New & Upcoming Recordings of Bach's Works
August 2016

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Cantatas

C-1

Bach: Secular Cantatas, Vol. 7 - Peasant Cantata (BWV 212, 209, 203)

Cantata Mer hahn en neue Oberkeet, BWV 212 (Peasant Cantata) [29:14]
Cantata Non sa che sia dolore, BWV 209 [21:35]
Cantata Amore traditore, BWV 203 [11:57]

Masaaki Suzuki

Bach Collegium Japan

Soprano: Mojca Erdmann; Bass: Dominik Wörner
Kiyomi Suga (Transverse Flute); Nobuaki Fukukawa (Horn)
Horn: Nobuaki Fukukawa; Transverse Flute: Kiyomi Suga; Violins 1: Natsumi Wakamatsu leader, Shiho Hiromi*, Ayaka Yamauchi; Violins 2: Azumi Takada, Yuko Araki; Violas: Hiroshi Narita, Akira Harada, Yuko Takeshima**
Continuo: Violoncellos: Shuhei Takezawa, Toru Yamamoto; Violone: Seiji Nishizawa; Harpsichord: Masaaki Suzuki, Masato Suzuki; Organ: Masaaki Suzuki
* BWV 209 Violin II; ** BWV209 Violino I

BIS SACD-2191
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Sep 2015

SACD / TT: 63:25
MP3 / TT: 63:12

Recorded at Hakuju Hall, Tokyo, Japan.
Producer: Jens Braun (Take5 Music Production); Sound Engineer: Fabian Frank; Tuning: Akimi Hayashi; Post-production: Editing & Mixing: Jens Braun; Executive Producer: Robert von Bahr.
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Other Vocal Works

V-1

J.S. Bach: Messe h-Moll BWV 232
J.S. Bach: Messe h-Moll BWV 232 · Mass in B Minor [V-4]

Mass in B minor BWV 232

Georg Christoph Biller

Thomanerchor Leipzig / Leipziger Barockorchester

Soprano: Ute Selbig; Contralto: Susanne Krumbiegel; Elisabeth Wilke; Tenor: Martin Petzold; Bass: Gotthold Schwarz

Rondeau Production ROP-4009/10
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Rondeau Production ROP-4048-49

Sep 25-29, 2006

2-CD / TT: 107:24
MP3 / TT: 107:22
2-CD / TT: 107:24

Recorded at Großer Saal der Hochschule für Musik und Theater "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy", Leipzig, Saxony, Germany.
Recording: Joachim Muller; Editing: Wolfgang Kick; Recording Engineer: Mario Weise; Recording Assistent: Philipp Heim; Project coordination: Teres Feiertag: Produced by Frank Hallmann / Rondeau Production.
2^nd recording of Mass in B minor BWV 232 by G.C. Biller.
See: Mass in B minor BWV 232 - conducted by Georg Christoph Biller
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Works of Other Composers performed by J.S. Bach

Organ Works

R-1

The Organ of Oslo Cathedral [R-8]

1. Toccata & Fugue in D minor ("Dorian"), BWV 538 [9:32]
11. Bach-Gounod: Meditation on Prelude in C major by J. S. Bach [3:11]

Kåre Nordstoga (Organ) [built by Norwegian organ builders Ryde & Berin 1998. The organ facade is the original one from the Baroque organ of 1727 built by the Danish organ builder Lambert Daniel Kastens]

Lawo Classics LWC-1103
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Feb 11-12, 2015

CD / TT:
MP3 / TT: 66:23

Recorded at Oslo Cathedral (Oslo Domkirke), Oslo, Norway.
Producer: Vegard Landaas; Balance Engineer: Thomas Wolden; Editing: Vegard Landaas; Mastering: Thomas Wolden.
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Solo Keyboard Works

K-1

Bach: Goldberg Variations [K-3]

Goldberg Variations BWV 988 [78:38]

Mahan Esfahani (Harpsichord) [Instrument by Huw Saunders, London, 2013, after a double-manual instrument by Johann Heinrich Harraß of Großbreitenbach, Thuringia, c1710; Pitch: a’ = 415 Hz]

Deutsche Grammophon 4795929
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Apr 2016

CD / TT: 78:38
MP3 / TT: 78:25

Recorded at Deutschlandfunk Kammermusiksaal, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
A co-production with Deutschlandfunk; Producer: Christoph Glaßen; Engineer: Michael Morawietz; Executive Producers: Maider Múgica: Christiane Lehnigk [Deutschlandfunk], Angelika Meissner [Deutsche Grammophon]; Project Manager: Anna-Lena Rodewald; Project Coordinator: Malene Hill; Harpsichord Technician: Simon Neal; Design: Mareike Walter.
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K-2

