Bach J.S: a Musical Offering [Import]

Track Listings
1. Ricercar A 3    
2. Canon Perpetuus A 2    
3. Canon A 2 Violini In Unisono    
4. Canon A 2 Per Motum Contrarium    
5. Canon A 2 Per Augmentationem, Contrario Motu    
6. Canon A 2 Per Tonos    
7. Fuga Canonica In Epidiapente    
8. Canon Perpetuus Super Thema Regium    
9. Canon Perpetuus    
10. Canon A 2    
11. Canon A 4    
12. Largo    
13. Allegro    
14. Andante    
15. Allegro    
16. Ricercar A 6    
17. Allegro Moderato    
18. Siciliano    
19. Allegro    
20. Adagio Ma Non Tanto    
See all 23 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews
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Bach's Musical Offering is One of the Most Unique Chamber Works Ever Written. For Instance Instead of a Fixed Ensemble, in Each Movement the Instrumentation Varies from a Lone Soloist to Combinations of Two to Four Musicians. As One of the Very Few Ensembles to Record all of J.s. Bach's Chamber Music the Musica Antiqua Koln Here Offer One of the Finest, Most Idiomatically Knowing, Crisply Articulated and Spirited Performances of the Work Available. Archiv's Sound as Well is Top Notch with Remarkable Acoustic Clarity and Definition.

Bach J.S: a Musical Offering, Music, Goebel, Bass, Medlam, Hazelzet, Musica Antiqua Koln, Johann Sebastian Bach, Reinhardt Goebel, Classical
J.S. Bach: Musikalisches Opfer
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Colourful!
 J.S. Bach: Musikalisches Opfer

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ASIN: B00005B84O
Release Date: 2001-10-09

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Colourful!.......2005-06-16

This interpretation is a perfect match to Savall's equally beautiful Art of the Fugue. Here you find even more variety in the blend of instruments. I am not going to have only one version of this music and my first recommendation is Münchinger's more emotional recording on Decca. When it comes to colourful instrumentation, however, Savall is the winner, and the direction & playing needs no justification, it is simply wonderful, even if I doubt this folk music style reflects the spirit of the baroque era. The king's theme must have been very popular during the 18th century; you find it even in the song "Gråt Fader Berg" by the Swedish minstrel Carl Michael Bellman (1740-95).
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  • Superb Salonen, Magnificent Bach plus
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ASIN: B00004WK4B
Release Date: 2000-08-29

Tracks:

  1. Toccata in d, BWV 565
  2. Fugue in d, BWV 565
  3. Fant in c, BWV 537
  4. Fugue in c, BWV 537
  5. The Musical Offering, BWV 1079: Ricercare No.2
  6. Prld in E flat 'St. Anne', BWV 552
  7. Fugue in E flat 'St. Anne', BWV 552
  8. Fugue in g, 'Little', BWV 578
  9. Ste: I. Ov
  10. Ste: II. Rondeau -
  11. Ste: Badinerie
  12. Ste: III. Air
  13. Ste: IV. Gavotte I -
  14. Ste: Gavotte II

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars Oddly dispirited and square.......2005-09-24

These lushly romantic, even shmaltzy arrangements of Bach for orchestra--the kind made famous by Stokowski when conducting was a glamorous Hollywood profession--don't suit Salonen at all. By temperament he is all but anti-romantic, a modernist through and through. So these performances, despite being well played and in gorgeous sound, are lifeless. Stick with Stokowski all the way.

5 out of 5 stars A Great Bach Recording.......2001-03-22

Tis is a collection of some of the best music suited for orchestra. Most of these works were originally for harpsichord and organ. They are played with such grace and elegance by L.A.P. Salonen does a fantastic job conducting. Thede pieces were brillantly arranged by the likes of Stokowsky, Webern, Mahler, Elgar, etc. These are among the most brilliant musicians ever. They are fantastic. The Tocatta and Fugue in d is powerful. The elegance of the suites are matched by nothing. The Air is so moving. The flutist is wonderful. This is an all around great c.d. for any Bach fan.

3 out of 5 stars Excellent recording...if transcriptions appeal to you.......2000-12-15

With all the new and exciting contemporary works that the LA Phil is presenting (not to mention the rethinking of some of the "old masters") I wonder why Salonen elected to put this selection on disc. The orchestra plays beautifully, the sound is elegant, but there is something that aproaches pedantic about this. Perhaps Salonen wants to exercise some of the influences on his own composing. Or perhaps this is an homage to the old tradition of creating various arrangements of well known music for a variety of ensembles. It is valuable as a curiosity, but it is doubtful that it will be one of your frequently played recordings. Why not Stucky or Lieberson or Reich or even the Gorecki 2nd Symphony instead.......?

5 out of 5 stars Back to Bach (Via Philadelphia).......2000-10-11

Vulgarian and Neanderthal throwback that I am, I love this stuff, inordinantly. I think Stokowski a genius and precisely for his Bachwerk, his "arrangements" of the Leipzig master's keyboard compositions for full modern symphony orchestra. But Stoki labored in good company, for, as Esa-Pekka Salonen's new Sony anthology with the L.A. Philharmonic shows, Gustav Mahler, Sir Edward Elgar, Arnold Schoenberg, and Anton Webern inter alia all put their able hands to updating and amplifying Bach for a dynamo age. (As a matter of fact, Leonard Slatkin has recorded a similar, but even more variegated, CD, with the BBC Philharmonic, for Chandos.) We begin with Stoki's most famous (or infamous) transcription, the D-Minor Toccata and Fugue, made doubly notorious through its role as a kind of overture in the Disney film "Fantasia." Salonen competes with several recorded versions, going back to the late 1920s, with Stoki himself at the helm of the Philadelphia and other orchestras. He has, I believe, made the decision to do it the way Stoki did it, and the result is satisfying. (That is to say, technicolor, over-the-top, and cinematically glittering.) Next up? Elgar's miraculously pompous and circumstantial reworking of the Fantasy and Fugue in C-Minor (also on Slatkin's Chandos CD). Yep. Sounds like the First Symphony or one of those processionals. Relish it. Glory in it. Dann kommt ja Herr Webern, with his sound-coloristic treatment of the Ricercar from "A Musical Offering." Less grand, it is, than Elgar, but uncanny and hence welcome as a change of pace. In Arnold Schoenberg's hyper-romantic rethinking, the "Ste. Anne" Prelude and Fugue becomes a vast two-movement symphony, with the same orchestral palette as his own "Pelleas und Melisande" or "Gurrelieder." Stoki now makes another appearance, with his version of the "Little" Fugue in G Minor. At last, Gustav Mahler comes up to the plate with his arrangment of selections from the orchestral suites. Der "Gustl" offers perhaps the tamest stuff here, but it's still plenty meaty fare. Gimme more! I remember, for example, a mid-1970s LP of Eugene Ormandy conducting the Philadelphians in arrangements of nothing but the fugues. There were eight of `em, as I recall. Then there was the Columbia LP of the London Symphonic Wind Ensemble doing Bach as Berlioz might have done him when he was writing the Symphonie Funebre et Triomphale. And is there a billionaire out there who will commission some needy living composers to orchestrate the Preludes and Fugues of that other contrapuntal master, Dmitri Shostakovich? Meanwhile, I'll keep playing the lottery.

5 out of 5 stars Superb Salonen, Magnificent Bach plus.......2000-09-10

Esa-Pekka Salonen is given to eccentric and idiosyncratic readings of scores, not always to their disadvantage. This selectionof transcriptions of Bach works by other composers and conductors is by its very nature odd-ball, and Salonen makes the most of it. He is particularly effective with Elgar's interpretation of the fantasy and Fugue in C Minor.

This is not a recording for Bach purists but for those who enjoy the sounds of a fleshed-out orchestra under the control of a masterful Romaticist. I give it five stars and a bullet and Salonen a hearty clap on the back for a job well done.
Organ Works Complete
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • The royal music!
 Organ Works Complete
Johann Sebastian Bach , and Christopher Herrick
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Release Date: 2002-11-12

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars The royal music!.......2003-11-05

Organ king's music performed by a prominent organist at his best on ones of the best organs in the world!
Bach/Markevitch: The Musical Offering
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Perhaps the Best Bach Orchestration EVER
  • Markevitch's Elegant 'Musical Offering' Orchestration
 Bach/Markevitch: The Musical Offering
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ASIN: B0000X7KEQ
Release Date: 2004-04-20

Tracks:

  1. I. Ricercare A 3 Voci
  2. Tema
  3. Canon A 2, Cancrizans
  4. Canon Perpetuus Super Thema Regium
  5. Per Motum Contrarium
  6. Canon In Unisono
  7. Per Motum Contrarium (Quaerendo Invenietis)
  8. Per Motum Contrarium: Inversus Var. Vae
  9. Fuga Canonica In Epidiapente
  10. Per Augmentationem Contrario Motu
  11. Canon Per Tonos
  12. Canon Perpetuus A 4
  13. Largo
  14. Allegro (With Orchestral Interpolations)
  15. Andante
  16. Allegro Giusto ('Canon Concertante', I.E. Canon Perpetuus)
  17. Tempo Di Giga
  18. IV. Fuga (Ricercar) A 6 Voci

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Perhaps the Best Bach Orchestration EVER.......2005-07-31

(Note Bene: If you are new to The Musical Offering, as I was before purchasing this recording, read the book "Evening in the Palace of Reason" to learn the inside story of this fascinating work. As well as a dio biography with alternating chapters on Bach and Frederich the Great (whose motives for instigating this work, as the author claims, may have been suspect and bordering on the sadistic, as was Frederich's wont), the author gives an invaluable insight on the inner workings of this piece and what Bach may have been truly trying to communicate in it. If reading about Bach's life bores you, skip those chapters. The book is well worth it regardless. (Frederich's life was both more eventful and profoundly more disturbing.))

