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J.S. Bach composed his St John Passion during his first winter in Leipzig, in advance of the Good Friday Vespers service of 1724. It is written for an intimate ensemble (much more modest than the...

Brilliant Classics proudly presents the brand-new 5-album sets series: QUINTESSENCE, attractively priced compact box sets containing essential core classical repertoire in outstanding performances...

Like many musicians of the era, Bach reused his own melodic and harmonic material in combination and recombination that suggest possible lost "alternative" versions of favorite works. Fascinated by...

In the music of Bach, the Italian violist Simone Libralon has found a lifelong companion, who 'unfailingly touches that emotional chord we need in the varied and contrasting moments of human...

The extensive Bach family was a dynasty unusually rich in musical talent, counting among it's ranks numerous composer-organists active in the Northern European Baroque tradition. This remarkable set...

This third installment of Bach's complete organ works presents a fine and balanced selection of the intimate and the magnificent: Chorale preludes alternate with some of the most glorious and...

Bach,J.S. / Molardi,Stefano Bach: Toccata & Fugue CD

Bach,J.S. / Montero,Patxi / Boccaccio,Daniele Bach: Sonatas For Viola Da Gamba CD1. I. Adagio 2. II. Allegro Ma Non Tanto 3. III. Andante 4. IV. Allegro Moderato 5. I. Adagio 6. II. Allegro 7. III...

The title of French Suites does not originate from Bach's hand: they were called "Suites pour le clavessin" by the composer. To judge from the number of copies made by his pupils, they likely played...

Playwright Luise Gottsched, n?e Kulmus, in 1732 wrote a letter to her future husband, the writer Johann Christoph Gottsched: 'The keyboard pieces sent over by Bach... are as difficult as they are...

In contrast to the Well-Tempered Clavier, which remained omnipresent in general musical and cultural consciousness after J.S. Bach's death, and the Goldberg Variations, adorned in the 20th century...

Klavierb?chlein f?r Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (Bach's original spelling: Clavier-B?chlein vor Wilhelm Friedemann Bach) is a collection of keyboard music compiled by Johann Sebastian Bach for his eldest...