Easy-Listening Piano Classics: Bach

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Naxos
Release Date
September 28, 2010
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      BACH, J.S.
    • PERFORMER
      Various
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      September 28, 2010
    • UPC
      747313808779
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8578087-89
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      3
    • GENRE
      Instrumental
    Works ⌄

    1. Prelude and Fugue No. 1 in C Major, BWV 846

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Jenő Jandó

    2. II. Allemande

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Wolfgang Rübsam

    3. V. Menuet I-II

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Wolfgang Rübsam

    4. Invention No. 14 in B-Flat Major, BWV 785

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: János Sebestyén

    5. Sinfonia No. 3 in D Major, BWV 789

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: János Sebestyén

    6. Sinfonia No. 8 in F Major, BWV 794

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: János Sebestyén

    7. Minuet in G Major, BWV 841

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Wolfgang Rübsam

    8. Minuet in G Major, BWV 843

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Wolfgang Rübsam

    9. II. Allemande

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Wolf Harden

    10. II. Allemande

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Wolf Harden

    11. IV. Sarabande

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Wolf Harden

    12. V. Tempo di minuetto

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Wolf Harden

    13. Prelude and Fugue No. 17 in A-Flat Major, BWV 862

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Jenő Jandó

    14. Prelude and Fugue No. 23 in B Major, BWV 868

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Jenő Jandó

    15. I. Prelude

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Wolfgang Rübsam

    16. V. Sarabande

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Wolfgang Rübsam

    17. VI. Bourree I and II

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Wolfgang Rübsam

    18. Prelude No. 1 in C Major, BWV 939

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: János Sebestyén

    19. Prelude in D Major, BWV 925

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: János Sebestyén

    20. Prelude in F Major, BWV 927

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: János Sebestyén

    21. Sinfonia No. 10 in G Major, BWV 796

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: János Sebestyén

    22. Sinfonia No. 11 in G Minor, BWV 797

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: János Sebestyén

    23. Minuet in G Major, BWV Anh. 114

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: János Sebestyén

    24. Clavierbüchlein for Anna Magdalena Bach, Book 2, BWV Anh. 113-132: Menuet in G Minor, BWV Anh. 115

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: János Sebestyén

    25. I. Allemande

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Wolfgang Rübsam

    26. III. Sarabande

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Wolfgang Rübsam

    27. IV. Gavotte

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Wolfgang Rübsam

    28. V. Polonaise

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Wolfgang Rübsam

    29. VI. Menuet

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Wolfgang Rübsam

    30. Aria

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Jenő Jandó

    31. Variatio 3. Canone all'Unisuono a 1 Clav.

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Jenő Jandó

    32. Variatio 6. Canone alla Seconda a 1 Clav.

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Jenő Jandó

    33. Variatio 7. a 1 o vero 2 Clav.

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Jenő Jandó

    34. Jesu bleibet meine Freude (Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring) (arr. M. Hess for piano)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Eteri Andjaparidze

