Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

BACH, Johann Sebastian
born: Eisenach, 21 March 1685
died: Leipzig, 28 July 1750, aged sixty-five

The Bachs had a long family tradition of musicians that can be traced back to the early sixteenth century. Johan Sebastian studied mainly organ and violin although he also possessed a fine voice. He began his professional career as an organist. In 1705 he walked to Lubeck to hear Dietrich Buxtehude (c 1637-1707), who had enormous influence on him. In 1722 received the position of cantor at the Thomasschule in Leipzig in which town he remained for the rest of his life. He married twice and he had twenty children, but many did not survive childhood. A number of them became fine composers and musicians. Johann Sebastian Bach "opened up new dimensions in virtually every department of creative work to which he turned, in format, musical quality and technical demands."



Johann Sebastian Bach Biography & Works
Complete Catalog of J. S. Bach's Works


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* Brandenburg Concertos BWV1046, 1047, 1048, 1049, 1050, 1051
- BACH Brandenburg Concertos 1-3, Concerto for Flute in E minor Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra / 
   Ton Koopman, Jean-Pierre Rampal, Orchestre de Chambre Jean-Francois Paillard Apex 
   (2564613632) €8
- BACH Brandenburg Concertos 4-6, Orchestral Suite No. 2 Jean-Pierre Rampal, Amsterdam Bach 
   Orchestra / Ton Koopman Apex (2564613642) €8
- BACH Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1-6 Hanover Band / Anthony Halstead. Classics for Pleasure 
   (5860432) €13
- BACH J.S. Brandenburg Concertos: Nos. 1, 2, 3, Orchestral Suite BWV 1066. Musica Antiqua Koln /
   Reihhard Goebel. Archiv Import  (E4472872) €13
- BACH J.S. Brandenburg Concerto: Nos. 4, 5, 6, Orchestral Suite BWV 1069. Musica Antiqua Koln / 
   Reinhard Goebel. Archiv Import (E4472882) €13
- BACH Brandenburg Concertos THE BRANDENBURG CONSORT / ROY GOODMAN Hyperion 
   Dyad 2cds (CDD22001) €15
- BACH Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1-6, BWV 1046-1051. Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni 
   Antonini. Elatus 2cds (2564617732) €17
- BACH The Brandenburg Concertos, Double Violin and Oboe Concertos Academy of St. Martin in 
   the Fields / Neville Marriner Philips Duo 2cds (4685492) €17
- BACH Brandenburg Concertos 1-6, Concertos BWV1060, 1062, 1064 The Acadmey of Ancient 
   Music / Christopher Hogwood Decca (L'Oiseau-Lyre) 2cds (4557002) €17
- BACH Brandenburg Concertos Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin Harmona Mundi 2cds 
   (HMX2901634-35) €17
- BACH Brandenburg Concertos. Suzanne Danco, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra / Karl Munchinger. 
   Pearl 2cds (GEMS0216) €28
- BACH Orchestral Suites, Brandenburg Concertos Adolf Busch Chamber Players, Mengelberg, 
   Weingartner, Koussevitzky, Stokowski, Furtwangler etc. Andante 3cds (AND1986) €44

Cantatas BWV 1-215
- Rilling, Bach Collegium Stuttgart: HANSSLER 69 CDs
- Harnoncourt/Leonhardt: TELDEC 60 CDs
- Suzuki, Bach Coll. Japan 29 CDs
- BACH J.S. Cantatas. Adam, Armstrong, Bruckel, Engen, Fischer-Dieskau, Haefligher, Hamari, 
   Mathis, Moll, Reynolds, Schadle, Schreier, Stader, T. Schmidt, Topper, van Kesteren, Munchener 
   Bach-Chor, Munchener Bach-Orchester / Karl Richter. Archiv 26cds (4393682) €130
- BACH Cantatas 147, 80, 8, 140, 51 and 78 The Bach Ensemble / Joshua Rifkin Decca (L'Oiseau-
   Lyre) 2cds (4557062) €17
- BACH Cantatas Nos. 106, 131, 99, 56, 82 and 158 The Bach Ensemble / Joshua Rifkin Decca 
   (L'Oiseau-Lyre) 2cds (4580872) €17
- BACH Cantatas: 39, 73, 93, 105, 107, 131 Masses BMV 233-6 Collegium Vocale / Herreweghe 
   Virgin 4cds (5617212) €20

