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Rachel Podger
Bach's Instrumental Works

Contents

Recordings of Solo Instrumental Music
Recordings of Chamber Works
Recordings of Orchestral Works
Recordings of Musical Offering & Art of Fugue
Recordings of Arrangements & Transcriptions
Recordings of Vocal Works
Recordings of Vocal Works under other conductors, see: Short Biography

Rachel Podger - Short Biography
Brecon Baroque - Short History

Review: Bach's Sonatas for Violin & Harpsichord: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7
Review: Bach’s Musical Offering (2 Parts)

Discography

Recordings of Solo Instrumental Music


S-1

J.S. Bach: Complete Sonatas and Partitas for Violin Solo

 

Sonatas & Partitas for solo violin BWV 1001-1006 [16:14, 30:34, 23:37, 29:13, 22:30, 19:38]

Rachel Podger (Baroque Violin)

Channel Classics 2498

Dec 1997; Apr 1998

2-CD / TT: 141:46

Recorded at Doopsgezinde Kerk Deventer, The Netherlands.
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Recordings of Chamber Works


H-1

J.S. Bach: The Complete Sonatas for Violin and Obbligato Harpsoichord [H-3]

1-6. Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord BWV 1014-1019 [13:09, 13:38, 15:55, 16:41, 17:41, 17:10]
7. Sonata for violin & keyboard No. 6 in G major (variant), BWV 1019a [18:26]
9. Sonata for violin & keyboard No. 6 in G major (variant), BWV 1019a: Cantabile [6:02]
9. Sonata for violin & continuo in G major, BWV 1021 [8:51]
10. Sonata for violin & continuo in E minor, BWV 1023 [11:20]

Rachel Podger (Violin); Trevor Pinnock (Harpsichord); Jonathan Manson (Viola da gamba) [7, 9, 10]

Channel Classics

Jun/Aug 2000

2-CD / TT: 139:23

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Recordings of Orchestral Works


O-1

The Dolmetsch Years - Programme Five [D-5]

Concerto in D minor for violin, oboe, strings & harpsichord, BWV 1060R (reconstruction)[13:54]

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Various Instrumentalists

Malcolm Messiter (Oboe); Frank Preuss (Solo Violin); Heather Harrison (Violoncello); Rachel Podger (Violin); Britt Presuss (Viola); Nigel Foster (Harpsichord); Tomi Tsukada (Violin)

Allegro PCD-1011

May 1990

CD / TT: 50:54

Recorded live at St. John's Smith Square, London, England.
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O-2

J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concertos [O-2]

 
 

Brandenburg Concertos BWV 1046-1051 [20:14, 11:30, 10:17, 15:20, 20:50, 16:20]

Philip Pickett

New London Consort

BWV 1046: Gail Hennessy (Oboe), Philip Turbett (Bassoon), Catherine Latham (Oboe), Pavlo Beznosiuk (Violino Piccolo), Catherine Mackintosh (Viola), Lucy Russell (Violin), Rachel Podger (Violin), Christian Rutherford (French Horn), Richard Tunnicliffe (Cello), James Eastaway (Oboe), Andrew [French Horn] Clark (French Horn), David Roblou (Harpsichord), Tom Finucane (Archlute), Richard Egarr (Organ), Paula Chateauneuf (Archlute), Peter McCarthy (Violone)
BWV 1047: Philip Pickett (Recorder), Pavlo Beznosiuk (Violin), Catherine Latham (Oboe), David Staff (Trumpet), Rachel Podger (Violin), Peter McCarthy (Violone), Paula Chateauneuf (Archlute), Tom Finucane (Archlute), Richard Egarr (Organ), Richard Tunnicliffe (Cello), David Roblou (Harpsichord), Catherine Mackintosh (Viola), Lucy Russell (Violin)
BWV 1048: David Roblou (Harpsichord), Daniel Yeadon (Cello), David Watkin (Cello), Richard Tunnicliffe (Cello), Alan George (Viola), Martin Kelly (Viola), Catherine Mackintosh (Viola), Lucy Russell (Violin), Rachel Podger (Violin), Pavlo Beznosiuk (Violin), Richard Egarr (Organ), Peter McCarthy (Violone)
BWV 1049: David Roblou (Harpsichord), Richard Egarr (Organ), Peter McCarthy (Violone), Rachel Podger (Violin), Richard Tunnicliffe (Cello), Lucy Russell (Violin), Catherine Mackintosh (Viola), Catherine Latham (Recorder), Tom Finucane (Archlute), Paula Chateauneuf (Archlute), Pavlo Beznosiuk (Violin), Philip Pickett (Recorder)
BWV 1050: Richard Tunnicliffe (Cello), Peter McCarthy (Violone), David Roblou (Harpsichord), Catherine Mackintosh (Viola), Lisa Beznosiuk (Flute), Rachel Podger (Violin), Pavlo Beznosiuk (Violin), Richard Egarr (Organ)
BWV 1051: aula Chateauneuf (Archlute), Peter McCarthy (Violone), Joanna Levine (Bass Viola da gamba), Pavlo Beznosiuk (Viola), Catherine Mackintosh (Viola), David Roblou (Organ), Mark Levy (Bass Viola da gamba), Tom Finucane (Archlute)

