| Johann Sebastian Bach |
ORGAN | SACRED | CONCERTO | INSTRUMENTAL |
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| COMPOSITION | PERFORMER(S) | RATING | LABEL |
| PRELUDES &
FUGUES BWV 546 & 549, TRIO-SONATA BWV 529, CONCERTO BWV 593, 2 CHORALS |
TON KOOPMAN (Gabler organ) | **** | NOVALIS/D |
| ORGELBUCHLEIN CHORALES | Marie-Claire Allain, organ | *** | ERATO/D |
| DIE ARNSTADTER CHORALE, 8 SHORT PRELUDES & FUGUES BWV 553-560 | WERNER JACOB (Silbermann organ) | **** | EMI/D |
| TOCCATA AND FUGUE BWV 565, PRELUDE & FUGUE BWV 552, FANTASY AND FUGUE BWV 542, PASSACAGLIA BWV 582 |
HERBERT TACHEZI (Silbermann organ) | **** | TELDEC/D |
| TOCCATA C major BWV 564, SONATA No.2 BWV 526, PARTITE BWV 768, CHORAL 668a | HERBERT TACHEZI (Silbermann organ) | **** | TELDEC/D |
| TOCCATAS & FUGUES BWV 538/564/540/565 |
TON KOOPMAN (Garrels organ) | ***** | ARCHIV/D |
| ST. MATTHEW
PASSION BWV 244 -complete- |
JOHNSON/SCHMIDT/BAR/VON OTTER/ CHANCE etc./ The Monteverdi Choir/ English Baroque Soloists/ JOHN ELIOT GARDINER (period instruments) | ***** | ARCHIV/D |
| ST. JOHN PASSION BWV 245 -complete- |
ARGENTA/CHANCE/ARCHER/ MULLER /HAUPTMANN/ JOHNSON / The Monteverdi Choir/English Baroque Soloists/ JOHN ELIOT GARDINER (period instruments) |
**** | ARHIV/D |
| MASS IN B MINOR BWV 232 -complete- |
15 vocal soloists/The Monteverdi Choir/ English Baroque Soloists/ JOHN ELIOT GARDINER (period instruments) | ***** | ARCHIV/D |
| CHRISTMAS ORATORIO BWV 248 -complete- |
AUGER/MUCKENHEIM/HAMARI/ SCHREIER/ Bach-Collegium Stuttgart/HELMUTH RILLING (modern instruments) |
**** | CBS/D |
| MAGNIFICAT in D BWV 243, CANTATA BWV 243 |
KIRKBY/ARGENTA/ JOHNSON/THOMAS The Monteverdi Choir/English Baroque Soloists/ JOHN ELIOT GARDINER (period instruments) | ***** | PHILIPS/D |
| THE ART OF THE FUGUE BWV 1080 | Z.PERTIS, Harpsichord, M.SPANYI, Organ/ Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra-Budapest/ JANOS ROLLA (arranged for strings -modern instruments) | ***** | HUNGARTON/D |
| THE ART OF THE FUGUE BWV 1080 | Neues Bachisches Collegium Musicum Leipzig / MAX POMMER (period instruments) | ***** | CAPRICCIO/D |
| THE MUSICAL OFFERING BWV 1079 | N.KRAEMER, Harpsichord & Organ/ Academy of St.Martin-in-the-Fields/ Sir NEVILLE MARRINER (modern instruments) | ***** | PHILIPS/A |
| BRANDENBURG CONCERTOS - 1-6, BWV 1046-1051 |
The English Concert/Harpsichord and Leader: TREVOR PINNOCK (period instruments) | **** | ARCHIV/D |
| BRANDENBURG CONCERTOS - 1-6, BWV 1046-1051 |
PINA CARMIRELLI,Violin/ HERMANN BAUMANN, Horn/ HEINZ HOLLIGER, Oboe/ KLAUS THUNEMANN, bassoon/I MUSICI (modern instruments) | ***** | PHILIPS/D |
| Four OVERTURES/SUITES BWV
1066-1069 & SUITE BWV 1070 |
