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Bach: Great Composers in Words & Music
Naxos

Bach: Great Composers in Words & Music

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Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach
Artist
Various
Format
CD
Label
Naxos
Released
May 13, 2022
Catalog #
8578362
UPC
747313836277

About

Johann Sebastian Bach today has a reputation as the Godfather of Western European music, as a fountainhead of classical music theory and the creator of some of the greatest works the world has ever produced. Better known as a keyboard virtuoso, Bach was not regarded as a genius in his day, so how did this headstrong and belligerent but ambitious young musician become so extraordinarily productive? What were his influences? How did he end up in jail and what did he get up to in Café Zimmerman? Discover all of this and more in musicologist Davinia Caddy's fascinating biography of a composer who, to Max Reger, represented ‘the beginning and the end of all music’. The narrative, presented by actor Leighton Pugh, is illustrated with musical excerpts including the Brandenburg Concertos, Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, Harpsichord Concerto in D minor, The Art of Fugue, St Matthew Passion and the Mass in B minor among many others.

With performances by...

Nils Thilo Krämer | Christian Benda | Petra Morath-Pusinelli | Alexander Jablokov | Robert Hill | Kölner Kammerorchester | Takako Nishizaki | Ariane Pfister | Capella Istropolitana | Andrés Gabetta | Helmut Müller-Brühl | Wolfgang Rübsam | Sebastian Benda | Ralf Otto | Swiss Baroque Soloists | Slovak Philharmonic Chorus | Christian Brembeck | Julia Brown | Luc Beauséjour | Gerhild Romberger | Bachorchester Mainz | Jan Cižmár | Oliver von Dohnányi

