Musical Offering BWV 1079 - Recordings

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Musical Offering BWV 1079
Recordings - Part 9

Recordings: Until 1950 | 1951-1960 | 1961-1970 | 1971-1980 | 1981-1990 | 1991-2000 | From 2001 | Trio Sonata | Ricercars | Ricercar - Webern | Other Movements

Recordings of the Ricercars

R-1	Edwin Fischer [K-7]
Musical Offering BWV 1079: Ricercare à 6, arranged by Edwin Fischer
Edwin Fischer (Piano)
Pearl		1933	CD / TT:
Recorded at Studio No. 3 Abbey Road, London, England [?]. Buy this album at: Amazon.com

R-2	Great Virtuosi of the Harpsichord, Vol.II [E-1]
Musical Offering BWV 1079: Ricercare à 3 [4:53]
Ralph Kirkpatrick (Harpsichord)
Pearl		1936	CD / TT: 79:35
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R-3	Edward Kilenyi - Recital (1)
Musical Offering BWV 1079: Ricercare à 6 []
Edward Kilenyi (Piano)
Concert Artist/Fidelio		1930's -1940's ?	CD / TT:

R-4	J.S. Bach: Complete Piano Works - Album III [K-3]
Musical Offering BWV 1079: Ricercare à 3 [], Ricercare à 6 []
Gunnar Johansen (Double Keyboard Piano)
Artist Direct		Early 1950's	LP / TT:
Recorded at Gunnar Johansensen's house, Blue Mounds, Wisconsin, USA.

R-5	Reflections
Musical Offering BWV 1079: Ricercare à 6 [8:36]
Rudolf Baumgartner
Festival Strings Lucerne
Zino Francescatti (Violin); Regis Pasquier (Violin)
Alex / Belaret		Early 1960's ?	CD / TT: 62:49
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R-6	J.S. Bach: The Last Keyboard Works [B-1]
Musical Offering BWV 1079: Ricercare à 3 [], Ricercare à 6 []
Charles Rosen (Piano)
Sony		1967	3-LP / TT:
The 2 Ricercars have not issed in CD form so far (May 2006).

R-7	Monsieur Bach [K-1]
Musical Offering, BWV 1079: Ricercare à 3 [], Ricercare à 6 []
Scott Ross (Harpsichord)
Discothèque / Audio Numérique		May 1973	LP / CD / TT: 44:44
Recorded in Boulogne, France.

R-8	Musica Master in Dialogue - Carlo Levi Minzi Plays Bach, Mozart & Beehoven [A-1]
Musical Offering BWV 1079: Ricercare à 3 []
Carlo Levi Minzi (Piano)
Humanist Academy Records 2		1980	LP / TT:

R-9	Bach: The Organ Works [Box Set] [B-1]
Musical Offering BWV 1079: Ricercare à 6 [9:21]
Peter Hurford (Organ) [designed by Peter le Hurray, in consultation w/ Messers Johnson; built by Johnson of Cambridge, 1978-1979]
Decca		1974-1986	17-CD
Recorded at St Catharine's College Chapel, Cambridge, England. Buy this album at: Amazon.com [Box Set] \| Amazon.de [Box Set] \| Amazon.co.uk [Box Set]

R-10	The Artistry Of Heinz Holliger
Musical Offering BWV 1079: Ricercare à 6, adapted by Heinz Holliger [6:48]
Aurele Nicolet (Flute); Eduard Brunner (Clarinet); Radovan Vlatkovic (Horn); Elmar Schmid (Bassoon); Klaus Thunemann (Bassoon)
Denon		Jan 1986	CD / TT:
Recorded at Bayerischer Rundfunk Studio No. 1, München, Germany. Buy this album at: Amazon.com

R11	Organ Works of J.S. Bach [RO-1] J.S. Bach: Organ Works Complete [Box Set] [B-1]
Musical Offering BWV 1079: Ricercare à 6 [7:57]
George Ritchie (Organ)
Titanic 158		Jan 1986	CD / TT: 72:13
Recorded at Cornerstone, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA. Buy this album at: Amazon.com \| Amazon.com [Box Set]