Cello sonatas BWV1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1012
- BACH Cello Suites Pablo Casals EMI Great Recordings of the Century 2cds (5626112) €25
- BACH Six Suites for Solo Cello BWV 1007-1012 Peter Bruns Opus 111 2cds (OP2021-22) €25
- Fournier: ACCORD or DG 2CDs
- BACH Suites for Solo Cello Nos. 1-6 BWV1007-1012. Anner Bylsma. Sony 2cds (S2K48047) €25
- BACH 6 Suites for Cello Solo. Pieter Wispelwey Channel Classics 2cds (CCS1090) €34
- BACH Cello Suites 1-6 Paolo Beschi. Winter & Winter 2cds (9100282) €34

* Christmas Oratorio BWV248 (v & ch & o)
- Pickett: DECCA 2 CDs
- BACH Christmas Oratorio. Ameling, Watts, Pears, Krause, Lubecker, Kantorei, Stuttgarter 
   Kammerochester / Karl Munchbringer Decca 2cds (4554102) €17
- BACH Christmas Oratorio Gundula Janowitz, Christa Ludwig, Fritz Wunderlich, Franz Crass, 
   Munchener Bach-Orchester / Karl Richter Archiv 3cds (4272362) €23
- BACH Christmas Oratorio. Rolfe Johnson, Argenta, von Otter, Blochwitz, Bar, Holton, Pringle, The 
   Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists / John Eliot Gardiner. Archiv 2cds (4232322) €27
- BACH Christmas Oratorio Mera, Frimmer, Turk, Kooij, Bach Collegium Japan / Suzuki BIS 2cds 
   (BISCD941-942) €34
- BACH Weihnachtsoratorium BWV 248 (Christmas Oratorio). Part I-VI. Claron McFadden, Bernarda 
   Fink, Christoph Genz, Dietrich Henschel, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot 
   Gardiner. Arthaus Musik 2DVDs NTSC (101237) €27

Chromatic Fantasia & Fugue in D minor BWV903 (k)
- BACH Italian Concerto BMV971, French Overture BMV831, Chromatic Fantasy & Fugue BMV903 
   Christophe Rousset Decca The Rosette Collection (4761704) €13
- BACH Goldberg Variations, Chromatic Fantasia & Fugue, Partita No. 1 Maggie Cole Virgin 2cds 
   (5615552) €13
- Eggar (hrd): HM
- BACH Italian Concerto, Chromatic Fantasy & Fugue, Two-part Inventions, Preludes & Fugues 
   Andras Schiff Decca 2cds (4751932) €17

Clavier/Piano Concertos 1-7
- BACH Piano Concertos Vol. 1: BWV 1052-4 Hae-Waon Chang, Camerata Cassovia / Robert 
   Stankovsky Naxos (8550422) €9
- BACH Piano Concertos Vol. 2: BWV 1055-8 Hae-Waon Chang, Camerata Cassovia / Robert 
   Stankovsky Naxos (8550423) €9
- BACH JC Piano Concertos Op.7 Anthony Halstead, The Hanover Band CPO (9996002) €15
- BACH Piano Concertos Op.13 Nos. 4-6, Op.14 Anthony Halstead, The Hanover Band CPO 
    (9996912) €15

'Clavierbuchlein vor Anna Magdalena Bachin'
- BACH Clavierbuchlein fur Anna Magdalena Bach 1725 Helmuth Rilling Hanssler 2cds (92136) €39

