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New & Upcoming Recordings Bach’s Instrumental Works March 2011
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Organ Works

R-1	J.S. Bach: Italian Concertos; transcriptions for organ [R-1]
Prelude & Fugue in D minor ("Fiddle"), BWV 539: Fugue [6:07] Concerto No. 1 in G major (after Duke J. Ernst), BWV 592 [8:31: / 8:29] Concerto No. 2 in A minor (after A. Vivaldi), BWV 593 [12:20 / 12:18] Concerto No. 3 in C major (after A. Vivaldi), BWV 594 [19:08 / 19:09] Concerto No. 4 in C major (after Duke J. Ernst), BWV 595 [4:59] Concerto No. 5 in D minor (after A. Vivaldi), BWV 596 [11:12 / 11:10] Concerto No. 3 in D minor (after A. Marcello), BWV 974 [12:32 / 12:30]
Matthias Havinga (Organ) [Martti Porthan organ]
Brilliant Classics 94203		Sep 14-15, 2010	CD / TT:
Recorded at the Lutheran Church, Kotka, Finland. Buy this album at: CD: Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de

R-2	J.S. Bach: Dritter Theil der Clavierübung, 1739 [R-1]
Prelude & Fugue in E flat major ("St. Anne"), BWV 552: Prelude [10:38] Chorale Prelude Kyrie, Gott Vater in Ewigkeit (I), BWV 669 [4:01] Chorale Prelude Christe, aller Welt Trost (I), BWV 670 [5:05] Chorale Prelude Kyrie, Gott heiliger Geist (I), BWV 671 [5:55] Chorale Prelude Kyrie, Gott Vater in Ewigkeit (II), BWV 672 [1:35] Chorale Prelude Christe, aller Welt Trost (II), BWV 673 [1:55] Chorale Prelude Kyrie, Gott heiliger Geist (II), BWV 674 [3:14] Chorale Prelude Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr (V), BWV 675 [5:39] Chorale Prelude Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr (VI), BWV 676 [1:14] Chorale Prelude (Fughetta super) Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr, BWV 677 [5:11] Chorale Prelude Dies sind die heilgen zehn Gebot (II), BWV 678 [2:03] Chorale Prelude (Fughetta super) Dies sind die heilgen zehn Gebot, BWV 679 [3:36] Chorale Prelude Wir glauben all an einen Gott (I), BWV 680 [3:36]
Chorale Prelude (Fughetta super) Wir glauben all an einen Gott, BWV 681 [1:51] Chorale Prelude Vater unser im Himmelreich (II), BWV 682 [7:57] Chorale Prelude Vater unser im Himmelreich (III), BWV 683 [1:52] Chorale Prelude Christ, unser Herr, zum Jordan kam (I), BWV 684 [5:08] Chorale Prelude Christ, unser Herr, zum Jordan kam (II), BWV 685 [1:57] Chorale Prelude Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir (I), BWV 686 [7:40] Chorale Prelude Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir (II), BWV 687 [6:21] Chorale Prelude Jesus Christus, unser Heiland (VI), BWV 688 [4:54] Chorale Prelude (Fuga super) Jesus Christus unser Heiland, BWV 689 [6:29] Duets BWV 802-805 [2:39, 3:53, 3:09, 3:21] Prelude & Fugue in E flat major ("St. Anne"), BWV 552: Fugue [8:20]
Matteo Messori (Organ)
Brilliant Classics, 92401		2005	2-CD / TT:
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Solo Keyboard Works

K-1	J.S. Bach: Six Partitas - "Clavier-Übung", part 1 [K-3]
Partitas BWV 825-830 [17:07, 19:47, 22:10, 32:52, 21:36, 35:33]
Irma Issakadze (Piano)
Oehms Classics OC-781 =		Mar 21-23 & May 5, 2010	2-SACD / TT: 149:45 MP3 / TT: 148:56
Recorded at BR Studio 2, Munich, Bavaia, Germany. Buy this album at: 2-SACD (2011): Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de Music Download: Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de

K-2	J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations [K-1]
Goldberg Variations BWV 988
Irina Zahharenkova (Piano)
Classical Records CR-140		2010	CD / TT: 79:18
Recorded in Russia.