R-12	J.S. Bach: Italianiches Konzert - Chromatische Fantasie und Fugue [K-3]
Musical Offering BWV 1079: Ricercare à 3 [6:14]
Ton Koopman (Harpsichord)
Erato		Aug 1986	CD / TT: 56:26
Recorded at Oud-Katholieke Kerk Maria Minor, Utrecht, Holland. Buy this album at: Amazon.de \| Amazon.de \| Amazon.com [Box Set] \| Amazon.de [Box Set]

R-13	Bach: Ricercare; Schostakowitsch: 4 Präludien und Fuguen; Beethoven: Sonate c-Moll [K-10]
Musical Offering BWV 1079: Ricercare à 3 [7:04]
Tatiana Nikolayeva (Piano)
Orfeo		Aug 18, 1987	CD / TT: 71:08
Recorded at Kleines Festspielhaus, Salzburg Festival, Salzburg, Austria. 1^st recording of Ricercar No. 1 from Musical Offering BWV 1079 by T. Nikolayeva.

R-14	J.S. Bach: The Goldberg Variations [K-1]
Musical Offering BWV 1079: Ricercare à 3, Ricercare à 6 [14:00]
Andrew Rangell (Piano)
Dorian Recordings		Oct 1989	CD / TT: 72:58
Recorded at Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, Troy, NY, USA. Buy this album at: Amazon.com

R-15	Computer Music
Musical Offering BWV 1079: Ricercare à 6 [4:20]
Pietro Grossi (Computers)
Edipan Records		1990	CD / TT:
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R-16	Masterpieces for Brass, Vol. II
Musical Offering BWV 1079: Ricercare, arranged for brass ensemble by Mogens Andresen [7:38]
Danish Royal Brass
Rondo Grammofon		Jun 1991	CD / TT: 68:20
Recorded at the Royal Theatre, Copenhagen, Denmark. Buy this album at: Amazon.com

R-17	J.S. Bach: Organ Works
Musical Offering BWV 1079: Ricercare à 6 [7:23]
Thierry Mechler (Organ)
ED		1991	CD / TT: 55:33
Recorded at Mariä Himmelfahrt Church, Roggenburg, Ulm, Germany.

R-18	Bach: Die Kunst der Fugue (The Art of Fugue) [K-13]
Musical Offering BWV 1079: Ricercare à 3, Ricercare à 6 [16:40]
Tatiana Nikolayeva (Piano)
Hyperion		Jan 22-28, 1992	2-CD / TT: 122:15
2^nd recording of Ricercar No. 1 from Musical Offering BWV 1079 by T. Nikolayeva. Buy this album at: Amazon.com

R-19	Double-Reed Ensemble
Musical Offering BWV 1079, Ricercare à 6 [5:26]
Akira Endo
Members of Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
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Crystal Records		1992	CD / TT: 52:35
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R-20	T.O.P.: Trompete, Orgel, Posaune
Musical Offering BWV 1079: Ricercare à 6, arranged by Bernhard Krol [9:32]
Reinhold Friedrich (Trumpet); Martin Lucker (Organ); Hartmut Friedrich (Trombone)
Capriccio		Jun 1993	CD / TT: 66:15
Recorded at St. Katharinenkirche, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Buy this album at: Amazon.com \| Amazon.com

R-21	J.S. Bach: Complete Works for Organ [Box Set]
Musical Offering BWV 1079: Ricercare à 6 [10:19]
Marie-Claire Alain (Organ)
Erato		Oct 1993	14-CD
Recorded at Stiftskirche Grauhof, Goslar, Germany. Buy this album at: Amazon.com

R-22	Bläserkammermusik aus vier Jahrhunderten
Musical Offering BWV 1079: Ricercare à 6 [6:46]
Camas Quintett
Carla Goldberg (Horn); Stephan Hufner (Bassoon); Andreas Noack (Flute); Andreas Vogel (Oboe); Rudolf Konig (Clarinet Bass); Matthias Ritter (Clarinet)
Eigen Art		1994	CD / TT:
Recoreded in Stuttgart, Germany. Buy this album at: Amazon.com