In 1949-50, Igor Marketvitch rearraned some of the canons in this fascinating work of Bach's to form them into a theme-and-variations movement and orchestrated the whole piece for antiphonal strings, cor anglais, bassoon, flute and harpsichord. The trio sonata, which Bach wrote with Frederich the Great's prowess on the flute in mind, is left as an instrumental piece for flute, solo violin and harpsichord after an introductory for foll strings. The Ricercar for three voices, which Bach improvised for Frederich on a theme the monarch provided and may have been intended to be deliberately impossible for Bach to treat in his polyphonic style, is an opening movement and the Ricercar for six voices, which Frederich also requested but Bach wrote later, realizing doing so on the sxpot was far above even his improvisatory powers, is used as the finale for the whole work.

Christopher Lyndon-Gee states in the notes state that Nadia Boulanger, Marketvitch's teacher, completed the harpsuchord part for Markevitch's fellow student Dinu Lipatti to play but Lipatti died before Boulanger was finished. Lyndon-Gee complains that this keyboard part is anachronistic due to its being overly
pianistic but it works perfectly fine for me as a consort for the
other two instrumentalists.

The whole arrangement is extremely tasteful, much lighter in overall approach than most Bach orchestral arrangements while adding color and texture. The effect is like seeing a set of expert watercolors instead of the the bright oils of Stokowski et al. Lyndon-Gee writes that Markevitch was happy with this arrangement -- for good reason -- and recorded it himself twice.

Lyndon-Gee was familiar to me from his excellent Naxos recordings of George Rochberg's Violin Concerto and Fifth Symphony, and he does an equally fine job here -- perhaps a little too stately at times but perfectly acceptable. The Arnhen Philharmonic, which was new to me, is an extremely adept group whose clarity and tone -- just dry enough to complement Bach's music but with a wonderful tone in ensemble passages -- is perfect for this piece

Don't hesitate on this disc. Buy it.

5 out of 5 stars Markevitch's Elegant 'Musical Offering' Orchestration.......2004-05-16

Igor Markevitch (1912-1983) is known to us these days almost exclusively as a conductor; some will remember him as an excellent teacher of conducting and composition. But few have heard his music, not surprisingly since he stopped composing at age 29 and did not promote his music much after that. He wrote, 'I would say to you, very frankly, that I am objective enough to claim that there is music which needs to be heard before mine, and for which the need is more urgent. Apart from that, if my works are good enough, they can wait: and if they cannot wait, it is pointless to play them.' Thanks to Marco Polo the time has come to hear his music. This is volume 7 of a project to record his complete orchestral music. And if I'm not mistaken, the one I've been most waiting for (having only ever heard a portion of it, 'L'Envol d'Icare,' before) is next in line, his moving 'Icare,' generally acknowledged to be his masterpiece.

This CD contains Markevitch's elegant orchestration (and completion of the unfinished portions) of one of Bach's miraculous final works, 'The Musical Offering.' Many artists have made completions and orchestrations of the work, beginning with Johann Philipp Oley in 1763 and including such masters as Webern and Busoni. I have long loved the orchestration recorded by Karl Munchinger and coupled with Graeser's completion of 'Art of Fugue.' But that is a performance in high romantic style with lush strings and 19th-century expression. Here, however, we have a much leaner sound, partly due to Markevitch's orchestration and partly due to the style of playing exercised by the Arnhem Philharmonic under Christopher Lyndon-Gee, whose recordings I've come to treasure in recent months.

I'm not musicologist enough to comment about Markevitch's completions of the missing portions of Bach's work. All I can say is that they sound right and satisfying to me. He reorders the movements and conflates the randomly organized canons into a single movement. The work was originally published, along with the two separate Ricercars on the same theme, as '1. Two Fugues, 2. a Sonata, and 3. various Canons.' Markevitch inserts one of the canons (No. 8) into the Sonata as its fourth movement prior to the Gigue. He terms the conflated remaining nine canons as 'Theme with Variations,' doubling one of them (Quaerendo invenietis) into linked versions, one of which is the inversion of the other. (I'm paraphrasing from the excellent booklet notes written by conductor Lyndon-Gee.) The two Ricercars stand as the opening and closing movements of what now looks like this: 1. Ricercar a 3, 2. Theme with Variations (the Canons movement), 3. Sonata, 4. Ricercar a 6. I have to say this makes for a very satisfying experience.

I've probably played this disc a dozen times now. It has haunted me even in my sleep. (I suppose some will want to psychoanalyze that, but so be it.) This is incredible music, as I'm sure all will agree, and this completion and performance serve it well.

TT=54:55

Heartily recommended.

Scott Morrison
J.S. Bach: A Musical Offering; Flute Sonatas Nos. 2 & 3 [Canada]
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  • Excellent recording
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Bach , Bass , Medlam , and Musica Antiqua Koln
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ASIN: B00004Z1B6
Release Date: 2000-09-13

Tracks:

  1. Ricercar A 3
  2. Canon Perpetuus A 2
  3. Canon A 2 Violini In Unisono
  4. Canon A 2 Per Motum Contrarium
  5. Canon A 2 Per Augmentationem, Contrario Motu
  6. Canon A 2 Per Tonos
  7. Fuga Canonica In Epidiapente
  8. Canon Perpetuus Super Thema Regium
  9. Canon Perpetuus
  10. Canon A 2
  11. Canon A 4
  12. Largo
  13. Allegro
  14. Andante
  15. Allegro
  16. Ricercar A 6
  17. Allegro Moderato
  18. Siciliano
  19. Allegro
  20. Adagio Ma Non Tanto
  21. Allegro
  22. Siciliano
  23. Allegro Assai

Album Details

Bach's Musical Offering is One of the Most Unique Chamber Works Ever Written. For Instance Instead of a Fixed Ensemble, in Each Movement the Instrumentation Varies from a Lone Soloist to Combinations of Two to Four Musicians. As One of the Very Few Ensembles to Record all of J.s. Bach's Chamber Music the Musica Antiqua Koln Here Offer One of the Finest, Most Idiomatically Knowing, Crisply Articulated and Spirited Performances of the Work Available. Archiv's Sound as Well is Top Notch with Remarkable Acoustic Clarity and Definition.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars As good as it gets.......2006-02-02

I have always liked the Musical Offering. That said, many people don't, finding it dry or "academic". If you fall into that category, this recording may change your mind. The playing is lively and most importantly, it focuses one's attention to the composition and interplay of the voices. I own four different versions of this work, and this recording is my favorite. Check it out!

5 out of 5 stars Excellent recording.......2005-10-10

This version of the Musical Offering is the recommended one according to Bach's own website. That's why I bought it. It is brilliant.
Bach: The Organ Works
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  • EMPHATICALLY 5 stars!
 Bach: The Organ Works
Johann Sebastian Bach , and Peter Hurford
Manufacturer: Polygram Records
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ASIN: B0000041KD
Release Date: 1995-07-10

Tracks:

  1. Toccata And Fugue In F Major: Toccata
  2. Toccata And Fugue In F Major: Fugue
  3. Prelude And Fugue In G Major
  4. Prelude And Fugue In E Minor: Prelude
  5. Prelude And Fugue In E Minor: Fugue
  6. Prelude And Fugue In C Major
  7. Prelude And Fugue In C Minor
  8. Prelude and Fugue in D major: Prelude
  9. Prelude and Fugue in D major: Fugue
  10. Toccata And Fugue In D Minor: Toccata
  11. Toccata And Fugue In D Minor: Fugue

Tracks:

  1. Toccata, Adagio, And Fugue In C Major: Toccata
  2. Toccata, Adagio, And Fugue In C Major: Adagio
  3. Toccata, Adagio, And Fugue In C Major: Fugue
  4. Fantasia And Fugue In C Major
  5. Prelude And Fugue In E Minor
  6. Prelude And Fugue In A Minor
  7. Kleines harmonisches Labyrinth
  8. Toccata And Fugue In D Minor: Toccata
  9. Toccata And Fugue In D Minor: Fugue
  10. Trio In C Minor
  11. Fantasia And Fugue In G Minor: Fantasia
  12. Fantasia And Fugue In G Minor: Fugue

Tracks:

  1. Fantasia In G Major
  2. Fugue In B Minor
  3. Trio In D Minor
  4. Prelude And Fugue In G Minor
  5. Fantasia In C Minor
  6. Fugue In G Major
  7. Fantasia And Fugue In C Minor: Fantasia
  8. Fantasia And Fugue In C Minor: Fugue
  9. Fugue In G Major
  10. Fugue In C Minor
  11. Fugue In G Major
  12. Fantasia And Fugue In C Major
  13. Pedal-Exercitium
  14. Passacaglia And Fugue In C Minor: Passacaglia
  15. Passacaglia And Fugue In C Minor: Fugue

Tracks:

  1. Clavier Ubung III: Prelude In E Flat Major
  2. Clavier Ubung III: Kyrie, Gott Vater in Ewigkeit
  3. Clavier Ubung III: Christe, aller Welt Trost
  4. Clavier Ubung III: Kyrie, Gott heiliger Geist
  5. Clavier Ubung III: Allein Gott in der Hoh' sei Ehr'
  6. Clavier Ubung III: Dies sind die heilgen
  7. Clavier Ubung III: Wir glauben all' an einen Gott
  8. Clavier Ubung III: Vater unser im Himmelreich
  9. Clavier Ubung III: Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam
  10. Clavier Ubung III: Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir
  11. Clavier Ubung III: Jesus Christus unser Heiland, der von uns
  12. Clavier Ubung III: Fugue In E Flat Major

Tracks:

  1. Clavier Ubung III: Kyrie, Gott Vater in Ewigkeit
  2. Clavier Ubung III: Christe, aller Welt Trost
  3. Clavier Ubung III: Kyrie, Gott heiliger Geist
  4. Clavier Ubung III: Allein Gott in der Hoh' sei Ehr'
  5. Clavier Ubung III: Allein Gott in der Hoh' sei Ehr'
  6. Clavier Ubung III: Dies sind die heilgen sehn Gebot'
  7. Clavier Ubung III: Wir glauben all' an einen Gott
  8. Clavier Ubung III: Vater unse im Himmelreich
  9. Clavier Ubung III: Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam
  10. Clavier Ubung III: Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir
  11. Clavier Ubung III: Jesus Christus unser Hieland, der von uns
  12. Chorale Preludes From The Kirnberger Collection: Wer nur den lieben Gott lasst walten
  13. Chorale Preludes From The Kirnberger Collection: Wer nur den lieben Gott lasst walten
  14. Chorale Preludes From The Kirnberger Collection: Ach Gott und Herr
  15. Chorale Preludes From The Kirnberger Collection: Ach Gott und Herr
  16. Chorale Preludes From The Kirnberger Collection: Wo soll ich fliehen hin
  17. Chorale Preludes From The Kirnberger Collection: Christ lag in Todesbanden
  18. Chorale Preludes From The Kirnberger Collection: Christum sollen wir loben schon
  19. Chorale Preludes From The Kirnberger Collection: Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ
  20. Chorale Preludes From The Kirnberger Collection: Herr Christ, der ein'ge Gottes Sohn
  21. Chorale Preludes From The Kirnberger Collection: Nun komm', der Heiden Heiland
  22. Chorale Preludes From The Kirnberger Collection: Vom Himmel hoch, da komm' ich her
  23. Chorale Preludes From The Kirnberger Collection: Vom Himmel hoch, da komm' ich her
  24. Chorale Preludes From The Kirnberger Collection: Das Jesulein soll doch mein Trost
  25. Chorale Preludes From The Kirnberger Collection: Gottes Sohn ist kommen
  26. Chorale Preludes From The Kirnberger Collection: Lob sei dem allmachtigen
  27. Chorale Preludes From The Kirnberger Collection: Durch Adams Fall ist ganz verderbt
  28. Chorale Preludes From The Kirnberger Collection: Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier
  29. Chorale Preludes From The Kirnberger Collection: Ich hab' mein Sach' Gott heimgestellt
  30. Chorale Preludes From The Kirnberger Collection: Ich hab' mein Sach' Gott heimgestellt
  31. Chorale Preludes From The Kirnberger Collection: Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend'
  32. Chorale Preludes From The Kirnberger Collection: Wir Christenleut
  33. Chorale Preludes From The Kirnberger Collection: Allein Gott in der Hoh' sei Ehr'
  34. Chorale Preludes From The Kirnberger Collection: In dich hab' ich gehoffet, Herr
  35. Chorale Preludes From The Kirnberger Collection: Jesu, meine Freude

Tracks:

  1. Sonata No. 1 In E Flat Major: I Allegro moderato
  2. Sonata No. 1 In E Flat Major: II Adagio
  3. Sonata No. 1 In E Flat Major: III Allegro
  4. Sonata No. 2 In C Minor: I Vivace
  5. Sonata No. 2 In C Minor: II Largo
  6. Sonata No. 2 In C Minor: III Allegro
  7. Sonata No. 3 In D Minor: I Andante
  8. Sonata No. 3 In D Minor: II Adagio e dolce
  9. Sonata No. 3 In D Minor: III Vivace
  10. Sonata No. 4 In E Minor: I Adagio - Vivace
  11. Sonata No. 4 In E Minor: II Andante
  12. Sonata No. 4 In E Minor: III Un poco allegro
  13. Sonata No. 5 In C Major: I Allegro
  14. Sonata No. 5 In C Major: II Largo
  15. Sonata No. 5 In C Major: III Allegro
  16. Sonata No. 6 In G Major: I Vivace
  17. Sonata No. 6 In G Major: II Lento
  18. Sonata No. 6 In G Major: III Allegro

Tracks:

  1. Chorale Variations: Ach, was soll ich Sunder machen
  2. Chorale Variations: Christ, du bist der helle Tag
  3. Chorale Variations: O Gott, du frommer Gott
  4. Chorale Variations: Canonische Veranderungen: Vom Himmel hoch, da komm' ich her
  5. Chorale Variations: Sei gegrusset, Jesu gutig

Tracks:

  1. Choralvariationen: Allein Gott in der Hoh' sei Ehr'
  2. Schubler Chorale Preludes: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme
  3. Schubler Chorale Preludes: Wo soll ich fliehen hin
  4. Schubler Chorale Preludes: Wer nur den lieben Gott labt walten
  5. Schubler Chorale Preludes: Meine Seele erhebt den Herren
  6. Schubler Chorale Preludes: Ach bleib' bei uns, Herr Jesu Christ
  7. Schubler Chorale Preludes: Kommst du nun, Jesu, vom Himmel herunter
  8. Chorale Preludes: Liebster Jesue, wir sind hier
  9. Chorale Preludes: Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier
  10. Chorale Preludes: Lobt Gott, ihr Christen, allzugleich
  11. Chorale Preludes: Meine Seele erhebt den Herren
  12. Chorale Preludes: Nun freut euch, lieben Christen g'mein
  13. Chorale Preludes: Valet will ich dir geben
  14. Chorale Preludes: Valet will ich dir geben
  15. Chorale Preludes: Vater unser im Himmelreich
  16. Chorale Preludes: Vom Himmel hoch, da komm' ich her
  17. Chorale Preludes: Wie schon leuchtet der Morgenstern
  18. Chorale Preludes: Wie glauben all' an einen Gott

Tracks:

  1. Concerto No. 1 In G Major: (Allegro)
  2. Concerto No. 1 In G Major: Grave
  3. Concerto No. 1 In G Major: Presto
  4. Concerto No. 2 In A Minor: (Allegro)
  5. Concerto No. 2 In A Minor: Adagio
  6. Concerto No. 2 In A Minor: Allegro
  7. Concerto No. 3 In C Major: (Allegro)
  8. Concerto No. 3 In C Major: Adagio
  9. Concerto No. 3 In C Major: Allegro
  10. Concerto No. 4 In C Major
  11. Concerto No. 5 In D Minor: (Allegro) - Grave e fuga
  12. Concerto No. 5 In D Minor: Largo e spiccato
  13. Concerto No. 5 In D Minor: (Allegro)
  14. Concerto No. 6 In E Flat Major
  15. Chorale Preludes: Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend'
  16. Chorale Preludes: Herzlich tut mich verlangen
  17. Chorale Preludes: Jesus, meine Zuversicht
  18. Chorale Preludes: In dulci jubilo

Tracks:

  1. Neumeister Chorale Preludes: Der Tag, der ist so freudenreich (Ein Kindelein so lobelich)
  2. Neumeister Chorale Preludes: Wir Christenleut
  3. Neumeister Chorale Preludes: Das alte Jahr vergangen ist
  4. Neumeister Chorale Preludes: Herr Gott, nun schleuss den Himmel auf
  5. Neumeister Chorale Preludes: Herzliebster Jesu, was hast du verbrochen
  6. Neumeister Chorale Preludes: O Jesu, wie ist dein Gestalt
  7. Neumeister Chorale Preludes: O Lamm Gottes, unschuldig
  8. Neumeister Chorale Preludes: Christe, der du bist Tag und Licht
  9. Neumeister Chorale Preludes: Ehre sei dir, Christe, der du leidest Not
  10. Neumeister Chorale Preludes: Wir glauben all' an einen Gott
  11. Neumeister Chorale Preludes: Aus tiefster Not schrei ich zu dir
  12. Neumeister Chorale Preludes: Allein zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ
  13. Neumeister Chorale Preludes: Ach, Gott und Herr
  14. Neumeister Chorale Preludes: Ach Herr, mich armen Sunder (Herzlich tut mich verlangen)
  15. Neumeister Chorale Preludes: Durch Adams Fall ist ganz verderbt
  16. Neumeister Chorale Preludes: Du Friedefurst, Herr Jesu Christ
  17. Neumeister Chorale Preludes: Erhalt uns, Herr, bei deinem Wort
  18. Neumeister Chorale Preludes: Wenn dich Ungluck tut greifen an
  19. Neumeister Chorale Preludes: Jesu, meine Freude
  20. Neumeister Chorale Preludes: Gott ist mein Heil, mein Hilf und Trost
  21. Neumeister Chorale Preludes: Jesu, meines Lebens Leben
  22. Neumeister Chorale Preludes: Als Jesus Christus in der Nacht
  23. Neumeister Chorale Preludes: Ach Gott, tu dich erbarmen
  24. Neumeister Chorale Preludes: O Herre Gott dein gottlich Wort
  25. Neumeister Chorale Preludes: Nun lasst uns den Leib begraben
  26. Neumeister Chorale Preludes: Christus, der ist mein Leben
  27. Neumeister Chorale Preludes: Ich hab mein Sach Gott heimgestellt
  28. Neumeister Chorale Preludes: Herr Jesu Christ, du hochstes Gut
  29. Neumeister Chorale Preludes: Herzlich lieb hab ich dich, o Herr
  30. Neumeister Chorale Preludes: Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan
  31. Neumeister Chorale Preludes: Alle Menschen mussen sterben

Tracks:

  1. Neumeister Chorales: Machs mit mir, Gott, nach deiner Gut
  2. Neumeister Chorales: Werde munter, mein Gemute
  3. Neumeister Chorales: Wie nach einer Wasserquelle
  4. Neumeister Chorales: Christ, der du bist der helle Tag
  5. 'The Eighteen' Chorale Preludes: Komm, heiliger Geist
  6. 'The Eighteen' Chorale Preludes: Komm, heiliger Geist
  7. 'The Eighteen' Chorale Preludes: An Wasserflussen Babylon
  8. 'The Eighteen' Chorale Preludes: Schmucke dich, o liebe Seele
  9. 'The Eighteen' Chorale Preludes: Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend'
  10. 'The Eighteen' Chorale Preludes: O Lamm Gottes unschuldig
  11. 'The Eighteen' Chorale Preludes: Nun danket alle Gott
  12. 'The Eighteen' Chorale Preludes: Von Gott will ich nicht lassen
  13. 'The Eighteen' Chorale Preludes: Nun komm' der Heiden Heiland
  14. 'The Eighteen' Chorale Preludes: Nun komm' der Heiden Heiland
  15. 'The Eighteen' Chorale Preludes: Nun komm' der Heiden Heiland
  16. 'The Eighteen' Chorale Preludes: Allein Gott in der Hoh' sei Ehr'