K-2	Bach: English Suites Nos. 2, 4 & 5 (Vol. 2) [K-2]
English Suite No. 2 in A minor, BWV 807 [21:39] English Suite No. 4 in F major, BWV 809 [19:40] English Suite No. 5 in E minor, BWV 810 [20:33]
Murray Perahia (Piano)
Sony Classical SK-60277.		Jul 9-14, 1998	CD / TT: 61:57
Recorded at Musica - Théâter La Salle de Musique, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland. Reissue. Review: Perahia’s Bach Buy this album at: CD (1999): Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de Music Download: Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de CD (2011): Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de

K-3	J.S. Bach: Preludes (6)/Inventions 2/3 - Werke für Cembalo [K-1]
Two-Part Inventions (15), BWV 772-786 [] Three-Part Inventions (Sinfonias) (15), BWV 787-801 [] Twelve Little Preludes: BWV 924, BWV 939, BWV 999 [4:03] BWV 925-926, BWV 940 [3:55] BWV 941 [0:57] BWV 927-928 [2:10] BWV 929-930 [3:51] BWV 942 [0:49]
Jörg Ewald Dähler (Harpsichord)
Claves		1971	CD / TT: 62:04 CD / TT: 72:55
Reissue. Buy this album at: CD (1994): Amazon.com \| Amazon.com \| Amazon.de CD (2011): Amazon.com Music Download: Amazon.com

K-4	Bach: Original works and transcriptions by Liszt [K-3]
Partita No. 1 in B flat major, BWV 825 [16:56] Partita No. 2 in C minor, BWV 826 [20:14] Bach-Liszt: Prelude & Fugue in A minor ("The Great"), BWV 543, transcribed for piano [9:43] Bach-Liszt: Prelude & Fugue in C minor BWV 546, transcribed for piano [10:25] Bach-Liszt: Prelude & Fugue in C major BWV 547, transcribed for piano [8:29]
David Theodor Schmidt (Piano)
Hänssler Profil PH-11025		Jul 26-29, 2010	CD / TT: 67:26
Recorded at SWR Stuttgart, Kammermusikstudio, Germany. Buy this album at: CD: Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de Music Download: Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de \| ClassicsOnline

K-5	J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations [K-1]
Goldberg Variations BWV 988
Cédric Pescia (Piano)
Claves Records 2407		Jul 26-28, 2004	CD / TT: 41:31
Recorded at L'heure bleue, Salle de Musique, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland. Reissue. Buy this album at: CD (2005): Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de CD (2011): Amazon.com Music Download: Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de

K-6	Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, Vol. 1 [K-3] Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, Vol. 2 [K-4] Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1 [B-1]
CD-1: WTC 1: 12 Preludes & Fugues Nos. 1-12, BWV 846-857 [] CD-2: WTC 1: 12 Preludes & Fugues Nos. 13-24, BWV 858-869 []
Tzvi Erez.(Piano) [1912 Bosendorfer piano]
Niv Classical		Feb 2011	2-CD / TT: 109:44
Recorded in Toronto, Canada. Buy this album at: Vol. 1 CD, Vol 2 CD, 2-CD: Niv Music Store Music Download 2-CD: Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de

K-7	BachCage [K-3]
Duets BWV 802-805 [2:02, 2:17, 1:57, 2:43] French Suite No. 1 in D minor, BWV 812: Menuet II [1:39] Partita No. 1 in B flat major, BWV 825 [15:36]
Francesco Tristano Schlimé (Piano)
Deutsche Grammophon 4764173 Universal Japan UCCG-1537		2010	CD / TT: 59:04
Recorded at Teldex Studio, Berlin, Germany. Buy this album at: CD: Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de Music Download: Amazon.de CD (Japan): Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de