R-23	A Day in the Life of a Clarinet
Musical Offering BWV 1079: Ricercare à 6, arranged by Peter Jenkin [5:54]
Peter Jenkin (Clarinet, Clarinet Bass)
Tall Poppies		1994-1995	CD / TT: 64:30
Recorded at ABC Studio 227. Buy this album at: Amazon.com

R-24	Bach: Clavierwerke [K-1]
Musical Offering BWV 1079: Ricercare à 3 [5:57]
Wolfgang Glüxam (Harpsichord) [Frankoflämisch - Willem Kroesbergen, Utrect 1986]
ORF Alte Musik		Jan 1995	CD / TT: 71:20
Recorded at Großer Sendesaal, Funkhaus, Vienna, Austria. Buy this album at: Amazon.de

R-25	Bach: Complete Organ and Other Keyboard Works, Vol. 21 Bach: Art of the Fugue / Musical Offering [R-21]
Musical Offering BWV 1079: Ricercare à 3 [7:07], Canon a: crab [1:17], Canon b: by contrary motion, with its inverted form [3:50], Ricercare à 6 [10:11]
Bernard Lagacé (Organ) [1961 Beckerath]
Analekta/Fleurs de Lys		Apr 1995	2-CD / TT: 137:49
Recorded at Immaculate Conception Church, Montréal, Canada. Buy this album at: Amazon.com \| Amazon.de \| Amazon.com [Box Set] \| Amazon.de [Box Set]

R-26	Counterpoints-Les Joueurs De Flûte
Musical Offering BWV 1079: Ricercare à 6, transcribed for flutes by Dominique Hunziker [6:53]
Joseph Kost
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Christian Kuster, Dominique Hunziker, Beatrice Kunz, Jurg Zurmuhle, Anne Utagawa, Matthias Ebner, Daniel Pfister, Anna-Katharina Graf (Flutes)
Jecklin		May 1996	CD / TT: 59:29
Recorded at Ernest Ansermet Studio de la Radio Suisse Romande, Espace 2, Radio Studio Geneva, Switzerland. Buy this album at: Amazon.com

R-27	Bach: Organ Miniatures [R-4] The Complete Organ Music of J.S. Bach [Box Set] [B-1]
Musical Offering BWV 1079: Ricercare à 3 [6:22] Musical Offering BWV 1079: Ricercare à 6 [7:13]
Christopher Herrick (Organ) [Metzler Op 571, 1992]
Hyperio		Nov 19-21, 1996	2-CD / TT: 156:01
Recorded at Stadkirche St Martin, Rheinfelden, Switzerland. Buy this album at: Amazon.com \| Amazon.com [Box Set]

R-28	Rondo Violoncello
Musical Offering BWV 1079: Ricercare à 6, arranged for cellos by Gustav Lenzewski [6:06]
Peter Buck
Rondo Violoncello
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Harmonia Mundi		Nov 1996	CD / TT: 64:27
Recorded at Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst, Stuttgart, Germany. Buy this album at: Amazon.com

R-29	Edition Bachakademie Vol. 100: Organ Works - Late Works from the Leipzig Period [R-15]
Musical Offering BWV 1079: Ricercare à 6 [14:39]
Martin Lücker (Organ) [Rieger Organ]
Hänssler		Sep 18-19, 1998	CD / TT: 79:11
Recorded at Katharinenkirche, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Review: �Late Organ Works from the Leipzig Period� Buy this album at: Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.co.uk

R-30	Bach Edition Leipzig: Workshop Discussions; Rehearsal Recordings; Music Examples [A-3]
Musical Offering BWV 1079: Ricercare à 3 [5:20]
Walter Heinz Bernstein (Fortepiano)
Capriccio		1999 ?	CD / TT: 61:54
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R-31	Bach e Froberger: Obras para Cravo [K-1]
Musical Offering BWV 1079: Ricercare à 3 []
Ana Cecília Tavares (Harpsichord)
CLB Studio		1999	CD / TT:

R-32	Bach Meets Asia: A Play on Johann Sebastian Bach
Musical Offering BWV 1079: Ricercare à 6 [7:05]
Liu Xiao Ming (Piano)
Signum		Feb 2000	CD / TT: 72:17
Recorded at Curt-Sachs-Saal, Berlin, Germany. Buy this album at: Amazon.com