Tracks:

  1. 'The Eighteen' Chorale Preludes: Allein Gott in der Hoh' sei Ehr'
  2. 'The Eighteen' Chorale Preludes: Allein Gott in der Hoh' sei Ehr'
  3. 'The Eighteen' Chorale Preludes: Jesus Christus, unser Heiland
  4. 'The Eighteen' Chorale Preludes: Jesus Christus, unser Heiland
  5. 'The Eighteen' Chorale Preludes: Komm, Gott, Schopfer, heiliger Geist
  6. 'The Eighteen' Chorale Preludes: Vor deinen Thron (Wenn wir in hochsten Noten sein)
  7. Miscellaneous Chorale Preludes: O Lamm Gottes unschuldig
  8. Miscellaneous Chorale Preludes: Ach Gott und Herr
  9. Miscellaneous Chorale Preludes: Allein Gott in der Hoh' sei Ehr'
  10. Miscellaneous Chorale Preludes: Allein Gott in der Hoh' sei Ehr'
  11. Miscellaneous Chorale Preludes: Allein Gott in der Hoh' sei Ehr'
  12. Miscellaneous Chorale Preludes: Christ Lag in Todesbanden
  13. Miscellaneous Chorale Preludes: Der Tag, der ist so freudenreich
  14. Miscellaneous Chorale Preludes: Ein' festeBurg ist unser Gott
  15. Miscellaneous Chorale Preludes: Erbarm' dich mein, o Herre Gott
  16. Miscellaneous Chorale Preludes: Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ
  17. Miscellaneous Chorale Preludes: Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ
  18. Miscellaneous Chorale Preludes: Gottes Sohn ist kommen
  19. Miscellaneous Chorale Preludes: Herr Gott, wir loben dich

Tracks:

  1. Eight Short Preludes And Fugues: Prelude And Fugue In C Major
  2. Eight Short Preludes And Fugues: Prelude And Fugue In D Minor
  3. Eight Short Preludes And Fugues: Prelude And Fugue In E Minor
  4. Eight Short Preludes And Fugues: Prelude And Fugue In F Major
  5. Eight Short Preludes And Fugues: Prelude And Fugue In G Major
  6. Eight Short Preludes And Fugues: Prelude And Fugue In G Minor
  7. Eight Short Preludes And Fugues: Prelude And Fugue In A Minor
  8. Eight Short Preludes And Fugues: Prelude And Fugue In B Flat Major
  9. Trio In G Major
  10. Prelude and Fugue in F minor: Prelude
  11. Prelude and Fugue in F minor: Fugue
  12. Trio In G Minor
  13. Prelude and Fugue in A major: Prelude
  14. Prelude and Fugue in A major: Fugue
  15. Prelude and Fugue in G major: Prelude
  16. Prelude and Fugue in G major: Fugue
  17. Allabreve In D Major
  18. Prelude In G Major
  19. Fugue In D Major
  20. Prelude and Fugue in D minor: Prelude
  21. Prelude and Fugue in D minor: Fugue

Tracks:

  1. Prelude And Fugue In C Minor: Prelude
  2. Prelude And Fugue In C Minor: Fugue
  3. Prelude In C Major
  4. Fugue In G Minor
  5. Canzona In D Minor
  6. Prelude In A Minor
  7. Fugue In C Minor
  8. Pastorale In F Major
  9. Fantasia In G Major
  10. Aria In F Major
  11. Prelude and Fugue in C major: Prelude
  12. Prelude and Fugue in C major: Fugue

Tracks:

  1. Toccata And Fugue In E Major: Toccata
  2. Toccata And Fugue In E Major: Fugues I & II
  3. Fantasia In B Minor
  4. Prelude and Fugue in A minor: Prelude
  5. Prelude and Fugue in A minor: Fugue
  6. Prelude and Fugue in B minor: Prelude
  7. Prelude and Fugue in B minor: Fugue
  8. Prelude and Fugue in C major: Prelude
  9. Prelude and Fugue in C major: Fugue
  10. Trio In G Major
  11. Prelude, Trio And Fugue In B Flat Major: Prelude
  12. Prelude, Trio And Fugue In B Flat Major: Trio
  13. Prelude, Trio And Fugue In B Flat Major: Fugue
  14. Ricercar A 6 In C Minor
  15. Prelude And Fugue In G Minor

Tracks:

  1. Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland
  2. Gottes Sohn ist kommen
  3. Herr Christ, der ein'ge Gottes Sohn
  4. Lob sei dem allmachtigen Gott
  5. Puer natus in Bethlehem
  6. Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ
  7. Der Tag, der ist so freudenreich
  8. Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her
  9. Vom Himmel kam der Engel Schar
  10. In dulci jubilo
  11. Lobt Gott, ihr Christen allzugleich
  12. Jesu, meine Freude
  13. Christum wir sollen loben schon
  14. Wir Christenleut
  15. Helft mir, Gottes Gute preisen
  16. Das alte Jahr vergangen ist
  17. In dir ist Freude
  18. Mit Fried' und Freud' ich fahr dahin
  19. Herr Gott, nun schleuss den Himmel auf
  20. O Lamm Gottes, unschuldig
  21. Christe, du Lamm Gottes
  22. Christus, der uns selig macht
  23. Da Jesus an dem Kreuze stund
  24. O Mensch, bewein dein Sunde gross
  25. Wir danken dir, Herr Jesu Christ
  26. Hif Gott, dass mir's gelinge
  27. Christ lag in Todesbanden
  28. Jesus Christus, unser Heiland
  29. Christ ist erstanden
  30. Erstanden ist der heil' ge Geist
  31. Erschienen ist der herrliche Tag
  32. Heut triumphieret
  33. Komm, Gott, Schopfer, heiliger Geist
  34. Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend'
  35. Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier
  36. Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier
  37. Dies sind die heilgen zehn Gebot
  38. Vater unser im Himmelreich
  39. Durch Adams Fall ist ganz verderbt
  40. Es ist da Heil uns kommen her
  41. Ich ruf' zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ

Tracks:

  1. In dich hab ich gehoffet, Herr
  2. Wenn wir in hochsten Noten sein
  3. Wer nur den lieben Gott lasst walten
  4. Alle Menschen mussen sterben
  5. Ach wie nichtig, ach wie fluchtig
  6. Ach Gott, vom Himmel sieh' darein
  7. Ach Herr, mich armen Sunder
  8. Ach, was ist doch unser Leben
  9. Auf meinen lieben Gott
  10. Aus der Tiefe rufe ich
  11. Christ ist erstanden
  12. Christus, der uns selig macht
  13. Gott der Vater wohn' uns bei
  14. In dulci jubilo
  15. Jesu, der du meine Seele
  16. Liebster Jesu wir sind hier
  17. Nun freut euch
  18. O Herre Gott, dein gottlich Wort
  19. O Vater, allmachtiger Gott
  20. Schmucke dich, o liebe Seele
  21. Vater unser im Himmelreich
  22. Vater unser im Himmelreich
  23. Vater unser im Himmelreich
  24. Wie schon leuchtet der Morgenstern
  25. Wir glauben all' an einen Gott
  26. Christus, der uns selig macht
  27. Herr Christ, der einig Gotts Sohn
  28. Fugue In G Minor

Amazon.com

When it comes to organ music there's Bach, and there's everyone else. The actual amount of organ music that he composed is in dispute for a couple of reasons. On issue is attribution: much of the music exists only in copies from Bach's pupils and family members, and so the question of authorship may be in doubt. The other issue is which instrument Bach actually intended some of the keyboard music to be played on. Although scholars agonize over this problem, the fact is that Bach's music usually sounds fine played even on kazoos--it's almost indestructible--so the organ suits it in any case. This collection is one of the most comprehensive available, and it's excellently played and recorded. --David Hurwitz

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars One of the great CD sets of all time.......2006-02-08

Like another reviewer here I grew up on Helmut Walcha's DG set on LP, and was also familiar with a number of other "great Bach organ work" collections.

One can cavil over the way Hurford takes some of the pieces, I suppose, but his flair, imaginative registrations, and sheer musicality are hard to beat, and the recording too is fantastic.

It's quite easy to listen to three or four CDs from this set in a row, which says something about how fertile Bach's imagination, but also how absorbing Hurford's performance, and how willing he is to avoid generic and worthy church-like interpretations. This is music and music-making of the highest quality.

4 out of 5 stars One of two "keepers".......2005-07-02

A lot of reviews rave about this set. I just wish they would say why it's so good and I hope they're, well, comparing it to something. Most seem to like the "choice of registration" which maybe one way an organist sizes another up.

Preferences in interpretation generally reflect the emphera of a time, and not absolutes. Choice one for this guy is probably Walcha. Dignified and insightful playing probably much more in line with what was expected of, and provided by, Bach way back when.

This set is flashier and lighter in some ways, more bombastic in others--very much a late Twentieth Century effort. Superficial. It suits a less thoughtful approach to the music which isn't a bad thing and isn't necessarily "damning with faint praise." I just doubt if this is really what the music should sound like and I don't mean that in the same way when I say that about Gould's playing. Gould was highlighting an intense part of Bach's craft, pointing the way into the music so to say.

