Johann Sebastian Bach (Composer)
Born: 31st March 1685, Eisenach
Died: 28th July 1750, Leipzig
Nationality: German
Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for instrumental compositions such as the Cello Suites and Brandenburg Concertos; keyboard works such as the Goldberg Variations, The Well-Tempered Clavier and the Toccata and Fugue in D minor; and vocal music such as the St Matthew Passion and the Mass in B minor. Since the 19th-century Bach Revival, he has been generally regarded as one of the greatest composers in the history of Western music.
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Recording of the Week,
A slow-brewed Goldberg Variations from Víkingur Ólafsson
6th October 2023
The Icelandic pianist presents the results of twenty-five years of thoughtful preparation, in a recording of Bach's Goldberg Variations that combines control and spontaneity, limpid gentleness and furious virtuosic energy.
Recording of the Week,
Well-tempered Bach on the clavichord from András Schiff
27th January 2023
An oft-neglected early keyboard instrument finally gets its moment in the sun in an intimate programme of Bach that plays to its strengths, built around the two-part and three-part inventions.
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Popular Works: Bach, J S
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F Major, BWV1046 (227)
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F Major, BWV1047 (258)
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV1048 (272)
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major, BWV1049 (235)
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major, BWV1050 (284)
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B flat major, BWV1051 (223)
- Cello Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV1007 (379)
- Cello Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV1008 (345)
- Cello Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV1009 (354)
- Cello Suite No. 4 in E flat major, BWV1010 (287)
- Cello Suite No. 5 in C minor, BWV1011 (299)
- Cello Suite No. 6 in D major, BWV1012 (286)
- Chorale Prelude BWV622 'O Mensch, bewein' dein' Sünde groß' (203)
- Chorale Prelude BWV639 'Ich ruf' zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ' (310)
- Chorale Prelude BWV645 'Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme' (275)
- Chorale Prelude BWV654 'Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele' (195)
- Chorale Prelude BWV659 'Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland' (368)
- Chromatic Fantasia & Fugue in D minor, BWV903 (251)
- Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, BWV1043 (253)
- Goldberg Variations, BWV988 (388)
- Italian Concerto, BWV971 (281)
- Jesu, bleibet meine Freude (from Cantata BWV147 'Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben') (433)
- Keyboard Concerto No. 1 in D minor, BWV1052 (219)
- Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV1067 (213)
- Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV1068 (197)
- Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV1068: Air ('Air on a G String') (489)
- Partita for solo violin No. 1 in B minor, BWV1002 (245)
- Partita for solo violin No. 2 in D minor, BWV1004 (367)
- Partita for solo violin No. 2 in D minor, BWV1004: Chaconne (281)
- Partita for solo violin No. 3 in E major, BWV1006 (282)
- Partita No. 1 in B flat major, BWV825 (214)
- Partita No. 2 in C minor, BWV826 (213)
- Passacaglia & Fugue in C minor, BWV582 (200)
- Sonata for solo violin No. 1 in G minor, BWV1001 (300)
- Sonata for solo violin No. 2 in A minor, BWV1003 (257)
- Sonata for solo violin No. 3 in C major, BWV1005 (262)
- Toccata & Fugue in D minor, BWV565 (548)
- Toccata, Adagio & Fugue in C major, BWV564 (235)
- Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, BWV1041 (269)
- Violin Concerto No. 2 in E major, BWV1042 (248)
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