K-8	Bach, Busoni, Beethoven: Piano Recital [K-2]
Partita No. 6 in E minor, BWV 830 [30:37] Concerto No. 3 in D minor (after A. Marcello), BWV 974: Adagio [4:58] Bach-Busoni: Toccata, Adagio & Fugue in C major, BWV 564, transcribed for piano [19:37] Video Clip: Live at the Roundhouse: Concerto No. 3 in D minor (after A. Marcello), BWV 974: Adagio [] Interview with James Rhodes: On Bach-Busoni: Toccata, Adagio & Fugue in C major, BWV 564, transcribed for piano [3:15] On the Partita No. 6 in E minor, BWV 830 [3:02] On the Adagio, from Concerto No. 3 in D minor (after A. Marcello), BWV 974 [2:13]
James Rhodes (Piano)
Signum Classics SIGCD-185 ABC Classics 4764593		Nov. 2-4, 2009	2-CD / TT: 98:38
Recorded at Potton Hall, Suffolk, England. Video footage recorded live May 13, 2009, at the Roundhouse, London, England. Bonus disc contains interviews with the performer and video of a live performance [5:07]. Buy this album at: Signum CD: Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de Music Download: Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de \| ClassicsOnline

Solo Instrumental Works

S-1	J. S. Bach: Six Suites for Unaccompanied Cello [S-1]
Suites for solo cello, BWV 1007-1012 [20:23, 21:45, 24:35, 25:49, 27:18, 25:14]
Tanya Tomkins (Cello)
Avie AV-2212		May 14-19, 2010	2-CD / TT: 152:17
Recorded at Green Music Center, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California, USA. Listen on YouTube: Sarabande from the Cello Suite in G major BWV 1007. Live Video from San Francisco Early Music Ensemble the Voices of Music Great Artists Series 2009. Performed on an original baroque cello by Tanya Tomkins. Buy this album at: 2-CD: Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de

S-2	Hahn & Jansons perform Shostakovich & Dvorák [S-2]
Sonata for solo violin No. 1 in G minor, BWV 1001: Presto []
Hilary Hahn (Violin)
EuroArts Music		Nov. 26, 2000	DVD / TT: 99 min
Recorded & filmed live at Suntory Hall, Tokyo, Japan. Buy this album at: DVD (2011): Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de

Chamber Works

Orchestral Works

O-1	J.S. Bach: Violin Concertos [O-1]
Concerto for violin, strings & continuo No. 1 in A minor, BWV 1041 [13:28] 2. Concerto for violin, strings & continuo No. 2 in E major, BWV 1042 [15:36] Violin Concerto in D minor, BWV 1052 [19:24] Violin Concerto in G minor, BWV 1056 [9:14]
Roman Fedchuk
Concertino Prague
Roman Fedchuk (Violin)
Boheme Records (R.F. Art Production)		Apr 18-19, 2002	CD / TT: 57:54
Recorded at St.Venceslas Church, Praha Vršovice, Czech Republic. Buy this album at: CD (2002): Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de CD (2011): Amazon.com Music Download: Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de

O-2	J.S. Bach: Brandenburg concertos 1-6 · Brandenburgische Konzerte · Concertos brandebourgeois [O-6] J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concertos 1-6 [O-6]
Brandenburg Concertos BWV 1046-1051 []
Claudio Abbado
Orchestra Mozart (Giuliano Carmignola, principal violin)
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Medici Arts / Euroarts 2056738 Deutsche Grammophon 4778908		Apr 21, 2007	DVD / TT: 100:00 2-CD: TT: 91:01
Recorded live at Teatro Municipale Valli, Reggio Emilia, Italy. Directed by Andreas Morell; produced by Paul Smaczny. 3^rd recording of Brandenburg Concertos BWV 1046-1051 by C. Abbado. Buy this album at: DVD (2008): Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de 2-CD (2011): Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de Music Download: Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de

O-3	Şefika Kutluer plays J.S. Bach’s Orchestral Works with the members of Berlin Philharmonic [O-2]
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067 [25:43] Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068: Air [5:35] Bach-C. Garben: Toccata & Fugue in D minor, BWV 565, arranged for flute, harpsichord & orchestra [7:40] Bach-C. Garben: Concerto for violin, strings & continuo No. 1 in A minor, BWV 1041, arranged for flute, harpsichord & orchestra [16:34] Bach-C. Garben: Concerto for harpsichord, strings & continuo No. 5 in F minor, BWV 1056, arranged for flute, harpsichord & orchestra, transposed to A minor [12:02]
Cord Garben (Conductor & Arranger)
Members of Berliner Philharmoniker
Şefika Kutluer (Flute), Gesine Tiefuhr-Diesselhorst (Harpsichord)
Gallo 1114		Apr 19-21, 2002	CD / TT: 67:40
Recorded in Berlin, Germany. Reissue. Buy this album at: CD (2003): Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de CD (2009): Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de CD (2011): Amazon.com Music Download: Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de