Easter Oratorio BWV 249
- Munchinger, Stuttgart CO: DECCA
- BACH J.S EB Easter Oratorio BWV 249 Schlick; Wessel; Taylor; Kooy; Collegium Vocale; 
   Herreweghe. Harmonia Mundi (HMC901513) €13
- BACH Easter and Ascension Oratorio. Helmuth Rilling Hanssler (92077) €20

Flute Sonatas BWV1030, 1031, 1032, BWV1033, 1034, 1035
- BACH Complete Sonatas for Flute & Harpsichord, Partita for Solo Flute. Paula Robison, Kenneth 
   Cooper, Timothy Eddy, New York 1975-6. Vanguard 2cds (ATMCD1493) €18
- BACH W.F. Flotensonaten flute sonatas. Wilbert Hazelzet, Marion Moonen, Jacques Ogg, Jaap Ter 
   Linden. Berlin Classics (0017802BC) €19
- BACH Flute Sonatas Vol. 1 Petri Alanko Naxos (8553754) €9
- BACH Flute Sonatas Vol. 2 Petri Alanko Naxos (8553755) €9
- Bennet & Malcolm: ASV

* Goldberg Variations BWV971 (k)
- BACH Goldberg Variations Angela Hewitt Hyperion (CDA67305) €15
- BACH Goldberg Variations Murray Perahia Sony (SK89243) €17
- BACH Goldberg Variations Rosalyn Tureck DG 2cds (4595992) €17
- BACH Goldberg Variations BWV988 Ekaterina Dershavina. Arte Nova (74321340112) €8
- BACH Goldberg Variations Kenneth Gilbert. Harmonia Mundi (HMA1951240) €9
- BACH Goldberg Variations. An Audiophile Live Recording at the Kaufhaussaal, Freiburg, Germany, 
   18 / 05 / 93 Robert Hill. Music And Arts (CD4850) €13
- BACH Goldberg Variations, Italian Concerto, French Overture, Chromatic Fantasy & Fugue, 6 
   Partitas. Christophe Rousset. Decca 4cds (4757079) €31
- BACH Goldberg Variations (1955 and 1982 recordings plus discussion) Glenn Gould Sony 3cds 
   (S3K87703) €17
- BACH J.S. Goldberg Variations BWV 988. Trevor Pinnock. Archiv Import (E4151302) €14

Harpsichord Concertos BWV1052-1065
- BACH Harpsichord Concertos Pinnock, Gilbert, Kraemer, Mortensen, The English Concert Archiv 
   Trio 3cds (4717542) €25
 - BACH Harpsichord Concertos BWV 1052, BWV 1053, BWV 1056, BWV 1057 The Amsterdam 
   Baroque Orchestra / Ton Koopman Elatus (2564603292) €13
- BACH Harpsichord Concertos BMV 1052, 1055 & 1057 Zuzana Ruzickova, Miloslav Klement, 
   Prague Chamber Soloists / Vaclav Neumann Supraphon (SU35692) €14
- Leppard: PH 2CDs

Magnificat in D BWV243 (5v & ch & o)
- BACH Magnificat Gritton, Milne, Chance, Bostridge, George, Choir of Kings College Cambridge, 
   Academy of Ancient Music / Cleobury EMI 2cds (5569942) €20
- BACH Magnificat VIVALDI Gloria. Barbara Hendricks, Ann Murray, Jean Rigby, Uwe Heilman, 
   Jorma Hyninned, Academy Chorus of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields / 
   Neville Marriner EMI (7542832) €17
- BACH Magnificat BWV243a, Cantata: Christen, atzet. diesen Tag BWV 63. Collegium Vocale Gent 
   / Philippe Herreweghe. Harmonia Mundi (HMX2971782) €13
- BACH Magnificat & Cantata 51 Argenta, Kirby, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloist / 
   Gardiner Philips50 (4646722) €13
- BACH Magnificat, Easter Oratorio Taverner Consort / Parrott Virgin 2cds (5616472) €13
- VIVALDI Gloria BACH Magnificat - Emma Kirkby, Tessa Bonner, Michael Chance, John Mark 
   Ainsley, Stephen Varcoe, CM90, Richard Hickox Chandos Chaconne (CHAN0518) €17
- (original version) Pickett: OISEAU-LYRE
- BACH Magnificat in D BWV 243, Laudamus Te, Benedictus BRAHMS Liebeslieder Walzer Op.52 
   HINDEMITH Six Chansons RCA Victor Orchestra / Robert Shaw Pearl (GEM0180) €14
- Suzuki, Bach Coll. Japan: BIS
- Munchinger: DECCA
- (PI) Rifkin: PRO ARTE