R-33	Entwurff einer wohlbestallten Music
Musical Offering BWV 1079: Ricercare à 6 [7:46]
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Ensemble Leipziger Concert
Susanne Scholz (Violin, Violin Poiccolo); Irene Klein (Viola da gamba); Renate Pank (Viola da gamba);Thomas Grosche (Viola da gamba);Jane Achtmann (Viola da gamba); SiefriedPank (Viola da gamba, Violoncello, Violoncello Piccolo);Stefan Maass (Therbo)
Raum Klang		Feb 2000	CD / TT: 72:46
Recorded at Bethanienkirche zu Leipzig, Germany. Buy this album at: Amazon.com

R-34	Master of the Baroque: Bach
Musical Offering BWV 1079: Ricercare in C minor [9:06]
?
The Northstar Chamber Orchestra
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Direct Source Label		2000	CD / TT: 63:24
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R-35	Bach: The Works for Organ, Vol. 17
Musical Offering BWV 1079: Ricercare à 6 [7:48] Musical Offering BWV 1079: Ricercare à 6 [5:37] Musical Offering BWV 1079: Ricercare à 6 [7:42]
Kevin Bowyer (Organ)
Nimbus Records		Sep 2001	3-CD / TT: 167:05
Recorded at Sct. Hans Kirke, Odense, Denmark. Buy this album at: Amazon.com

R-36	Bach in Naumburg
Musical Offering BWV 1079: Ricercare à 6 [10:27]
Jean-Claude Zehnder (Organ)
Motette		2002	CD / TT: 76:52
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R-37	A Harpsichord Recital [K-1]
Musical Offering BWV 1079: Ricercare à 3 []
Takae Ohnishi (Harpsichord) [French double-manual harpsichord after Taskin by Hubbard & Broekman (1993)]
Opal Records 1311		2002 ?	CD / TT:

R-38	Bach: Organ Works Vol. 15 (Arrangements for Solo Organ)
Musical Offering BWV 1079: Ricercare à 6 [8:32]
Gerhard Weinberger (Organ) [Zacharias Hildebrandt, 1743-1746]
CPO		Apr 2003	CD / TT: 62:23
Recorded at St. Wenzel Church, Naumberg, Germany. Review: Gerhard Weinberger's Bach Organ Series, Vol. 15 Buy this album at: Amazon.com \| Amazon.com

R-39	Lorenzo Ghielmi Preforms the Music of Bach, Böhm, Marchand, Vivaldi
Musical Offering BWV 1079: Ricercare à 3 [6:02]
Lorenzo Ghielmi (Clavichord, Harpsichord, Fortepiano)
Winter & Winter		Nov 2003	CD / TT: 62:48
Recorded at Studio Tibor Varga, Grimisuat, Sion, Switzerland. Buy this album at: Amazon.com

R-40	Bach: Alio Modo
Musical Offering BWV 1079: Ricercare à 6, transcribed for viols by Fretwork [6:53]
Fretwork
Harmonia Mundi		Jun 2004	CD / TT: 77:04
Recorded at Forde Abbey, Chard, Somerset, England. Buy this album at: Amazon.com

R-41	Bach Recital Vol. 1 [K-2]
Musical Offering BWV 1079: Ricercare à 3 []
Cyprien Katsaris (Piano)
Piano 21		2004 ?	CD / TT:
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R-42	The Composers
Musical Offering BWV 1079: Ricercare in C minor [9:06]
?
St Cecelia Symphony Orchestra
?
Direct Source		2004 ?	3-CD / TT:
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R-43	J.S. Bach: Christmas Organ Music & Inventions, Sinfonias, Fantasias & Fugues for Harpsichord [K-1]
Musical Offering BWV 1079: Ricercare à 3 []
Nicholas Jackson (Harpsichord) [harpsichord made in 1977 by David Rubio which is a copy of a 1770 Taskin instrument]
SOMM		?	2-CD / TT:
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The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (December 2006 - November 2007)
Thanks to contributors: Teddy Kaufman (January-February 2007), Teri Noel Towe (May 2007)

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