This is a good set for those who like to shake the timbers with organ music; when it was first released in the early digital era it was marketed that way. Bach's music is pretty bullet-proof so it can stand this kind of approach. If you're not a hyper-critical listener, a period instrument hardliner, or a professional organist with strong well thought out opinions this is probably the set for you as the Walcha will sound dry and academic. On the other hand, if you are a powerful admirer of rock and roll classical this might actually be way too much Bach for you. I generally play this set (or Stokowski transcriptions) when I'm in a brain-dead mood and I want Bach-like stimulation without any work on my part. It's really quite nice.

2 out of 5 stars Bach the organ works.......2004-11-23

A poor, jumpy, amateurish and unimaginative rendition of the pedal exercitium in g minor is what sticks to mind. Although its only an exercise i think it's worth more than that. More interesting stop combinations could have been used here. The toccata and fugue in d minor was too 'fancy' and was a boring affair overall with a silly choice of stops. I expected more from Peter Hurford. If this is the first time you've heard organ music please don't run away beacause of this. It can be so much more intersting.

Overall i dont think these performances do Bach Justice. Better versions can be found at virtuallybaroque.com (not my site)and better still competely free.

5 out of 5 stars Peter Hurford gives incisive readings.......2004-04-05

Peter Hurford's traversal of the entire organ literature for London Decca is truly one of the greatest recorded achievements. All of the performances in this seventeen-disc set are immaculately played and perfectly performed. His vision, technicality, and sensibility make him a sensitive and authoritative interpreter of J.S. Bach's organ works. The records are mostly digital, crystal clear, and quite powerful. Hurford's command of his technique is astounding. I cannot stress how important this set truly is. I HIGHLY recommend buying this compilation. At about 8 dollars a CD, this is most certainly a steal.

5 out of 5 stars EMPHATICALLY 5 stars!.......2004-02-27

Bach's organ works place incredible demands on the performer, both physically (consider the endurance it takes to play the massive Toccata in F major), technically (the Trio Sonatas, among many others), and interpretationally. Peter Hurford triumphantly meets those demands in a spectacular set of recordings.

To those who are doubters: listen to the (in)famous Toccata and Fugue in D minor, that overplayed warhorse. Hurford brings to it an electricity that makes you feel you are hearing it for the first time again. He also has an amazing ear for registrations, one of the most underestimated difficulties of an organist's art, never wearying the ear, but using a wide palette of colors. [Bach himself was widely known for his innovative registrational practices. Contemporaries remarked that when he was testing organs he would pull combinations of stops that they were certain would sound badly together, only to find that he had created an entirely new sound. Thus, creative registrations should not offend purists in any way.]

Hurford's approach to these works obviously takes into consideration, but is certainly not bound by, historically informed performing practices. His phrasing is immaculate, and consistently interesting. In all, this is a stunning accomplishment.

GET THIS WHILE IT REMAINS AVAILABLE. The classical recording industry is in trouble, and the deletions axe is constantly falling. Large, expensive sets like this are sure to go. While the price itself appears high, it is really very reasonable, running under $8 per disc.
J.S. Bach: Musical Offering, BWV.1079 / Kuijken Bros., Kohnen, Leonhardt
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ASIN: B0000029Y7
Release Date: 1997-08-19

Tracks:

  1. Musical Offering, BWV 1079: Ricercar a 3 voci
  2. Musical Offering, BWV 1079: Canon perpetuus super thema regium
  3. Musical Offering, BWV 1079: Canones diversi super thema regium: A. Canon a 2
  4. Musical Offering, BWV 1079: Canones diversi super thema regium: B. Canon a 2
  5. Musical Offering, BWV 1079: Per motum contrarium: C. Canon a 2
  6. Musical Offering, BWV 1079: Per Augmentationem, contrario motu: D. Canon a 2
  7. Musical Offering, BWV 1079: Per tonos: E. Canon a 2
  8. Musical Offering, BWV 1079: Fuga canonica in epidiapente
  9. Musical Offering, BWV 1079: Ricercar a 6
  10. Musical Offering, BWV 1079: Quaerendo invenietis: Canon a 2
  11. Musical Offering, BWV 1079: Canon a 4
  12. Musical Offering, BWV 1079: Sonata sopr'il soggetto reale, trio: I. Largo
  13. Musical Offering, BWV 1079: Sonata sopr'il soggetto reale, trio: II. Allegro
  14. Musical Offering, BWV 1079: Sonata sopr'il soggetto reale, trio: III. Andante
  15. Musical Offering, BWV 1079: Sonata sopr'il soggetto reale, trio: IV. Allegro
  16. Musical Offering, BWV 1079: Canon perpetuus, contrario motu

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This extraordinary collection of music was an "offering" Bach made to Frederick the Great, King of Prussia (1740-1786). At a command performance in 1747, Frederick suggested a melody and Bach improvised on it at the organ. Greatly impressed, the king rewarded the composer handsomely; Bach promptly went home to Leipzig and prepared an entire set of pieces based on the royal theme as a "musical offering" to the monarch. Frederick was himself a flutist and sometime composer, so Bach filled his offering with craft as well as art, no doubt knowing that his technical skill would be appreciated.

A Musical Offering contains 10 ingenious canons, including a "perpetual" canon (these could, in theory, go on forever), "crab" canons (as one instrument plays its part, a second plays the same melody backward), and a "puzzle" canon (the musicians must figure out where the second voice is intended to enter); two ricercare (like fugues but less strict); and a trio sonata for flute, violin, and continuo. This 1974 recording was the first major Musical Offering recorded on period instruments, and the performers include Dutch early-music legends Gustav Leonhardt and the three Kuijken brothers. They give an elegant account of these erudite pieces--Leonhardt makes the opening Ricercar a 3 Voci sound almost majestic (on a harpsichord, no less)--and the Kuijkens play the trio sonata sweetly and soulfully. --Matthew Westphal

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Well done Bach.......2005-09-17

I own several recordings of BWV 1079. This is the one I listen to the most. The performers understand Bach and bring out the best of what some have derided as an exercise in composition. It is a satisfying recording emotionally, intellectually and technically.

5 out of 5 stars Very well performed.......2005-03-17

These recordings are very authentic in the use of true period instruments, which is a very nice touch. This has run out of print, so whenever you can get it, do so. Of course, A Musical Offering is a must have for all classical lovers, and this is the one to get. The sound quality is also very good. Very highly recommended.

5 out of 5 stars The best of all Musical Offerings.......2003-10-02

I have owned this recording ever since it was first issued on lp in 1981 (recorded in 1974). First, Gustav Leonhardt's performances of the two ricercare are beyond praise. Second, the performances by the Kuijken brothers and Robert Kohnen of the canons and trio sonata are impeccably expressive and suave. This recording has not been superceded even by the Kuijkens' later one on DHM (on which Kohnen plays the two ricercare as well as all the ensemble pieces). This will probably never be bettered, so buy it while you can. For those interested, the Kuijkens have also made a DVD of the Musical Offering, recorded in Leipzig, a useful supplement to the present release.

The cd doesn't make entirely clear exactly who plays what, so, for your information, taken from the original lp:
Leonhardt plays on tracks 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 (with Kohnen). Kohnen plays the rest (including the trio sonata). Highest recommendation.

5 out of 5 stars Great music.......2001-09-27

The "Musical Offering" is a great source for poeple, like me, who love contrapunctal music. This is a good performance of it, and the music is beautiful and enthralling.

Even better, they used period instruments. I hate it when people perfom Bach on a piano or whatnot; this CD is hard-core harpsichord, et al.

Good music, as it probably sounded in the 1740's. Get it. Love it. I did.

5 out of 5 stars Essential Bach.......2001-04-12

If you're a confirmed Bach-head and lover of contrapuntal music, this is a must recording. Gustav Leonhardt is one of the foremost Bach scholars and master harpsichordists of our time. He and his fellow musicians have given us a beautifully clean and transparent interpretation of Bach's "Musical Offering" to Fredrick the Great. Although this is a re-mastered recording from 1974, it is sonicly very pleasing. Highly recomended.
J.S. Bach: Complete Works for Organ (Box Set)
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 J.S. Bach: Complete Works for Organ (Box Set)

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  5. Bach - The Complete Brandenburg Concertos / Pearlman, Boston Baroque

ASIN: B000005ECW
Release Date: 1994-10-04

Tracks:

  1. Prld & Fuge in e, BWV 548: Praludium
  2. Prld & Fuge in e, BWV 548: Fuge
  3. Choral: An Wasserflussen Babylon..., BWV 653
  4. Choral: Von Gott will ich nicht lassen..., BWV 658
  5. Choral: Schmucke dich, o liebe Seele..., BWV 654
  6. Prld & Fuge in b, BWV 544: Praludium
  7. Prld & Fuge in b, BWV 544: Fuge
  8. Drei Chorale: Allein Gott in der Hoh' sei Ehr'...: Cantus firmus im Sopran, BWV 662
  9. Drei Chorale: Allein Gott in der Hoh' sei Ehr'...: Cantus firmus im Tenor, BWV 663
  10. Drei Chorale: Allein Gott in der Hoh' sei Ehr'...: Trio, BWV 664

Tracks:

  1. Toccata (Dorisch) & Fuge in d, BWV 538: Toccata
  2. Toccata (Dorisch) & Fuge in d, BWV 538: Fuge
  3. Orgelbuchlein, BWV 618: O Lamm Gottes unschuldig
  4. Orgelbuchlein, BWV 619: Christe, du Lamm Gottes
  5. Orgelbuchlein, BWV 620: Christus, der uns selig macht
  6. Orgelbuchlein, BWV 621: Da Jesus an dem Kreuze stund
  7. Orgelbuchlein, BWV 622: O Mensch, bewein' dein' Sunde gro
  8. Orgelbuchlein, BWV 623: Wir danken dir, Herr Jesu Christ
  9. Orgelbuchlein, BWV 624: Hilf Gott, damir's gelinge
  10. Prld & Fuge in g, BWV 535: Prld
  11. Prld & Fuge in g, BWV 535: Fuge
  12. Orgelbuchlein, BWV 625: Christ lag in Todesbanden
  13. Orgelbuchlein, BWV 626: Jesus Christus, unser Heiland
  14. Orgelbuchlein, BWV 627: Christ ist erstanden (3 vers)
  15. Orgelbuchlein, BWV 628: Erstanden ist der heil'ge Christ
  16. Orgelbuchlein, BWV 629: Erschienen ist der herrliche Tag
  17. Orgelbuchlein, BWV 630: Heut' triumphiret Gottes Sohn
  18. Toccata & Fuge in C, BWV 566: Toccata
  19. Toccata & Fuge in C, BWV 566: Fuge
  20. Orgelbuchlein, BWV 631: Komm, Gott Schopfer, heilieger Geist
  21. Orgelbuchlein, BWV 632: Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend

Tracks:

  1. Prld & Fuge in C, BWV 545: Prld
  2. Prld & Fuge in C, BWV 545: Fuge
  3. Fuge in G, BWV 577
  4. Prld & Fuge in d, BWV 539: Prld
  5. Prld & Fuge in d, BWV 539: Fuge
  6. Choral: Wo soll ich fliehen hin, BWV 694
  7. Partita sopra: O Gott, du frommer Gott, BWV 767
  8. Choral: Wir Christenleut hab'n jetzund Freud, BWV 710
  9. Alla Breve in D, BWV 589
  10. Canzona in d, BWV 588
  11. Fuge in c, BWV 575
  12. Fuga sopra il Magnificat: Meine Seele erhebet den Herren, BWV 733
  13. Kleines harmonisches Labyrinth (Introitus, Centrum, Exitus), BWV 591
  14. Prld & Fuge in a, BWV 551: Prld
  15. Prld & Fuge in a, BWV 551: Fuge

Tracks:

  1. Prld & Fuge in e, BWV 533: Prld
  2. Prld & Fuge in e, BWV 533: Fuge
  3. Chorale: Nun freut euch, lieben Christen g'mein, BWV 734
  4. Chorale: Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier, BWV 730
  5. Chorale: Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier, BWV 731
  6. Chorale: In dulci jubilo, BWV 729
  7. Chorale: Herzlich tut mich verlangen, BWV 727
  8. Prld & Fuge in C, BWV 531: Prld
  9. Prld & Fuge in C, BWV 531: Fuge
  10. Chorale: Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend, BWV726
  11. Chorale: Allein Gott in der Hoh'sei Ehr' (Bicinium), BWV 711
  12. Chorale: Allein Gott in der Hoh'sei Ehr', BWV 715
  13. Chorale: Fuga super Allein Gott in der Hoh' sei Ehr', BWV 716
  14. Chorale: Allein Gott in der Hoh' sei Ehr' (manualiter), BWV 717
  15. Chorale: Christ lag in Todesbanden, BWV 718
  16. Chorale: Ach Gott und Herr (per canonem), BWV 714
  17. Fantasia con imitazione in b, BWV 563
  18. Chorale: Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ, BWV 722
  19. Chorale: Gottes Sohn ist kommen, BWV 724
  20. Chorale: Jesus, meine Zuversicht, BWV 728
  21. Chorale: Lobt Gott, ihr Christen, allzugleich, BWV 732
  22. Chorale: Vater unser im Himmelreich, BWV 737
  23. Chorale: Vom Himmel hoch, da komm'ich her, BWV 738
  24. Chorale: Wie schon leuchter der Morgenstern, BWV 739
  25. Chorale: Wir glauben all' an einen Gott, BWV 765
  26. Chorale: Herr Gott, dich loben wir, BWV 725

Tracks:

  1. Prld & Fuge in c: Prld
  2. Prld & Fuge in c: Fuge
  3. Chorale: Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend, BWV 709
  4. Chorale: Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier, BWV 706 (1+2)
  5. Chorale: Erbarm' dich mein, o Herre Gott, BWV 721
  6. Chorale: Wer nur den lieben Gott la walten, BWV 690
  7. Chorale: Wer nur den lieben Gott la walten, BWV 691
  8. Chorale: Christ lag in Todesbanden, BWV 695
  9. Prld & Fuge in c: Prld
  10. Prld & Fuge in c: Fuge
  11. Partita: sopra Christ, der du bist der helle Tag, BWV 766
  12. Sieben Fughetten Fur Die Weinachtszeit: Christum wir sollen loben schon, BWV 696
  13. Sieben Fughetten Fur Die Weinachtszeit: Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ, BWV 697
  14. Sieben Fughetten Fur Die Weinachtszeit: Herr Christ, der ein'ge Gottes Sohn, BWV 698
  15. Sieben Fughetten Fur Die Weinachtszeit: Nun komm'der Heiden Heiland, BWV 699
  16. Sieben Fughetten Fur Die Weinachtszeit: Von Himmel hoch da komm' ich her, BWV 701
  17. Sieben Fughetten Fur Die Weinachtszeit: Gottes Sohn ist kommen, BWV 703
  18. Sieben Fughetten Fur Die Weinachtszeit: Lob sei dem allmachtigen Gott, BWV 704
  19. Choral: Vom Himmel hoch da komm' ich her, BWV 700
  20. Fuge in b uber ein Theme von Corelli, BWV 579
  21. Fantasia: Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 713
  22. Choral: In dich hab' ich gehoffet, Herr, BWV 712

Tracks:

  1. Prld & Fuge in C, BWV 547: Prld
  2. Prld & Fuge in C, BWV 547: Fuge
  3. Canonic Vars: Vom Himmel hoch, da komm' ich her, BWV 769
  4. Clavier Ubung Dritter Teil: Prld in E flat, BWV 552
  5. Chorale: Kyrie, Gott Vater in Ewigkeit, BWV 669
  6. Chorale: Christe, aller Welt Trost, BWV 670
  7. Chorale: Kyrie, Gott heilinger Geist, BWV 671
  8. Chorale: Kyrie, gott Vater in Ewigkeit (manualiter), BWV 672
  9. Chorale: Christe, aller Welt Trost (manualiter), BWV 673
  10. Chorale: Kyrie, Gott heiliger Geist (manualiter), BWV 674
  11. Chorale: Allein Gott in der Hoh' sei Ehr', BWV 675
  12. Chorale: Allein Gott in der Hoh' sei Ehr', BWV 676
  13. Chorale: Allein Gott in der Hoh' sei Ehr' (Fughetta), BWV 677
  14. Chorale: Dies sind die heil'gen zehn Gebot, BWV 678
  15. Chorale: Dies sind die heil'gen zehn Gebot (Fughetta), BWV 679

Tracks:

  1. Chorale: Wir glauben all' an einen Gott, BWV 680
  2. Chorale: Wir glauben all' an einen Gott (Fughetta) (manualiter), BWV 681
  3. Chorale: Vater unser im Himmelreich, BWV 682
  4. Chorale: Vater unser im Himmelreich (manualiter), BMV 683
  5. Chorale: Christ, unser Herr, zum Jordan kam, BWV 684
  6. Chorale: Christ, unser Herr, zum Jordan kam (manualiter), BWV 685
  7. Chorale: Aus tiefer Not schrei' ich zu dir, BWV 686
  8. Chorale: Aus tiefer Not schrei' ich zu dir (manualiter), BWV 687
  9. Chorale: Jesu Christus, unser Heiland, BWV 688
  10. Chorale: Jesu Christus, unser Heiland (Fuga) (manualiter), BWV 689
  11. Vier Duette: Duetto I, BWV 802
  12. Vier Duette: Duetto II, BWV 803
  13. Vier Duette: Duetto III, BWV 804
  14. Vier Duette: Duetto IV, BWV 805
  15. Fuge in E flat, BWV 552
  16. Chorale: Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend' (Trio), BWV 655
  17. Chorale: Vor Deinen Thron tret' ich, BWV 668

Tracks:

  1. Prld & Fuge in c, BWV 546: Prld
  2. Prld & Fuge in c, BWV 546: Fuge
  3. Orgelbuchlein: Chorale: Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier, BWV 633
  4. Orgelbuchlein: Chorale: Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier, BWV 634
  5. Orgelbuchlein: Chorale: Dies sind die heil' gen zehn Gebott, BWV 635
  6. Orgelbuchlein: Chorale: Vater unser im Himmelreich, BWV 636
  7. Orgelbuchlein: Chorale: Durch Adam's Fall ist ganz verderbt, BWV 637
  8. Orgelbuchlein: Chorale: Es ist das Heil uns kommen her, BWV 638
  9. Orgelbuchlein: Chorale: Ich ruf' zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 639
  10. Orgelbuchlein: Chorale: Ich dich hab'ich gehoffet, Herr, BWV 640
  11. Orgelbuchlein: Chorale: Wenn wir in hochsten Noten sein, BWV 641
  12. Orgelbuchlein: Chorale: Wer nur den lieben Gott la walten, BWV 642
  13. Orgelbuchlein: Chorale: Alle Menschen mussen sterben, BWV 643
  14. Orgelbuchlein: Chorale: Ach wie nichtig, ach, wir fluchtig, BWV 644
  15. Partita Sopra: Sei gregrut, Jesu gutig, BWV 768
  16. Prld & Fuge in f, BWV 534: Prld
  17. Prld & Fuge in f, BWV 534: Fuge
  18. Fant in C, BWV 570

Tracks:

  1. Piece d'Orgue in G, BWV 572: Tres vitement-Gravement-Lentement
  2. Orgelbuchlein: Chorale: Nun komm' der Heiden Heiland, BWV 599
  3. Orgelbuchlein: Chorale: Gottes Sohn ist kommen, BWV 600
  4. Orgelbuchlein: Chorale: Herr Christ, der ein' ge Gottes Sohn, BWV 601
  5. Orgelbuchlein: Chorale: Lob sei dem allmachtigen Gott, BWV 602
  6. Orgelbuchlein: Chorale: Puer natus in Bethlehem, BWV 603
  7. Orgelbuchlein: Chorale: Gelobt seist du, Jesu Christ, BWV 604
  8. Orgelbuchlein: Chorale: Der Tag, der ist so freudenreich, BWV 605
  9. Orgelbuchlein: Chorale: Vom Himmel hoch da komm' ich her, BWV 606
  10. Orgelbuchlein: Chorale: Vom Himmel kam der Engel Schar, BWV 607
  11. Orgelbuchlein: Chorale: In dulci jubilo, BWV 608
  12. Orgelbuchlein: Chorale: Lobt Gott, ihr Christen, allzugleich, BWV 609
  13. Orgelbuchlein: Chorale: Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 610
  14. Orgelbuchlein: Chorale: Christum wir sollen loben schon, BWV 611
  15. Orgelbuchlein: Chorale: Wir Christenleut, BWV 612
  16. Orgelbuchlein: Chorale: Helft mir, Gootes Gute preisen, BWV 613
  17. Orgelbuchlein: Chorale: Das alte Jahr vergangen ist, BWV 614
  18. Orgelbuchlein: Chorale: In dir ist Freude, BWV 615
  19. Orgelbuchlein: Chorale: Mir Fried' und Freud' ich fahr' dahin, BWV 616
  20. Orgelbuchlein: Chorale: Herr Gott, nun schleuden Himmel auf, BWV 617
  21. Fant in c, BWV 562
  22. Choral: Wir glauben all' an einen Gott, Vater, BWV 740
  23. Fant: Super Valet will ich dir geben, BWV 735
  24. Choral: Valet will ich dir geben, BWV 736
  25. Fuge uber ein Thema von Giovanni Legrenzi in c, BWV 574

Tracks:

  1. Prld & Fuge, BWV 532: Prld
  2. Prld & Fuge, BWV 532: Fuge
  3. Trio in d, BWV 656
  4. Orgelchorale aus Achtzehn Chorale: O Lamm Gottes, unschuldig, BWV 656
  5. Orgelchorale aus Achtzehn Chorale: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659
  6. Orgelchorale aus Achtzehn Chorale: Trio super 'Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 660
  7. Orgelchorale aus Achtzehn Chorale: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland' in organo pleno, BWV 661
  8. Orgelchorale aus Achtzehn Chorale: Fantasia super Komm, heiliger Geist, BWV 651
  9. Orgelchorale aus Achtzehn Chorale: Komm, heiliger Geist, BWV 652
  10. Orgelchorale aus Achtzehn Chorale: Nun danket alle Gott, BWV 657
  11. Orgelchorale aus Achtzehn Chorale: Jesus Christus, unser Heiland, BWV 665
  12. Orgelchorale aus Achtzehn Chorale: Jesus Christus, unser Heiland, BWV 666
  13. Orgelchorale aus Achtzehn Chorale: Komm, Gott Schopfer, BWV 667

Tracks:

  1. Konzert in a, BWV 593: Allegro
  2. Konzert in a, BWV 593: Adagio
  3. Konzert in a, BWV 593: Allegro
  4. Konzert in d, BWV 596: (Allegro)-Grave-Fuga
  5. Konzert in d, BWV 596: Largo
  6. Konzert in d, BWV 596: Finale
  7. Konzert in C, BWV 594: (Allegro)
  8. Konzert in C, BWV 594: Rezitativ Adagio
  9. Konzert in C, BWV 594: Allegro
  10. Konzert in G, BWV 592: (Allegro)
  11. Konzert in G, BWV 592: Grave (Adagio)
  12. Konzert in G, BWV 592: Presto (assai)
  13. Konzert in C, BWV 595: (Allegro)
  14. Aria in F, BWV 587
  15. Prld & Fuge in A, BWV 536: Prld
  16. Prld & Fuge in A, BWV 536: Fuge
  17. Choral: An Wasserflussen Babylon, BWV 653b
  18. Prld & Fuge in G, BWV 550: Prld
  19. Prld & Fuge in G, BWV 550: Fuge
  20. Trio in g, BWV 584

Tracks:

  1. Toccata in d, BWV 565
  2. Toccate & Fuge in F, BWV 540: Toccata
  3. Toccate & Fuge in F, BWV 540: Fuge
  4. Prld (Fant) & Fuge in g, BWV 542: Prld
  5. Prld (Fant) & Fuge in g, BWV 542: Fuge
  6. Pastorella, BWV 590: 1
  7. Pastorella, BWV 590: 2
  8. Pastorella, BWV 590: 3
  9. Pastorella, BWV 590: 4
  10. Prld & Fuge in a, BWV 543: Prld
  11. Prld & Fuge in a, BWV 543: Fuge
  12. Toccata in C, BWV 564: Toccata
  13. Toccata in C, BWV 564: Adagio
  14. Toccata in C, BWV 564: Fuge

Tracks:

  1. Son I in E flat, BWV 525: Allegro moderato
  2. Son I in E flat, BWV 525: Adagio
  3. Son I in E flat, BWV 525: Allegro
  4. Son II in c, BWV 526: Vivace
  5. Son II in c, BWV 526: Largo
  6. Son II in c, BWV 526: Allegro
  7. Son III in d, BWV 527: Andante
  8. Son III in d, BWV 527: Adagio e dolce
  9. Son III in d, BWV 527: Vivace
  10. Son IV in e, BWV 528: Adagio
  11. Son IV in e, BWV 528: Andante
  12. Son IV in e, BWV 528: Un poco allegro
  13. Son V in C, BWV 529: Allegro
  14. Son V in C, BWV 529: Largo
  15. Son V in C, BWV 529: Allegro
  16. Son VI in G, BWV 530: Vivace
  17. Son VI in G, BWV 530: Lento
  18. Son VI in G, BWV 530: Allegro

Tracks:

  1. Passacaglia E Tema Fugatum in c, BWV 582
  2. Sechs Chorale von Verschiedener Art (Schubler-Chorale), BWV 645: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme
  3. Sechs Chorale von Verschiedener Art (Schubler-Chorale), BWV 646: Wo soll ich fliehen hin
  4. Sechs Chorale von Verschiedener Art (Schubler-Chorale), BWV 647: Wer nur den lieben Gott la...
  5. Sechs Chorale von Verschiedener Art (Schubler-Chorale), BWV 648: Meine Seele erhebet den Herren
  6. Sechs Chorale von Verschiedener Art (Schubler-Chorale), BWV 649: Ach, bleib' bei uns
  7. Sechs Chorale von Verschiedener Art (Schubler-Chorale), BWV 650: Kommst du nun, Jesu...
  8. Fuge in g, BWV 578
  9. Prld & Fuge in g, BWV 541: Prld
  10. Prld & Fuge in g, BWV 541: Fuge
  11. Choral: Ein' feste Burg ist unser Gott, BWV 720
  12. Prld in G, BWV 568
  13. Adagio, BWV 1027: Adagio
  14. Adagio, BWV 1027: Allegro moderato (trio) (1027a)
  15. Ricercare a 6 (aus Das musikalische Opfer), BWV 1079-5
  16. Prld in a, BWV 569

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Marie-Claire Alain is not only one of the greatest organists alive today, but she stands directly in a what is undoubtedly the world's greatest tradition of organ playing. It was France that first rediscovered and cultivated Bach's organ music, and which in turn stimulated the great works of Franck, Widor, Vierne, and their school. Alain has recorded Bach's complete organ music no less than three times, here on historical organs of Bach's own time. Each disc is planned as a recital that showcases both the music and the instrument. Her performances are simply the last word in style, musicianship, and virtuosity. Magnificent. --David Hurwitz

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars Complete set CD review of Bach.......2007-05-12

I discovered Bach organ music 40 years ago. I love Bach, everything he wrote. I have 4 complete sets of Bach organ recordings. Marie Claire-Alan is my favorite organist of everyone I have heard. I met Marie and her husband in person after a performance she gave in Chicago. I have 2 complete sets of Bach organ played by Marie. One is on records and the other the new CD set. She is a little older now when she recorded the CD's. The albums have a more youthful sound to them, a little more energy and different registration selection on the organs. I love Marie in her youthful recordings more than these. I love the albums so much I will digitize them and listen to them over the new CD collection. I play the albums on my Linn turntable through McIntosh equipment.

5 out of 5 stars The Definitive Collection of Bach .......2005-09-25

Marie-Claire Alain has recorded Bach's complete organ music 3 times, this set being the second time. She plays quite differently now, but these are some of the best interpretations. Each cd fearures a different organ dating from Bach's time, and all of the booklets are filled with pictures, history, and even the stop registrations for each of the pieces are given. Quite alot of research! If those of you who are new to Bach's organ works, I would recommend starting on a smaller scale, as some of these works can be quite intense to listen to. At any rate, this possibly may go down as one of the famous recordings of the century.

5 out of 5 stars Absolutely wonderful!.......2004-07-27

From this huge box set, it is quite obvious that Bach was a dedicated composer for the organ (and obviously a virtuoso organist for that matter). Bach was a very prominent composer who lived in the Baroque era, and to truely understand his works and their style you must have a general outline of knowledge of the timeframe in which he lived. And so the Baroque era, (1600-1750) was characterized by vastness of proportion, rich counterpoint, great splendor and a highly ornamented melodic line. (One should note that the era abruptly ended after Bach's death which actually shows his importance in it) Some of these pieces are examples of works that require performers at the very highest degree to play them. His works go way beyond the famous Toccata and Fuge in D Minor, and with a "Complete" edition you can listen and hear them all for yourself, hence grasping the full view of his genious. This set is of wonderful value and worth every penny. Unfortunately, the Master's version is not available in a CD store, and so we must indulge upon other's interpretations. This out of the others stands as one of the very best. It is also complementing to the experience to have an instrument of the period (which is so in this set). Bach devoted his entire frame of mind towards the spreading of God's kingdom, therefore one could derive that he felt that by creating enlightening and insightful music, he was doing a lowly service to his God. Overall--this is a fabulous interpretation, and it will deepen one's respect and awe for Johann Sebastian Bach, the greatest organist who ever lived.