Mass in B minor BWV232 (4v & ch & o)
- BACH Mass in B minor. Gundula Janowitz, Hertha Topper, Horst R. Laubenthal, Hermann Prey, 
   Munchener Bach-Orchester / Karl Richter Directed by Arne Arnbom. DG DVD NTSC (0734148) 
   €28
- BACH Mass in B minor. The Monteverdi Choir London, Solisten aus dem Monteverdi Choir, The 
   English Baroque Soloists/ John Eliot Gardiner. Archiv 2cds (4155142) €34
- BACH MASS IN B MINOR BWV 232 Hansmann, Iiyama, Watts, Equiluz, van Egmond, Wiener 
   Sangerknaben, Chorus Viennensis, Concentus musicus Wien / Harnoncourt 2CDS (4509955172) €25
- BACH Mass in B Minor. Agnes Giebel, Janet Baker, Nicolai Gedda, Hermann Prey, Franz Crass. 
   BBC Chorus & New Philharmonia Orchestra / Otto Klemperer. EMI Great Recordings of the 
   Century 2cds (4768142) €25
- BACH Mass in B minor, BWV 232 Kirkby, Van Evera, Iconomou, Covey-Crump, David Thomas, 
   Taverner Consort & Players / Andrew Parrott Virgin 2cds (5619982) €13
- BACH Mass in B minor. Helen Donath, Brigitte Fassbaender, Claes H. Ahnsjo, Roland Hermann, 
   Robert Holl, Chor & Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks / Eugen Jochum. EMI 
   Gemini 2cds (5865372) €13
- BACH Mass in B Minor BMV 232 Rubens, Banse, Danz, Gachinger Kantorei, Bach Collegium 
   Stuttgart / Rilling Hanssler 2cds (92070) €39
- BACH Mass in B minor BWV 232. Mechthild Bach, Daniel Taylor, Marcus Ullmann, Raimund 
   Nolte, Kammerchor Stuttgart, Barockorchester Stuttgart / Frieder Bernius. Carus 2cds 
   (CARUS83211) €39
- BACH Mass in B minor. Robert Shaw, Atlanta Symph. Orch., Mcnair, Ziegler, etc. Telarc 2cds 
   (CD80233) €28
- BACH Mass in B Minor Heaston, Hanslowe, Rabiner, Tucker, Berg, Boston Baroque / Martin 
   Pearlman Telarc (CD80517)
- (PI) Rifkin: ELEKTRA/NONESUCH

* Musical Offering (fl & 2vl & k & continuo)
- BACH Musical Offering, Sonatas 2 & 3 for Flute. Musica Antiqua Koln / Reinhard Goebel. Belart 
   (4696802) €8
- BACH A Musical Offering. Concentus musicus Wien / Harnoncourt Teldec (0630135632) E13
- BACH The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080, Musical Offering, BWV 1079, AMSF / Marriner, Philips 2cds 
   (4425562) €16
- BACH The Art of Fugue, Musical Offering Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra / Karl Munchinger Decca 
   2cds (4672672) €16

