Johann 
Sebastian Bach


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Recommended discography
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

 

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