5 out of 5 stars Monumental Artistry.......2003-03-08

Although I am partial to the Romantic Organ, particularly in the vein of Widor, Vierne and Rheinberger, it all begins with Bach. And in this case, one could say that it all begins with Marie-Claire Alain and her wonderful interpretations. Alain seems to understand that Bach was above all else a religious composer. Many "complete" works of Bach play short shrift with the liturgical works whereas these are some of the most satisfying of the group.

The sound is pure sonority, almost perfect, and the technical prowess is just awesome. Out of the millions of notes played, I never heard a miscue or slight jiggle. Still, keyboard wizardry is only part of the story. The registration is a work of art in itself. Alain understand the difference between the Baroque and the Modern, the French and the German and the old and the new. Just as she is a "natural" for Widor or Vierne, she also seems to have entered the Bach mind on some of these.

This is a fabulous collection worthy of any serious student of classical music. Nowhere can one derive such satisfaction that listenting to Bach played by Ms. Alain.

5 out of 5 stars A Happy Sacrifice.......2001-06-30

I gladly sacrificed two of the four speakers in my car to this wonderful, wonderful treasure. What more can I say?
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    ASIN: B00000DG04
    Release Date: 1998-10-27

    Tracks:

    1. Ov/Kircher's Infulence On Bach's Music: Exc: (1/2) Con (III. Allegro)/(1.2) Cant BWV201... - A New Approach To Johann Sebastian Bach
    2. Hexachordum Apollinis/Fifth Aria, Theme And Vars 1-3 - John Butt
    3. Chor & 3 Partitas BWV767: O Gott, Du Frommer Gott - Lionel Rogg
    4. Chor: Christ Lag In Todesbanden - Francis Chapelet/Matheu Bosch
    5. Armonico Tributo: Con Grosso No.3: (5.1) Son. Grave (5.2) Allegro - Ens 415/Chiara Banchini/Jesper Christensen
    6. Toccata And Fugue in F, BuxWV157 - Rene Saorgin
    7. 'Yale Manuscript' Chor Prlds: Chor Prld 88: Erhalt Uns, Herr, Bei Deinem Wort - Joseph Payne/Bozeman-Gibson
    8. 'Yale Manuscript' Chor Prlds: Chor Prld 60: Aus Tiefer Not Schrei Ich Zu Dir - Joseph Payne/Bozeman-Gibson
    9. 'Yale Manuscript' Chor Prlds: Chor Prld 93: Jesu, Meine Freude - Joseph Payne/Bozeman-Gibson
    10. Trauerode/Cant BWV198: Part One: Coro Lass, Furstin, Lass Noch Einen Strahl - La Chapelle Royale/Philippe Herreweghe
    11. Trauerode/Cant BWV198: Part One: Recitativo: Dein Sachsen - Ingrid Schmithusen
    12. Trauerode/Cant BWV198: Part One: Aria: Vestummt! - Ingrid Schmithusen
    13. Trauerode/Cant BWV198: Part One: Recitativo: Der Glocken Bebendes Geton - Charles Brett
    14. Trauerode/Cant BWV198: Part One: Aria: Wie Starb Die Heldin So Vergnugt - Charles Brett
    15. Trauerode/Cant BWV198: Part One: Recitativo: Ihr Leben Liess Die Kunst Zu Sterben - Howard Cook
    16. Trauerode/Cant BWV198: Part One: Coro: An Dir, Du Furbild Grosser Frauen - La Chapelle Royale/Philippe Herreweghe
    17. Trauerode/Cant BWV198: Part Two: Aria: Der Ewikeit Saphirnes Haus - Howard Cook
    18. Trauerode/Cant BWV198: Part Two: Recitativo: Was Wunder Ist? - Peter Kooy
    19. Trauerode/Cant BWV198: Part Two: Chor Ultimus: Doch, Konigin! - La Chapelle Royale/Philippe Herreweghe

    Tracks:

    1. Fant in G, BWV572 - Lionel Rogg
    2. Pastorella in F, BWV590 (First Section) - Lionel Rogg
    3. Con BWV1060: III. Allegro - Academy Of Ancient Music/Andrew Manze/Rachel Podger
    4. Advent Cant BWV61/Opening Chor: Now Come, The Saviour Of The Heathen - Collegium Vocale/Philippe Herrweghe
    5. Cant BWV21: Ich Hatte Viel Bekummernis: Sinf (Adagio Assai) - Marcel Ponseele
    6. Orch Ste (Ov) No.1 in C, BWV1066: IV. Forlane (Italian Dance) - Akademie Fur Musik Berlin
    7. Orch Ste (Ov) No.1 in C, BWV1066: V. Menuets I & II (French Dance) - Akademie Fur Musik Berlin
    8. Mass in b, BWV232: Et Incarnatus Est - La Chapelle Royale-Collegium Vocale/Philippe Herreweghe
    9. Mass in b, BWV232: Crucifixus - La Chapelle Royale-Collegium Vocale/Philippe Herreweghe
    10. Mass in b, BWV232: Et Resurrexit - La Chapelle Royale-Collegium Vocale/Philippe Herreweghe
    11. St Matthew Passion: No.38a (Evang. Petrus Aber)/No.38b (Chor: Wahrlich, Du Bist) & 38c - Rene Jacobs/Howard Crook/La Chapelle Royale-Collegium Vocale/Philippe Herreweghe
    12. St Matthew Passion: No.39 (Aria: Eurbane Dich) - Rene Jacobs/Howard Crook/La Chapelle Royale-Collegium Vocale/Philippe Herreweghe
    13. St Matthew Passion: No.40 (Chor: Bin Ich Gleich) - Rene Jacobs/Howard Crook/La Chapelle Royale-Collegium Vocale/Philippe Herreweghe
    14. St Matthew Passion: No.41 (Evang. Des Morgens Aber)/No.41b (Chor: Was Gehet Uns Das An?) No.41c... - Rene Jacobs/Howard Crook/La Chapelle Royale-Collegium Vocale/Philippe Herreweghe
    15. Singet Dem Herrn Ein Neues Lied: Motet BWV225 (Part I) - RAIS-Kammerchor/Akademie Fur Alte Musik Berlin/Rene Jacobs
    16. Magnificat BWV243: Sicut Locutus Est - La Chapelle Royale-Collegium Vocale/Philippe Herreweghe
    17. Parody: Ascension Oratorio BWV 11: Aria: Ach Bleibe Doch - Catherine Patriasz/Andreas Scholl/La Chapelle Royale-Collegium Vocale/Philippe Herreweghe
    18. Parody: Mass in b, BWV 232: Agnus Dei (Aria) - Catherine Patriasz/Andreas Scholl/La Chapelle Royale-Collegium Vocale/Philippe Herreweghe
    19. Aus Tiefer Not Schrei Ich Zu Dir: 6-Part Fugue BWV686 - Lionel Rogg
    20. Goldberg Vars BWV988: Theme (Aria) - Kenneth Gilbert
    21. Goldberg Vars BWV988: Var No.25 - Kenneth Gilbert
    22. The Art Of Fugue: Contrapunctus 1 - A New Approach To Johann Sebastian Bach
    23. The Art Of Fugue: Contrapunctus 3 - A New Approach To Johann Sebastian Bach
    24. The Art Of Fugue: Contrapunctus 6 - A New Approach To Johann Sebastian Bach
    25. The Art Of Fugue: Contrapunctus - A New Approach To Johann Sebastian Bach
    26. The Musical Offering BWV1079: Ricercar A 3 Beginning - Davitt Moroney/Janet See/John Holloway/Jaap Ter Linden
    27. The Musical Offering BWV1079: Ricercar A 6 Beginning - Davitt Moroney/Janet See/John Holloway/Jaap Ter Linden
    28. The Musical Offering BWV1079: Largo Of 'Son Sopr'il Soggetto Reale' - Davitt Moroney/Janet See/John Holloway/Jaap Ter Linden
    Bach J.S: Musical Offering (Musikalisches Opfer)
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      		Bach J.S: Musical Offering (Musikalisches Opfer)
      Harnoncourt , and Concentus Musicus Wien
      Manufacturer: Teldec
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

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      ASIN: B000024TA5
      Release Date: 2005-08-16

      Tracks:

      1. Ricercare A 3
      2. Canon Perpetuus Super Thema Regium
      3. Canon A 2
      4. Canon A 2 Violini In Unisono
      5. Canon 2 Per Motum Contrarium
      6. Canon A 2 Per Augmentationem Contrario Motu
      7. Canon A 2 Per Tonos
      8. Fuga Canonica In Epidapente
      9. Reciercare A 6
      10. Canon A 2
      11. Canon A 4
      12. Largo
      13. Allegro
      14. Andante
      15. Canon Perpetuus

      Music Review:

      1. Bach J.S: Favourite Piano Transcript [Import]
      2. Bach J.S: Suites Nos 1 - 4 Bwv 1066-1069 [Import]
      3. Bassoon Power
      4. Beethoven: Concerto No. 1 & Sonata Op. 54
      5. Brandenburg Concertos (Bonus DVD)
      6. Cello World
      7. Classic Cole
      8. Classical Relaxation with Pachelbel
      9. Claudio Arrau in Germany: Pre-War Recordings
      10. Complete Beethoven Edition, Vol. 1: Symphonies

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      Sinister [Import]

      La Nuit

      Music Review: A Night at the Opera [Box set]

      Here & Now!/New Look! [Import]

      Heretic 1.0 [Import]

      Lucid Dreams

      L'une [Import]

      Long Distance-Best of [Import]

      Monaco [Import]

      Schoenberg: Transfigured Night/String Quartet No.2

      Jazz Goes Latin [Import]

      Las Jilguerillas

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      What Dreams May Come

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