Organ concertos (after Vivaldi and others) (Four)
- BACH The Art of Fugue, 4 Solo Organ Concertos. Lionel Rogg. EMI Gemini 2cds (3817662) E13
- BACH Organ Masterworks Vol. 2 Concertos BMV 595, 596, 592-594, Trio in C BWV 585, Chorale 
   Preludes Franz Hauk Guild (GMCD7221) €19

Orgelbuchlein, for organ
- BACH The Organ Music Of Vol. 5 'The Orgelbuchlein'. David Sanger, Walker Organ of Bromley 
  Parish Church. Meridian (CDE84235) €19
- BACH Orgelbuchlein (The Little Organ Book) CHRISTOPHER HERRICK Hyperion (CDA66756) 
   €15
- BACH Orgelbuchlein BWV 599 / 644 Helmuth Rilling Hanssler (92094) €19
- BACH Complete Organ Music Vol. 3: Orgelbuchlein; Eight Small Preludes and Fugues, BWV 553-
   60; Fantasy and Fugue in a minor, BWV 561; Trio in c minor, BWV 585 / Hans Fagius playing the 
   Mats Arvidson Organ, Mariefred Church, Sweden BIS 2cds (BISCD329-30) €34
- BACH Orgelbuchlein. Jens E. Christensen. Kontrapunkt 2cds (32136-37) €39

Partitas BWV825, 826, 827, 828, 829, 830 (k)
- BACH The Complete Partitas BMV 825-830 Bernard Roberts Nimbus 2cds (NI5673-4) €21
- BACH 6 Partitas, Goldberg Variations, French Overture & Italian Concerto Trevor Pinnock Archiv 
   3cds (4743372) €25
- BACH Goldberg Variations, Partitas Nos. 1-6, Italian Concerto, French Overture, Chromatic Fantasy 
   & Fugue Alexis Weissenberg EMI 3cds (5741442) €27
- BACH Six Partitas ANGELA HEWITT Hyperion 2cds (CDA67191-2) €29
- BACH Six Partitas, BWV 825-830 for harpsichord Masaaki Suzuki BIS 2cds (BISCD1313-14) €34
- BACH Clavier Ubung Part I: Six Partitas BWV825 / 830 Trevor Pinnock Hanssler 2cds (92115) €39
- Staier: Deutsche HM 2CDs
- Wooley (hrd): CHANDOS 2CDs

* Works for Organ
- BACH Organ Works I: Toccata & Fuge BWV 538, 564, 565. Passacaglia BWV582, Pastorale 
   BWV590, Schubler-Chorale. Ton Koopman, Simon Preston. DG (4630162) €9
- BACH The 'Eighteen' Chorale Preludes, BWV 651- 668, Canonic Variations on Vom Himmel hoch, 
   BWV 769a, The 'Schubler' Chorale Preludes, BWV 645 - 650. Margaret Phillips. Regent 2cds 
   (REGCD232) €17
- BACH Complete Organ Music Vol. 1: Eighteen Chorales, Six Schubler Chorales / Hans Fagius 
   playing the organ of the Kristine Church, Falun, Sweden BIS 2cds (BISCD235-6) €34

Sonatas for flute and continuo (Three)
- BACH, J.S. Sonatas for Flute and Continuo BWV 1030-1035. Peter-Lukas Graf, Manfred Sax, Jorg 
   Ewald Dahler. Claves (500401) €16

Sonatas for clavier and flute (Three)
- BACH J S Flute & Harpsichord Sonatas BWV 1035,1030,1034,1032 Beacoudray; Christie 
   HARMONIA MUNDI (HMT) (HMT790065) €13
- BACH Complete Sonatas for Flute & Harpsichord, Partita for Solo Flute. Paula Robison, Kenneth 
   Cooper, Timothy Eddy, New York 1975-6. Vanguard 2cds (ATMCD1493) €18
- BACH The Sonatas for Flute and Fortepiano, The Partita for Solo Flute, Susan Rotholz, Kenneth 
   Cooper Bridge (BRIDGE9115) €17