Tracklist 26 tracks

  1. 1 Introduction 00:11
    Track
    1
    Title
    Introduction
    Duration
    00:11
  2. 2 Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F Major, BWV 1047: I. [Allegro] (excerpt) 01:11
    Track
    2
    Title
    Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F Major, BWV 1047: I. [Allegro] (excerpt)
    Duration
    01:11
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Swiss Baroque Soloists
    Conductor
    Andrés Gabetta
  3. 3 Hurtling through interstellar space… 10:23
    Track
    3
    Title
    Hurtling through interstellar space…
    Duration
    10:23
  4. 4 Prelude, Fugue and Ciaconna in C Major, BuxWV 137 (excerpt) 01:14
    Track
    4
    Title
    Prelude, Fugue and Ciaconna in C Major, BuxWV 137 (excerpt)
    Duration
    01:14
    Composer
    Dieterich Buxtehude
    Performer
    Julia Brown
  5. 5 After the street brawl and the trip to see Buxtehude… 06:38
    Track
    5
    Title
    After the street brawl and the trip to see Buxtehude…
    Duration
    06:38
  6. 6 Toccata and Fugue in F Major, BWV 540 (excerpt) 00:57
    Track
    6
    Title
    Toccata and Fugue in F Major, BWV 540 (excerpt)
    Duration
    00:57
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Wolfgang Rübsam
  7. 7 Yet Buxtehude and the northern German musical culture… 03:23
    Track
    7
    Title
    Yet Buxtehude and the northern German musical culture…
    Duration
    03:23
  8. 8 Organ Concerto in C Major, BWV 594 (arr. of Vivaldi's Concerto in D Major, RV 208) (excerpt) 00:49
    Track
    8
    Title
    Organ Concerto in C Major, BWV 594 (arr. of Vivaldi's Concerto in D Major, RV 208) (excerpt)
    Duration
    00:49
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Wolfgang Rübsam
  9. 9 Historians have argued that the lesson Bach learned… 06:19
    Track
    9
    Title
    Historians have argued that the lesson Bach learned…
    Duration
    06:19
  10. 10 Concerto for 2 Violins in D Minor, BWV 1043: II. Largo ma non tanto (excerpt) 01:34
    Track
    10
    Title
    Concerto for 2 Violins in D Minor, BWV 1043: II. Largo ma non tanto (excerpt)
    Duration
    01:34
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Takako Nishizaki, Alexander Jablokov
    Ensemble
    Capella Istropolitana
    Conductor
    Oliver von Dohnányi
  11. 11 During Bach's nearly six years at Köthen… 02:20
    Track
    11
    Title
    During Bach's nearly six years at Köthen…
    Duration
    02:20
  12. 12 The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Fugue No. 24 in B Minor, BWV 869 (excerpt) 01:27
    Track
    12
    Title
    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Fugue No. 24 in B Minor, BWV 869 (excerpt)
    Duration
    01:27
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Luc Beauséjour
  13. 13 The second Köthen composition that has come to define… 03:07
    Track
    13
    Title
    The second Köthen composition that has come to define…
    Duration
    03:07
  14. 14 Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048: I. — (excerpt) 00:35
    Track
    14
    Title
    Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048: I. — (excerpt)
    Duration
    00:35
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Swiss Baroque Soloists
    Conductor
    Andrés Gabetta
  15. 15 However productive Bach may have been at Köthen… 06:32
    Track
    15
    Title
    However productive Bach may have been at Köthen…
    Duration
    06:32
  16. 16 St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part II: Aria: Erbarme dich (excerpt) 01:29
    Track
    16
    Title
    St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part II: Aria: Erbarme dich (excerpt)
    Duration
    01:29
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Gerhild Romberger, Jan Čižmář, Petra Morath-Pusinelli
    Ensemble
    Bachorchester Mainz
    Conductor
    Ralf Otto
  17. 17 Bach's musical activities, in the years following… 03:20
    Track
    17
    Title
    Bach's musical activities, in the years following…
    Duration
    03:20
  18. 18 Keyboard Concerto in D Minor, BWV 1052: I. Allegro (excerpt) 00:54
    Track
    18
    Title
    Keyboard Concerto in D Minor, BWV 1052: I. Allegro (excerpt)
    Duration
    00:54
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Robert Hill
    Ensemble
    Kölner Kammerorchester
    Conductor
    Helmut Müller-Brühl
  19. 19 As well as its regular weekly concerts… 05:41
    Track
    19
    Title
    As well as its regular weekly concerts…
    Duration
    05:41
  20. 20 Musicalisches Opfer, BWV 1079: Sonata sopra il Soggetto Reale: Allegro (excerpt) 00:50
    Track
    20
    Title
    Musicalisches Opfer, BWV 1079: Sonata sopra il Soggetto Reale: Allegro (excerpt)
    Duration
    00:50
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Nils Thilo Krämer, Ariane Pfister, Christian Benda, Sebastian Benda
  21. 21 Despite Bach's travelling and various guest appearances… 01:56
    Track
    21
    Title
    Despite Bach's travelling and various guest appearances…
    Duration
    01:56
  22. 22 Die Kunst der Fuge (The Art of Fugue), BWV 1080: Canon II, alla Ottava (excerpt) 00:55
    Track
    22
    Title
    Die Kunst der Fuge (The Art of Fugue), BWV 1080: Canon II, alla Ottava (excerpt)
    Duration
    00:55
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Wolfgang Rübsam
  23. 23 As well as exhibiting Bach's penchant for the theoretical aspect… 01:07
    Track
    23
    Title
    As well as exhibiting Bach's penchant for the theoretical aspect…
    Duration
    01:07
  24. 24 Mass in B Minor, BWV 232: Dona nobis pacem: bars 1-14 00:53
    Track
    24
    Title
    Mass in B Minor, BWV 232: Dona nobis pacem: bars 1-14
    Duration
    00:53
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Capella Istropolitana
    Conductor
    Christian Brembeck
  25. 25 We know of nothing that Bach composed after this movement… 02:36
    Track
    25
    Title
    We know of nothing that Bach composed after this movement…
    Duration
    02:36
  26. 26 Mass in B Minor, BWV 232: Dona nobis pacem: bars 34-46 01:03
    Track
    26
    Title
    Mass in B Minor, BWV 232: Dona nobis pacem: bars 34-46
    Duration
    01:03
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Capella Istropolitana
    Conductor
    Christian Brembeck