min. 11 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Form: Concerto
Written: 1970

Bach, Johann Sebastian : French Suite no 4 in E flat major, BWV 815 :: Gavotte en rondeau

Performer: Maria Graf (Harp)
Notes: Composition written: 1722.
Running Time: 3 min. 16 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Written: 1722

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Sonata for Flute and Harpsichord in E flat major, BWV 1031 :: Siciliano

Performers: Irena Grafenauer (Flute); Maria Graf (Harp)
Running Time: 2 min. 15 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Written: 1730-1734

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Minuet for keyboard no 36 in D minor (AMN II/36; doubtful), BWV Anh. 132

Performer: Celedonio Romero (Guitar)
Running Time: 2 min. 17 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Written: 1725

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Bist du bei mir, aria arranged for voice & continuo (after Gottfried Stölzel), BWV 508

Performer: Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano)
Conductor: Barry Rose
Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra
Running Time: 2 min. 51 sec.
Period Time: Baroque
Form: Vocal
Written: 1722-1725

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