Sonatas for clavier and viola da gamba (Three)
- BACH Flute Sonatas, Viola da gamba sonatas. Maxence Larrieu, Marcal Cervera, Wieland Kuijken, 
   Rafael Puyana. Philips Import (E4388092) €17

Sonatas for violin & harpsichord BWV1014, 1015, 1016, 1017, 1018, 1019
- BACH Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord ELIZABETH WALLFISCH, PAUL NICHOLSON 
   Hyperion Dyad 2cds (CDD22025) €15
- BACH Six sonatas for Violin Harpsichord obbligato BWV 1014 / 19 Helmuth Rilling Hanssler 
   (92122) €19
- BACH Sonatas for Violin & Harpsichord. Stefano Montanari. Christophe Rousset. Ambroisie 2cds 
   (AM109) €28
- Sitkovetsky & Hill: HANSSLER
- Demeterova & Luksaite-Mrazkova: SUPRAPHON 2CDs
- (PI) Biondi & Alessandrini: OPUS 2CDs

* St. John Passion BWV245 (4v & ch & o)
- BACH Saint John Passion Tessa Bonner, Emily Van Evera, Caroline Trevor, Taverner Consort & 
   Players / Parrott Virgin 2cds (5620192) €13
- BACH St. John Passion BWV 245. Andreas Scholl, Martina Lins, Charles Daniels, Christoph 
  Pregardien, Peter Harvey, Michel Brodard, Ensemble Vocal et Instrumental de Lausanne / Michel 
  Corboz. Rec. Victoria Hall, Geneva 1994. Cascavelle 2cds (VEL3087) €19
- BACH St John Passion. Blasi, Holl, Rolfe, Johnson, Lipovsek, Scharinger, Arnold Schoenberg Chor, 
   Concentus musicus Wien / Harnoncourt Bach 2000 2cds (8573811472) €25
- BACH St John Passion Covey-Crump, Taverner Consort and Players / Andrew Parrott Virgin 2cds 
   (5450962) €25
- BACH St Matthew Passion Bonney, Monoyios, von Otter, Chance, A. Schmidt, Rolfe Johnson, 
   Crook, Bar, The Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists/ John Eliot Gardiner Archiv 3cds 
   (4276482) €34
- BACH St John Passion Bach Collegium Japan / Masaaki Suzuki BIS 2cds (BISCD921-922) €35
- BACH St. John's Passion. Lins, Popken, Pregardien, Rheinische Kantorei, Das Kleine Konzert / 
   Hermann Max Capriccio 2cds (600232) €39
- BACH St. John Passion. Helmuth Rilling Hanssler 2cds (92075) €39
- BACH Sacred Masterpieces: St Matthew Passion, St John Passion, Christmas Oratorio, Magnificat, 
   Mass in B minor Munchener Bach Choir & Orchestra / Karl Richter Archiv 10cds (4637012) €80
- BACH St. John Passion. Helen Donath, Julia Hamari, Peter Schreier, Horst R. Laubenthal, Ernst 
   Gerold Schramm, Siegmund Nimsgern, Kieth Engen, Munchener Bach-Orchester / Karl Richter. 
   Directed by Arne Arnbom DG DVD NTSC (0734112) €28
- BACH St John Passion. Midori Suzuki, Robin Blaze, Gerd Turk, Chiyuki Urano, Stephan MacLeod. 
   Bach Collegium Japan / Masaaki Suzuki. DVD Euroarts (2050396) €21
- BACH St. John Passion / St. Matthew Passion Bach-Collegium Japan / Masaaki Suzuki BIS 5cds  
  (BISCD1342-44) €51