O-4	L'Europe musicale des XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles (17^th & 18^th Century European Music) [O-1]
Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C major, BWV 1066 [21:41]
Didier Bouture
Ensemble Orchestral Harmonia Nova
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Gallo 542		Feb 1988	CD / TT: 52:52
Recorded at the Temple St. Jean de Grenelle, Paris, France. Reissue. Buy this album at: CD (1995): Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de CD (1998): Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de CD (2011): Amazon.com Music Download: Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de

O-5	J.S. Bach: Keyboard Concertos [O-10]
Concerto for harpsichord, strings & continuo No. 1 in D minor, BWV 1052 [8:13, 8:42, 8:11] Concerto for harpsichord, strings & continuo No. 3 in D major, BWV 1054 [7:50, 6:48, 2:59] Concerto for 2 harpsichords, strings & continuo No. 1 in C minor, BWV 1060: II. Adagio [6:20] Concerto for harpsichord, strings & continuo No. 4 in A major, BWV 1055 [4:26, 6:02, 4:24] Concerto for harpsichord, strings & continuo No. 5 in F minor, BWV 1056 [3:43, 3:17, 3:21]
Saulius Sondeckis
Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra
Andrei Ivanovitch (Piano)
X5 Music Group		?	CD / TT: 74:16
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O-6	A. Toscanini: The Baroque & Classical Repertoire Great Conductors · Toscanini: Tchaikovsky, Bach, Haydn Memorial Tribute to Toscanini [O-2]
Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major, BWV 1047 [11:47]
Arturo Toscanini
NBC Symphony Orchestra
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Iron Needle IN-1397 Naxos 8.110825 Guild GHCD-2364-65		Oct 29, 1938	CD / TT: 69:55 CD / TT: CD / TT: 111:30
Recorded at Studio 8H, Rockefeller Center, New York City, NY, USA. 2^nd recording of Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 BWV 1047 by A. Toscanini. Buy this album at: Iron Needle CD: Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de \| Amazon.de Naxos CD: Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de Guild 2-CD: Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de Music Download Guild 2-CD: Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de

O-7	Inédits Charles Munch - Paul Paray [O-1]
Concerto for harpsichord, strings & continuo No. 1 in D minor, BWV 1052 [23:14]
Paul Paray
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Monique Haas (Piano)
Tahra TAH-710-711		Dec 8, 1960	2-CD / TT: 121:15
Recorded live in Detroit, Michigan, USA. Buy this album at: 2-CD: Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de Music Download: Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de

Musical Offering & Art of Fugue

A-1	Bach: Musikalisches Opfer BWV 1079 [A-1]
Musical Offering BWV 1079 [53:21]
Jörg Ewald Dähler
Peter-Lukas Graf (Flute); Hansheinz Schneeberger (Violin); Ilse Mathieu (Violin); Walter Kägi (Viola); Rolf Looser (Cello); Jörg Ewald Dähler (Harpsichord); Christine Daxelhofer (Harpsichord); Ernst Gerber (Harpsichord)
Claves 0198		Dec 1968	CD / TT: 53:21
Recorded at Kirche Aarau. Reissue. Buy this album at: CD (1996): Amazon.com \| Amazon.com \| Amazon.de CD (2011): Amazon.com

Arrangements & Transcriptions

T-1	J.S. Bach: Italienisches Konzert, Französische Ouvertüre, Clavier-Übung Part 11 - Organ Arrangements [T-2]
Bach-H.J. Albrecht: Italian Concerto in F major, BWV 971, arranged for organ [13:41] Bach-H.J. Albrecht: French Overture in B minor, BWV 831 [28:29] Passacaglia & Fugue in C minor, BWV 582 [13:42] Bach-Dupré: Sinfonia (Mvt. 1) from Cantate BWV 29, arranged for organ [4:17] Bach-Landmann: Chaconne (Mvt. 5) from Partita for solo violin No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004, arranged for organ [13:23]
Hansjörg Albrecht (Organ) [Muhleisen Organ]
Oehms Classics OC-634		Oct 30-Nov 2, 2009	SACD / TT: 73:41
Recorded at St. Paulus, Harsewinkel, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Buy this album at: SACD: Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de Music Download: Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de \| ClassicsOnline