Musica Antiqua Koln/Violin and Leader: REINHARD GOEBEL (period instruments) | ***** | ARCHIV/D |
| Two CONCERTOS FOR 3 HARPSICHORDS BWV 1063 & 1064 ; CONCERTO FOR 4 HARPSICHORDS BWV 1065 | KENNETH GILBERT/TREVOR PINNOCK/ LARS MORTENSEN/NICHOLAS KRAEMER , Harpsichords/The English Concert/TREVOR PINNOCK (period instruments) | **** | ARCHIV/D |
| Three CONCERTOS FOR 2
HARPSICHORDS & STRINGS BWV 1060, 1061, 1062 |
KENNETH GILBERT/TREVOR PINNOCK, Harpsichords/The English Concert/TREVOR PINNOCK (period instruments) | **** | ARCHIV/D |
| CONCERTO FOR FLUTE, VIOLIN & HARPSICHORD BWV 1044, CONCERTO FOR OBOE & VIOLIN BWV 1060, CONCERTO FOR OBOE BWV 1055 | SIMON STANDAGE, Violin/ DAVID REICHENBERG, Oboe /LISA BEZNOSIUK, Flute/The English Concert/TREVOR PINNOCK, Leader & Harpsichord (period instruments) | ***** | ARCHIV/D |
| KEYBOARD CONCERTOS: BWV 1052, 1054, 1056 & 1057 | CYPRIEN KATSARIS, Piano/ Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra/JANOS ROLLA (modern instruments) | **** | TELDEC/D |
| VIOLIN CONCERTOS No.1 & 2 A minor BWV 1041, E major BWV 1042, CONCERTO FOR 2 VIOLINS IN D minor, BWV 1043* | SIMON STANDAGE/ELIZABETH WILCOCK *, Baroque Violins/ The English Concert / Harpsichord & leader: TREVOR PINNOCK (period instruments) | **** | ARCHIV/D |
| Six SONATAS FOR VIOLIN & HARPSICHORD BWV 1014-1019 | MONICA HUGGET, Baroque Violin / TON KOOPMAN, Harpsichord | ***** | PHILIPS/D |
| Three SONATAS FOR CELLO & HARPSICHORD BWV 1027-1029 | YO-YO-MA, Cello / KENNETH COOPER, Harpsichord | *** | CBS/D |
| Complete SONATAS & PARTITAS
FOR SOLO VIOLIN BWV 1001 - 1006 |
SHLOMO MINTZ, Violin | ***** | DGG/D |
| SONATAS AND PARTITA FOR FLUTE & HARPSICHORD BWV 1030 & 1032; FOR FLUTE & CONTINUO BWV 1034 & 1035; PARTITA BWV 1013 FOR SOLO FLUTE | JEAN-PIERRE RAMPAL, Flute/ TREVOR PINNOCK, Harpsichord/ ROLAND PIDOUX, Violoncello (modern instruments) | ***** | CBS/D |
| Six SUITES FOR SOLO CELLO, BWV 1007 - 1012 |
HEINRICH SCHIFF, Violoncello | **** | EMI/D |
| THE GOLDBERG VARIATIONS BWV 988 | GLENN GOULD, Piano | ***** | CBS/D |
| ENGLISH SUITES No. 2 & No.3 FOR KEYBOARD, BWV 807 & BWV 808 | IVO POGORELICH, Piano | ***** | DGG/D |
| THE COMPLETE FRENCH SUITES FOR KEYBOARD, BWV 812 - 817 | ANDREI GAVRILOV, Piano | ***** | EMI/D |
| THE WELL-TEMPERED CLAVIER, BWV 846 - 893 |
SVIATOSLAV RICHTER, Piano | ***** | HM/D |
| "ITALIAN" CONCERTO IN F BWV 971, PRELUDE BWV 922, FANTASY & FUGUE BWV 903, 2 CHORAL PRELUDES BWV 639 & 659, 2 FANTASIES & FUGUES | ALFRED BRENDEL, Piano | **** | PHILIPS/A |
| BACH-BUSONI: Various Transcriptions | NIKOLAI DEMIDENKO, Piano | **** | HYPERION/D |
| Rating | |
| *** **** ***** |
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