* St. Mathew Passion BWV244 (4v & ch & o)
- BACH St Matthew Passion Bostridge, Selig, Rubens, Scholl, Gura, Henschel, Choir and Orchestra of 
   Collegium Vocale / Herreweghe Harmonia Mundi 3cds + free cd rom (HMC951676-78) €25
- BACH St Matthew Passion Seefried, Topper, Fahberg, Haefliger, Engen, Proebstl, Fischer-Dieskau, 
   Munchener Bach Chor & Orchester / Richter DG Originals 3cds (4636352) €26
- BACH St Matthew Passion Bonney, Monoyios, von Otter, Chance, A. Schmidt, Rolfe Johnson, 
   Crook, Bar, The Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists/ John Eliot Gardiner Archiv 3cds 
   (4276482) €34
- BACH St Matthew Passion Pears Fischer-Dieskau Schwarzkopf Ludwig Gedda Philharmonia Choir 
   & Orchestra / Klemperer EMI 3cds (5675382) €38
- BACH St Matthew Passion Te Kanawa, von Otter, Krause, Rolfe Johnson, Blochwitz, Bar, Chicago 
   Symphony Orchestra & Chorus / Sir Georg Solti Decca 3cds Import (E4211772) €51
- BACH St Matthew Passion Turk, Kooij, Argenta, Blaze, Bach Collegium Japan / Suzuki BIS 3cds 
   (BISCD1000-100) €51
- BACH St. Matthew Passion. Helmuth Rilling Hanssler 3cds (92074) €57
- BACH St. John Passion / St. Matthew Passion Bach-Collegium Japan / Masaaki Suzuki BIS 5cds  
  (BISCD1342-44) €51

Suites for Orchestra BWV1066, 1067, 1068, 1069
- BACH The Four Orchestral Suites. The English Concert / Trevor Pinnock. DG (4630132) €9
- BACH Four Orchestral Suites THE BRANDENBURG CONSORT / ROY GOODMAN Hyperion 
   Dyad 2cds (CDD22002) €15
- BACH The Complete Orchestral Suites Martin Pearlman, The Boston Baroque (performed on Period 
   Instruments) Telarc (CD80619) €20
- BACH Brandenburg Concertos 1936 Orchestral Suites 1-4 Busch Chamber Players Pearl 3cds 
   (GEMMCD9263) €42
- BACH Four Orchestral Suites BWV 1066-1069 Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields / Neville 
   Marriner Decca (4303782) €13
- BACH J S Suites 1 & 3 for Orchestra AAM-Berlin / Jacobs. Harmonia Mundi (HMC901578) €17 + 
   BACH J S Suites 2 & 3 for Orchestra AAM-Berlin / Jacobs. Harmonia Mundi (HMC901579) €17
- Leppard: PH
- (PI) Gardiner: ERATO
- (PI) Pickett: OISEAU-LYRE

* The Art of fugue BWV1080 (in)
- BACH The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080, Musical Offering, BWV 1079, AMSF / Marriner, Philips 2cds 
   (4425562) €16
- BACH The Art of Fugue Emerson String Quartet DG (4744952) €17
- BACH J.S. The Art of Fugue: BWV 1080. Musica Antiqua Koln / Reinhard Goebel. Archiv 
   (4472932) €13
- BACH The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080. Helmut Walcha. DG 2cds (4776508) €13
- BACH The Art of Fugue Helmuth Rilling Hanssler 2cds (92134) €39

* The Well-tempered Clavier BWV846-893 (k)
- BACH The Well-Tempered Clavier 1 & 2 Rosalyn Tureck DG 4cds (4633052) €34
- BACH Well-Tempered Clavier Bob van Asperen Virgin 4cds (5617112) €19
- BACH The Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1 Angela Hewitt Hyperion 2cds (CDA67301-2) €29 + 
   BACH The Well-Tempered Clavier Book 2 Angela Hewitt Hyperion 2cds (CDA67303-4) €29
- BACH The Well-Tempered Clavier Book I Andras Schiff Decca 2cds (4143882) €34 + BACH The 
   Well-Tempered Clavier Book II Andras Schiff Decca 2cds (4172362) €34
- BACH Well Tempered Clavier Bernard Roberts Nimbus 4cds (NI5608-11) €21
- Moroney: HM 4CDs
- Kirkpatrick (clavichord): DG 2CDs