L'oiseau Lyre 440675

Jan 1993 [2, 4, 6]
Mar 1993 [1, 3, 5]

2-CD / 95:00

Recorded at Walthamstow Town Hall, London, Enhland.
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O-3

Bach: Solo & Double Violin Concertos [O-3]

 
 

Concerto for violin, strings & continuo No. 1 in A minor, BWV 1041 [13:16 / 13:13]
Concerto for violin, strings & continuo No. 2 in E major, BWV 1042 [16:12 / 16:08]
Concerto for 2 violins, strings & continuo in D minor ("Double"), BWV 1043 [14:25 / 14:20]
Concerto for 2 violins, strings & continuo (reconstruction), BWV 1060R [12:44 / 12:45]

Andrew Manze

The Academy of Ancient Music

Andrew Manze (Violin) [All]; Rachel Podger (Violin) [BWV 1043, BWV 1060R]

Harmonia Mundi France HMU-907155
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Harmonia Mundi Musique d'Aabord HMA-1957155

Oct 17-20, 1996

CD / TT: 56:37
MP3 / TT: 56:36
CD / TT:56:41
MP3 / TT: 56:35

Recorded at Blackheath Concert Hall, London, England.
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O-5

Concerti and Concerti Grossi by Handel, J.S. Bach & Vivaldi [O-6]

 

Concerto for 2 violins, strings & continuo in D minor ("Double"), BWV 1043 [15:31]

Pavlo Beznosiuk

Academy of Ancient Music

Pavlo Beznosiuk (Violin); Rachel Podger (Violin)

Wigmore Hall Live 0005

Jan 25, 2004

CD / TT: 61:27

Recorded live at Wigmore Hall, London, England.
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O-4

J.S. Bach: Violin Concertos [O-4]

 
 

Concerto for violin, strings & continuo No. 1 in A minor, BWV 1041 [12:27]
Concerto for violin, strings & continuo No. 2 in E major, BWV 1042 [15:51]
Concerto for oboe d'amore, strings & continuo in A major, BWV 1055R (reconstruction by Brian Clark) [13:38]
Concerto for oboe (or violin), strings & continuo in G minor, BWV 1056R (reconstruction by Brian Clark) [9:38]

Rachel Podger

Brecon Baroque

Rachel Podger (Violin) [Grancino, 1680]; Bojan Čičić (Violin); Johannes Pramsohler (Violin); Jane Rodgers (Viola); Alison McGillivray (Cello); Jan Spencer (Violone); Christopher Bucknall (Harpsichord)

Channel Classics CCSSA-30910
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May 2010

SACD / TT: 51:18
MP3 / TT: 51:34

Recorded at St John the Evangelist Church, Upper Norwood, London, England.
Production: Channel Classics Records; Producer: Jonathan Freeman-Attwood; Recording Engineer, Editing: C. Jared Sacks; Tuner: Edmund Pickering.
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O-6

J.S. Bach: Double & Triple Concertos [O-6]

 
 

