Life And Works - Johann Sebastian Bach

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Naxos
Release Date
July 1, 2002
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      BACH J.S.
    • PERFORMER
      Jeremy, John, Siepmann, Shrapnel
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      July 01, 2002
    • UPC
      636943805121
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8558051-54
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      4
    • GENRE
      Music Biographies
    Works ⌄

    1. Family background and early years

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

    2. Music: Capriccio on the Departure of His Beloved Brother

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

    3. Bach and the organ

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

    4. Music: Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

    5. Bach in trouble

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

    6. Music: Trio Sonata in E flat, BWV 525

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

    7. Bach the husband and father

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

    8. Music: Vivaldi / Bach: Concerto in A Minor for Four Harpsichords

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

    9. Bach the young composer

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

    10. Music: Prelude and Fugue in A Minor, BWV 543

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

    11. Bach in Weimar (and in jail)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

    12. Music: Prelude in E-Flat Minor (The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

    13. Bach leaves Weimar

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

    14. Music: Violin Concerto in E Major (Finale)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

    15. Bach at Cothen

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

    16. Music: Concerto for Two Violins (Largo ma non tanto)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

    17. Bach and the Brandenburgs

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

    18. Music: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D (first movement)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

    19. From grief to joy though faith

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

    20. Music: 'Et Resurrexit' (B Minor Mass)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

    21. New beginnings: Bach remarries and his family grows

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

    22. Music: Aria in G (from Goldberg Variations)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

    23. Goldberg Variations and Anna Magdalena's Notebook

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

    24. Music: Stolzel: Bist du bei mir

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

    25. Domestic happiness and the move to Leipzig

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

    26. Music: Magnificat

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

    27. Bach's duties at Leipzig

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

    28. Music: Canata No. 80 (Duetto)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

    29. Bach the teacher

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

    30. Music: Sinfonia (Three-Part Invention) in E flat

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

    31. The great keyboard works with an educational agenda

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

    32. Music: Italian Concerto (last movement)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

    33. A letter to the King

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

    34. Music: Cantata No. 147 (opening chorus)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

    35. Bach takes up the poet's pen

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

    36. Music: Partita No. 1 in B flat, BWV 825 (Courante)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

    37. Bach's frustration at Leipzig

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

    38. Music: Singet dem Herrn, BWV 225

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

    39. Frustrations intensify

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

    40. Music: St John Passion (opening chorus)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

    41. Bach's efforts to leave Leipzig

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

    42. Music: Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 (first movement)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

    43. The King of Poland's jubilee

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

    44. Music: Suite No. 3 in D, BWV 1068

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

    45. The Ernesti affair

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

    46. Music: Prelude in D Major, BWV 532

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

    47. Adolf Scheibe's scathing views on Bach

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

    48. Music: Concerto in C for Three Harpsichords (Finale)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

    49. Bach and opera

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

    50. 'Coffee' Cantata (excerpts)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

    51. 'Peasant' Cantata (excerpts)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

    52. The twilight years

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

    53. Music: The Art of Fugue

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

    54. Bach's visit to Frederick the Great

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

    55. Music: The Musical Offering

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

    56. Decline and death

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

    57. Music: Mass in B Minor

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach


This selection contains narration about Bach's life and works by Jeremy
Siepmann, John Shrapnel and others. It contains a 106 page companion booklet with the complete spoken text, a detailed historical background and graded listening plan.