Violin Concertos BWV1041, BWV1042
- BACH Violin Concertos BWV1041-1042, Concerto for 2 Violins BWV1043, Concerto for Violin 
   and Oboe BWV1060 Arthur Grumiaux, Krebbers, Holliger, Les solistes Romands / Gerecz, 
   Philharmonia Orchestra / Edo de Waart Philips (4207002) €13
- BACH Violin Concertos Kennedy plays with the Berlin Philharmonic EMI (5570162) €18
- BACH VIOLIN CONCERTOS SHUMSKY / SCOTTISH C.O. Nimbus (NI7031) €11
- BACH VIOLIN CONCERTOS Micaela Comberti, Miles Golding, Collegium Musicum 90 / Simon 
   Standage Chandos Chaconne (CHAN0594) €17

Violin Partitas & sonatas BWV1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006
- BACH Sonatas & Partitas for Solo Violin BWV1001-1006. Henryk Szeryng. DG 2cds (4530042) €17
- BACH Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin Nathan Milstein DG Originals 2cds (4577012) €17
- BACH Sonatas & Partitas for Solo Violin Yehudi Menuhin EMI References 2cds (5671972) €25
- BACH Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin BWV 1001-1006 Julia Fischer. Pentatone 2SACDs 
   (PTC5186072) €29
- BACH Sonatas & Partitas for Violin solo BWV 1001-1006. Christian Tetzlaff. Hanssler 2cds 
   (HAN098250) €34
- GIDON KREMER Back To Bach. Partitas for Violin Solo, BWV 1002, 1004 & 1006, Documentary 
   Back to Bach. Gidon Kremer. Rec. 2002. EuroArts DVD NTSC (2055638) €27
- (PI) Luca: NONESUCH
- (PI) Matthews: CENTAUR
- Enescu: IDIS 2CDs

Collections
- BACH Brandenburg Concertos, Orchestral Suites, Chamber Music Musica Antiqua Koln / Goebel 
   Archiv 8cds (4716562) €62
- BACH Sacred Masterpieces: St Matthew Passion, St John Passion, Christmas Oratorio, Magnificat, 
   Mass in B minor Munchener Bach Choir & Orchestra / Karl Richter Archiv 10cds (4637012) €80
- BACH Mass in B minor, St. John Passion, Christmas Oratorio, St. Matthew Passion English Baroque 
   Soloists, The Monteverdi Choir, Sir John Eliot Gardiner Archiv 9cds (4697692) €70
- BACH Concertos: Harpsichord, Violin, Flute, Oboe d'amore The English Concert / Pinnock Archiv 
   5cds (4637252) €40
- BACH Sacred Masterpieces: St Matthew Passion, St John Passion, Christmas Oratorio, Magnificat, 
   Mass in B minor Munchener Bach Choir & Orchestra / Karl Richter Archiv 10cds (4637012) €81
- Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Orgelwerke. Walcha. Document. 10 CDs  [6348063] €11
- Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Orgelwerke. Walcha. Deutsche Grammophon .12 CDs    
   [5007868]  €83
- Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Orgelwerke. Hurford. Decca 17Cds  [7411931] €125
- Complete organ music by Bowyer: NIMBUS 17 Volumes
- Complete organ music by Rogg: HM 12 CDs

Complete Works
- BACH Hanssler Edition, Hanssler 173cds
- BACH 2000 The Complete Bach Edition, Teldec 153cds
- BACH The Complete Works, Brilliant Classics 160cds
- BACH The Complete Works (Revised). Sixteen, La Stravaganza Koln with Andrew Manze, Jaap ter 
   Linden, Musica Amphion. Brilliant Classics 155cds (93102) €140





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