T-2	György Kurtag · J.S. Bach: Play With Infinity [T-1]
Pay with Infinity [0.55] and [0.52] Bach-Kurtág: Chorale Prelude Das alte Jahr vergangen ist (I), BWV 614, transcribed for piano 4 hands [1.56] Hommage á Soprani [2.04] Bach-Kurtág: Chorale Prelude O Lamm Gottes unschuldig (VIII), BWV deest, transcribed for piano 4 hands [3.33] & [3.19] Bells (Hommage à Stravinsky) [1.15] Bach-Kurtág: Chorale Prelude Herr Christ, der einig Gottes Sohn (I), BWV 601, transcribed for piano 4 hands [1.18] Sirató [0.49] Bach-Kurtág: Chorale Prelude Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir (II), BWV 687, transcribed for piano 4 hands [4.17] Study to Pilinszky’s Hölderlin’ [1.12] Bach-Kurtág: Chorale Prelude Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr (VII), BWV 711, transcribed for piano 4 hands [2.11] Furious Chorale [0.54] Bach-Kurtág: Chorale Prelude Gott, durch deine Güte, BWV 600, transcribed for piano 4 hands [1.06] Hommage à Halmágyi Mihály [1.19] Bach-Kurtág: Chorale Prelude Alle Menschen müssen sterben (I), BWV 643, transcribed for piano 4 hands [1.00] Les Adieux (in Janáček’s manier) [2.00] Bach-Kurtág: Chorale Prelude Christe, du Lamm Gottes, BWV 619, transcribed for 2 pianos [1.02] G. Kurtág: Hommage à J.S.B, from: Játékok (Games) Vol. 3 [1.01] Bach-Kurtág: Chorale Prelude Dies sind die heilgen zehn Gebot (I), BWV 635, transcribed for piano 4 hands [0.51] Responsorium (To Sir William Glock) [2.14] Pilinsky János: Keringo (for Zoltan Kocsis) [1.07] and [1.05] Bach-Kurtág: Chorale Prelude Christum wir sollen loben schon, BWV 611, transcribed for 2 pianos [2.08] Botladozva (In memoriam Marianne Reismann) [2.01] Bach-Kurtág: Chorale Prelude Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier (I), BWV 633, transcribed for 2 pianos [1.15] Aus der Ferne [1.54] In Memoriam Sebök György [2.41] Bach-Kurtág: Sonatina (Mvt. 1) from Cantata BWV 106, transcribed for piano 4 hands [2.15]
Jean-Sébastien Dureau & Vincent Planés (Piano Duet)
Hortus 082		Jul 15-18, 2010	CD / TT: 50:10
Recorded at Church of Saint Germain de Talloires (Haute Savoie), France. Buy this album at: CD: Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de

T-3	F. Busoni: Transcriptions for Piano after J.S. Bach, Vol. 2 [T-4]
Chromatic Fantasia & Fugue in D minor, BWV 903 [14:51] Bach-Busoni: Prelude & Fugue in D major, BWV 532, transcribed for piano [11:57] Bach-Busoni: Prelude & Fugue in E flat major ("St. Anne"), BWV 552, transcribed for piano [16:49] Bach-Busoni: Chorale Prelude Herr Gott, nun schleuß den Himmel auf, BWV 617, transcribed for piano [4:21] Bach-Busoni: Chorale Prelude Durch Adams Fall ist ganz verdebt [I], BWV 637, transcribed for piano [2:17] Bach-Busoni: Chorale Prelude Jesus Christus, unser Heiland, BWV 665, transcribed for piano [5:31] Bach-Busoni: Chorale Prelude Komm, Gott, Schöpfer!, BWV 667, transcribed for piano [2:15] Bach-Busoni: Chorale Prelude Durch Adams Fall ist ganz verdebt [II], BWV 705, transcribed for piano [4:28] Bach-Busoni: Chorale Prelude Nun freut euch, lieben Christen, BWV 734a, transcribed for piano [2:05]
Maurizio Baglini (Piano)
Tudor 7156		2008	CD / TT: 65:27
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The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (February 2011 - July 2013)

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