Concerto for 2 violins, strings & continuo in D minor ("Double"), BWV 1043 [14:05]
Concerto for flute, violin, harpsichord, strings & continuo in A minor ("Triple"), BWV 1044 [21:15]
Concerto for oboe & violin, strings & continuo in C minor (reconstruction), BWV 1060R [12:32]
Concerto for 3 violins, strings & continuo in D major (reconstruction), BWV 1064R [16:32]

Rachel Podger

Brecon Baroque

Rachel Podger (Violin) [All]; Bojan Čičić (Violin) [BWV 1043, BWV 1064R], Johannes Pramsohler (Violin) [BWV 1064R]; Katy Bircher (Flute) [BWV 1044]; Alexandra Bellamy (Oboe) [BWV 1060R]; Marcin Świątkiewicz (Harpsichord) [BWV 1044]

Channel Classics CCSSA-34113

Oct 2012

SACD / TT: 65:22
MP3 / TT: 65:18

Recorded at the Evangelist Church, Upper Norwood, London, England. Production Channel Classics Records; Producer: Jonathan Freeman-Attwood; Recording Engineer, Editing: C. Jared Sacks; Tuner Malcolm Greenhalgh.
Watch on YouTube:
Producer Jonathan Freeman-Attwood speaks about the making of this recording and offers a look behind the scenes of the recording process [8:35].
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Recordings of Musical Offering & Art of Fugue


A-1

Bach: Trio Sonatas

Trio Sonata for organ No. 1 in E flat major, BWV 525 [12:45]
Trio Sonata for organ No. 3 in D minor, BWV 527 [15:26]
Trio Sonata for organ No. 5 in C major, BWV 529 [13:15]
Trio Sonata for organ No. 6 in G major, BWV 530 [14:45]
Duets BWV 802-805 [2:22, 3:15, 3:00, 2:36]
14 Canons on the first 8 fundamental notes of the aria from Goldberg Variations, BWV 1087 [7:14]

Palladian Ensemble

Rachel Podger (Violin); Susanne Heinrich (Viola da Gamba); Pamela Thorby (Recorder); William Carter (Theorbo, Lute, Guitar)

Linn Records 5036

Nov 14-17, 1994

CD / TT: 74:56

Recorded at the Warehouse, London, England.
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14 Canons BWV 1087: Complete Work [7:16]
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A-2

J.S. Bach: A Musical Offering - The complete instrumental trio sonatas

Sonata for 2 violins & continuo in C major, BWV 1037 [12:54]
Trio sonata for flute, violin & continuo in G major, BWV 1038 [7:54]
Sonata for 2 flutes & continuo in G major, BWV 1039 [11:32]
Musical Offering BWV 1079: Ricercar à 6 [7:19] & Trio Sonata [6:27, 6:11, 3:33, 3:01]

Florilegium Musicum Ensemble

Rachel Podger (Violin & Viola); Lucy Russell (Violin); Daniel Yeadon (Cello & Viola da gamba); Ashley Solomon (Flute & Recorder); Andrew Crawford (Flute); Neal Peres da Costa (Harpsichord & Organ)

Channel Classics 14598

Mar 1998

CD / TT: 58:51

Recorded at St. Martin's Church, East Woodhay, England.
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A-3

J.S. Bach: The Art of Fugue [A-2]

 
 

Die Kunst der Fuge BWV 1080

Rachel Podger

Brecon Baroque

Johannes Pramsohler (Violin, Viola); Jane Rogers (Viola); Alison McGillivray (Cello); Marcin Świątkiewicz (Harpsichord); Rachel Podger (Violin)

Channel Classics CCSSA-38316
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Dec 15-17, 2015

SACD / TT: 71:08
MP3 / TT: 71:01

Recorded at Church of St Jude-on-the-Hill, London, England.
Production: Channel Classics Records; Producer: Jonathan Freeman-Attwood; Recording Engineer, Editing: Jared Sacks.
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Recordings of Arrangements & Transcriptions


T-1

Guardian Angel: Works by Biber, Bach, Matteis, Tartini, Pisendel

Partita for solo flute in A minor, BWV 1013, arranged for violin by Rachel Podger, transposed to G minor [15:54]