    35. Prelude and Fugue No. 13 in F-Sharp Major, BWV 858

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Jenő Jandó

    36. V. Gavotte I and II

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Wolfgang Rübsam

    37. IV. Aria

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Wolf Harden

    38. V. Sarabande

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Wolf Harden

    39. VI. Menuet

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Wolf Harden

    40. Sinfonia No. 1 in C Major, BWV 787

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Wolfgang Rübsam

    41. Invention No. 13 in A Minor, BWV 784

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Wolfgang Rübsam

    42. Prelude and Fugue No. 19 in A Major, BWV 888

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Jenő Jandó

    43. Invention No. 8 in F Major, BWV 779

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: János Sebestyén

    44. I. Allemande

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Wolfgang Rübsam

    45. IV. Air

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Wolfgang Rübsam

    46. V. Menuet I

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Wolfgang Rübsam

    47. III. Courante

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Wolfgang Rübsam

    48. I. [Allegro]

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Wolfgang Rübsam

    49. Prelude and Fughetta in G Major, BWV 902

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Wolfgang Rübsam

    50. Prelude and Fugue No. 7 in E-Flat Major, BWV 876

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Jenő Jandó

    51. Prelude and Fugue No. 9 in E Major, BWV 878

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Jenő Jandó

    52. V. Gavotte I and II

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Wolfgang Rübsam

    53. I. Prelude

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Wolfgang Rübsam

    54. II. Allemande

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Wolfgang Rübsam

    55. II. Andante

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Wolfgang Rübsam

    56. Invention No. 1 in C Major, BWV 772

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Wolfgang Rübsam

    57. Invention No. 4 in D Minor, BWV 775

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Wolfgang Rübsam

    58. Invention No. 5 in E-Flat Major, BWV 776

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Wolfgang Rübsam

    59. Clavierbüchlein for Anna Magdalena Bach, Book 2, BWV Anh. 113-132: Minuet in G Major, BWV Anh. 116

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: János Sebestyén

    60. March in D Major, BWV Anh. 122 (by C.P.E. Bach)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: János Sebestyén

    61. Prelude and Fugue No. 11 in F Major, BWV 880

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Jenő Jandó

    62. Prelude and Fugue No. 12 in F Minor, BWV 881

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Jenő Jandó

    63. Variatio 9. Canzone alla Terza. a 1 Clav.

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Jenő Jandó

    64. Variatio 13. a 2 Clav.

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Jenő Jandó

    65. Variatio 18. Canone alla Sexta. a 1 Clav.

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Jenő Jandó

    66. Variatio 19. a 1 Clav.

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Jenő Jandó


Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) was most famous during his lifetime as a keyboard virtuoso, principally as an organist but also as a harpsichord player, and he composed a significant body of keyboard music. Many of these works (including transcriptions of his organ music) occupy a central place in the repertoire of pianists both amateur and professional, delighting players and listeners alike to this day. The keyboard music that Bach published falls into four anthologies, each titled Clavier �bung (Keyboard Practice), a rather dry title for what turns out to be an amazing wealth of music! Other works, such as The Well-Tempered Clavier Books I and II, while not published by Bach, circulated widely in manuscript form and have been influential on composers and performers: Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Mendelssohn, Reger, Schumann, Busoni and many others have fallen under Bach's spell, using his music to develop their own and their students' techniques, and inspired by Bach's extraordinary achievement when composing their own works. Books I and II of The Well-Tempered Clavier each contain preludes and fugues in all the 24 major and minor keys, from C major to B minor, and are collectively known as 'the 48'. Sometimes referred to as the 'Old Testament' of keyboard music (Beethoven's 32 piano sonatas being the 'New'), the preludes explore an astonishing variety of musical forms (including the famous toccata-like Prelude No 1 in C Major from Book I, various dance styles and concerto- or fantasia-like movements) while the fugues range equally broadly from rather formal examples in 'old fashioned' academic style to others based on more up-to-date musical forms. The term 'well-tempered' refers to the system of tuning, new in Bach's day, which allowed music to be played in any key and has become the standard in Western music. Bach's 15 two-part Inventions and 15 three-part Sinfonias BWV 772-801 were originally written as educational pieces for the notebook Bach prepared for his second wife, Anna Magdalena, herself an accomplished musician. During the Baroque period collections of 'overtures' or 'dance suites' were particularly popular. Bach composed three sets of six suites: the so-called 'English' Suites BWV 806-811, the 'French' Suites BWV 812-817 and the keyboard Partitas BWV 825-830. Each suite comprises a basic set of dances based on different national models, Allemande (German), Courante (Italian or French), Sarabande (Spanish/Latin American) and Gigue (French, based on the British Jig) with additional dances included. The Goldberg Variations BWV 988 presents an aria (that is, a song-like movement) with thirty variations based on the aria's bass line rather than it's tune (Beethoven would work similar wonders with his 'Diabelli' Variations Op. 120). The Italian Concerto BWV 971 was inspired by the exciting new music that was finding it's way north during Bach's lifetime. Bach also transcribed for keyboard several orchestral concertos by Vivaldi and other Italian composers. In addition, several shorter pieces, including the famous hymn Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring and dances from the Wilhelm Friedemann Bach Notebook are included.