Sunday March 16th, 2008

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Bach Birthday Bash
JS Bach Home Page
http://www.jsbach.org/
Johann Sebastian Bach's music in the movies
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001925/
Bach's "Deathbed Chorale"
http://assets.cambridge.org/97805218/03465/sample/9780521803465ws.pdf
Mendelssohn's revival of the ST MATTHEW PASSION
http://www.musicweb-international.com/SandH/2005/Jan-Jun05/stmatthew0502.htm

First Hour

  • Sonata #4 in c BWV1017: allegro, Giuliano Carmignola - violin, Andrea Marcon - harpsichord, Sony 89469, BACH SONATAS FOR VIOLIN & HARPSICHORD
  • Brandenburg Concerto #2 BWV1047, European Brandenburg Ensemble, Trevor Pinnock, David Blackadder - trumpet, Robert Ehrlich - recorder, Bojan Cicic - violin, Katharina Spreckelsen - oboe, AVIE 2119, BACH SIX CONCERTOS FOR THE MARGRAVE OF BRANDENBURG
  • ST MATTHEW PASSION BWV244: excerpts, Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh, DG 474200, JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: ST. MATTHEW PASSION
  • Musical Offering: Sonata BWV1079, members of the Swiss Baroque Soloists, Andres Gabetta - violin, Stephane Rety - transverse flute, Giorgio Paronuzzi - harpsichord, Denis Severin - cello, Naxos 557755-56, JS BACH BRANDENBURG CONCERTOS

Second Hour

  • "Little" fugue in g BWV578, Marie Clarie Alain - organ, Erato 88004, BACH - TOCCATA & FUGUE - PASSACAILLE
  • Oboe D'Amore Concerto in A BWV1055, Moscow Virtuosi, Vladimir Spivakov, Alexei Utkin - oboe d'amore, RCA 61582
  • Toccata in g BWV915, Angela Hewitt - piano, Hyperion 67310, BACH: THE TOCCATAS / ANGELA HEWITT
  • Wimmelskonig sei wilkommen BWV182: excerpts, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Catherin Latham - recorder, Maya Homburger - violin, Soli Deo Gloria 114, BACH ALLES MIT GOTT (world premiere recording)
  • Harpsichord Concerto in d BWV1052, Cafe Zimmermann, ALPHA 013, JS BACH CONCERTS AVEC PLUSIEURS INSTRUMENTS I

Third Hour

  • Vor deinen Thron tret ich hiermit (Deathbed Chorale) BWV668, Fretwork, Harmonia Mundi 907395, ALIO MODO
  • Art of the Fugue: contrapunctus I & VI, Canon alla duo & Contrapunctus IX, King's Violins, Bernard Labadie, Dorian 90297, ART OF THE FUGUE
  • St. John Passion: excerpts, Apollo's Fire: The Cleveland Baroque Orchestra & Singers, Jeanette Sorrell, Eclectra 2044, ST. JOHN PASSION (IN ENGLISH)
  • Capriccio in Bb on the Departure of his Most Beloved Brother BWV992, Leon Fleisher - piano, Vanguard 1796, LEON FLEISHER THE JOURNEY
  • Concerto in d for 2 violins BWV1043, Academy of Ancient Music, Rachel Podger & Andrew Manze - violins, Harmonia Mundi 907155

Fourth Hour

  • Brandenburg Concerto #4: presto, Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini, Teldec 98442, BRANDENBURG CONCERTOS BWV 1046-1051
  • Brandenburg Concerto 3 in G BWV1048, Bargemusic, Koch International 7294, BRANDENBURGS FROM THE BARGE
  • Toccata & Fugue in d BWV565, Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, Erich Kunzel, Telarc 80338, FANTASTIC STOKOWSKI TRANSCRIPTIONS
  • Prelude, Fugue & Allegro BWV98, Manuel Barrueco - guitar, EMI 55315, PURE BARRUECO: GUITAR FAVORITES
  • Keyboard Concerto in f BWV1056, Academy of Ancient Music, Andrew Manze, Richard Egarr - harpsichord, Harmonia Mundi 907283.84
  • Cantata #208: Sheep May Safely Graze, Amsterdam Baroque, Ton Koopman, Yo Yo Ma - cello, Sony 60681, SIMPLY BAROQUE 2

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