Rachel Podger (Baroque Violin) [Pesarinius, Genoa, 1739]

Channel Classics CCSSA-35513
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May 2013

SACD / TT: 78:30
MP3 / TT: 70:48

Recorded at Mennonite Church, Haarlem, the Netherlands.
Watch on YouTube: Rachel Podger plays Bach from the CD Guardian Angel [5:48]
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T-2

J.S. Bach: Cello Suites (Violin Version)

 
 

CD-1 [57:00]:
Suite for solo cello No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007, transposed to D major by Rachel Podger [16:10]
Suite for solo cello No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008, transposed to A minor by Rachel Podger [19:40]
Suite for solo cello No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009, transposed to G major by Rachel Podger [19:46]
CD-1 [70:38]:
Suite for solo cello No. 4 in E flat major, BWV 1010, transposed to B flat major by Rachel Podger [21:12]
Suite for solo cello No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011, transposed to G minor by Rachel Podger [21:54]
Suite for solo cello No. 6 in D major, BWV 1012 [26:11]

Rachel Podger (Baroque Violin) [Pesarinius, 1739]

Channel Classics CCSSA-4119
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2018

2-SACD / TT: 127:38
MP3 / TT: 124: 53

Recorded at the Angela Burgess Recital Hall at the Royal Academy of Music, London, England.
Production: Channel Classics Records; Producer: Jonathan Freeman-Attwood; Recording Engineer, Editing, Mastering: Jared Sacks.
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T-3

Bach: Goldberg Variations Reimagined

 
 

Goldberg Variations BWV 988, arranged for solo violin & ensemble by Chad Kelly:
01. Aria [3:41]
02. Variation 1 [2:01]
03. Variation 2 - Variation 3 "Canone all’Unisono" - Variation 4 - Variation 5 [7:22]
04. Variation 6 "Canone alla Seconda" - Variation 7 "Al tempo di Giga" - Variation 8 [5:18]
05. Variation 9 "Canone alla Terza" - Variation 10 "Fughetta" [3:08]
06. Variation 11 - Variation 12 "Canone alla Quarta" [4:35]
07. Variation 13 [5:41]
08. Variation 14 [2:04]
09. Variation 15 "Canone alla Quinta in moto contrario, andante" [3:55]
10. Variation 16 "Ouverture" - Variation 17 [6:28]
11. Variation 18 "Canone alla Sesta" [2:00]
12. Variation 19 [1:24]
13. Variation 20 [2:04]
14. Variation 21 "Canone alla Settima" - Variation 22 "alla breve" [3:47]
15. Variation 23 - Variation 24 "Canone all’Ottava" [5:40]
16. Variation 25 "Adagio" - Variation 26 [10:04]
17. Variation 27 "Canone alla Nona" - Variation 28 [4:50]
18. Variation 29 - Variation 30 "Quodlibet" - "Aria da capo" [7:11]

Chad Kelly

Brecon Baroque

Soloist: Rachel Podger (Violin) [Violin made in Genoa in 1739 by Pesarinius and bow by René Groppe]
BB: Huw Daniel (Violin); Jane Rogers (Viola); Alexander Rolton (Cello); Jan Spencer (Violone); Katy Bircher (Flute); Daniel Lanthier, Leo Duarte (Oboes); Inga Klaucke (Bassoon); Chad Kelly (Harpsichord) [Flemish double manual harpsichord by Andrew Wooderson 1999 after Ioannes Ruckers 1628]

Channel Classics CCSSA-44923
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Sep 17-19, 2022

SACD / TT: 81:24
MP3 / TT: 81:13

Recorded at St John the Evangelist, Upper Norwood, London, England.
Production: Channel Classics Records; Producer: Jonathan Freeman-Attwood; Recording Engineer, Editing, Mastering: Jared Sacks.
Listen on YouTube:
SACD: Complete Album [81:23] | Playlist [18 Tracks; TT: 81:31]
Watch on YouTube:
Album: Promo Video [3:17]
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The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (September 2010 - November 2023)

Rachel Podger: Short Biography | Ensembles: Brecon Baroque
Bach Discography:
Recordings of Vocal Works | Recordings of Instrumental Works


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