1241CD Rough Guide to …Classical Music: J S Bach

1241CD Rough Guide to Classical Music: J S Bach.

Bach is arguably the most influential composer ever to have lived; his music is renowned for intricate polyphonic textures, poetic melody lines and thrusting terraced dynamics. This Rough Guide showcases Bach’s inimitable genius in all its forms and includes a bonus disc performed by the world-renowned pianist Angela Hewitt.

Disc 1:

Cello Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV1007: I. Prelude (Steven Isserlis (Cello)

Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C major, BWV1068: I. Overture (The Brandenburg Consort, Roy Goodman (Conductor))

Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV1068: II. ‘Air on the G String’ (The Brandenburg Consort, Roy Goodman (Conductor))

Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV1068: III. Gavotte (The Brandenburg Consort, Roy Goodman (Conductor))

Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV1068: IV. Bourrée (The Brandenburg Consort, Roy Goodman (Conductor))

Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV1068: V. Gigue (The Brandenburg Consort, Roy Goodman (Conductor))

Lobet Den Herrn (Praise the Lord), BWV230: Part 1 -Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden ; (The Sixteen, Harry Christophers (Conductor))

Lobet Den Herrn (Praise the Lord), BWV230: Part 2 -Alleluja (The Sixteen, Harry Christophers (Conductor))

Das Wohltemperierte Klavier (The Well-Tempered Clavier) Book 1, BWV846: I. Prelude in C major ; (Angela Hewitt (Piano))

Das Wohltemperierte Klavier (The Well-Tempered Clavier) Book 1, BWV846: II. Fugue in C major (Angela Hewitt (Piano))

Das Wohltemperierte Klavier (The Well-Tempered Clavier) Book 1, BWV847: I. Prelude in C minor (Angela Hewitt (Piano))

Das Wohltemperierte Klavier (The Well-Tempered Clavier) Book 1, BWV847: II. Fugue in C minor Angela Hewitt (Piano:))

Concerto in C major for Three Harpsichords and Strings, BWV1064: I. Allegro (Purcell Quartet)

Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F major, BWV1046: IV. Menuet -Trio I -Polonaise -Trio II (Swiss Baroque Soloists))

Schlummert Ein, Ihr Matten Augen, Aria from Cantata, BWV82: ‘Ich habe genug’; (‘I Have Enough’;) (Florilegium, Johannette Zomer (Soprano))

Wachet Auf, Ruft Uns Die Stimme (Sleepers Awake), BWV645: Organ Choral Prelude (Thomas Schmögner (organ))

Disc 2 bonus CD

Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D minor, BWV903

Toccata in E minor, BWV914

Italian Concerto in F major, BWV971

French Suite No. 5 in G major, BWV816

Partita No. 3 in A minor, BWV827

Goldberg Variations ‘Aria Mit Verschiedenen Veränderungen’ BWV988: XXXII Aria Da Capo