Idil Biret : Bach & Mozart Edition [KB-1]

CD-1 - 8.571310 [75:50]
1-2. Chromatic Fantasia & Fugue in D minor, BWV 903 [14:05]
3-8. Partita No. 1 in B flat major, BWV 825 [19:51]
9-15. French Suite No. 5 in G major, BWV 816 [20:37]
16-21. English Suite No. 3 in G minor, BWV 808 [21:17]

CD-2 - 8.571311 [77:08]:
1-16. WTC 1: 24 Preludes & Fugues BWV 846-869: Preludes & Fugues Nos. 1-16 BWV 846-861

CD-3 - 8.571312 [70:29]:
1-8. WTC 1: 24 Preludes & Fugues BWV 846-869: Preludes & Fugues Nos. 17-24 BWV 862-869
9-12. WTC 2: 24 Preludes & Fugues BWV 870-893: Preludes & Fugues Nos. 1-4 870-873

CD-4 - 8.571313 [72:08]:
1-10. WTC 2: 24 Preludes & Fugues BWV 870-893: Preludes & Fugues Nos. 5-14 BWV 874-883

CD-5 - 8.571314 [68:46]:
1-10. WTC 2: 24 Preludes & Fugues BWV 870-893: Preludes & Fugues Nos. 15-24 BWV 884-893

CD-6 - 8.571315 [63:03]:
1. WTC 1: Prelude & Fugue No. 5 in D major, BWV 850 (France 1949) [3:42]
2. Chromatic Fantasia & Fugue in D minor, BWV 903 (France 1953) [10:45]
3-5. Concerto for harpsichord, strings & continuo No. 1 in D minor, BWV 1052 (Germany 1989) [7:20, 6:50, 7:13]
6-8. Italian Concerto in F major, BWV 971 (Belgium 2015) [4:29, 6:42, 4:45]
9. Concerto for harpsichord, strings & continuo No. 5 in F minor, BWV 1056 (Turkey 2016) [11:17]

CD-7 - 8.571316 [76:48]:
1. Bach-Liszt: Fantasia & Fugue in G minor, BWV 542 ("Great"), transcrfor piano [13:00]
2. Bach-Brahms: Presto from Sonata for solo violin No. 1 in G minor, BWV 1001, transcribed for piano (1^st Version) [3:57]
3. Bach-Brahms: Chaconne (Mvt. 5) from the Partita for solo violin No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004, transcribed for piano left hand [17:37]
4-6. Bach-Rachmaninov: Prelude, gavotte & gigue from Partita for solo violin No. 3 in E major, BWV 1006, transcribed for piano [3:36, 3:35, 1:47]
7. Bach-Kempff: Chorale Prelude Nun komm der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659, transcribed for piano [4:50]
8. Bach-Kempff: Chorale Prelude Es ist gewisslich an der Zeit, BWV 307 / BWV 734, transcribed for piano [2:59]
9. Bach-Kempff: Siciliano (Mvt. 2) from Sonata for flute & keyboard No. 2 in E flat major, BWV 1031, transcribed for piano [2:48]
10. Bach-Kempff: Chorale Prelude Befiehl du deine Wege, BWV 727, transcribed for piano [2:33]
11. Bach-Kempff: Chorale Jesu bleibet meine Freude (Mvt. 6) from Cantata BWV 147, transcribed for piano [3:07]
12. Bach-Kempff: Sinfonia (Mvt. 1) from Cantata BWV 29, transcribed for piano [4:20]
13. Bach-Kempff: Chorale Prelude Wacht auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645, transcribed for piano [4:19]
14. Bach-Kempff: Largo (Mvt. 2) from concerto for harpsichord, strings & continuo in F minor, BWV 1056, transcribed for piano [4:28]
15. Bach-Kempff: Chorale Prelude Ich ruf zu dir, Her Jes Christ, BWV 639, transcribed for piano [3:35]
16. Bach-Kempff: Chorale Prelude In dulci jubilo, BWV 751, transcribed for piano [2:45]

Bonus CD-12 [62:28]
1. Bach-Brahms: Chaconne (Mvt. 5) from the Partita for solo violin No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004, transcribed for piano left hand (1993 Paris recording) [16:37]
2. French Suite No. 5 in G major, BWV 816 (1980 recording) [20:00]

DVD - 2.110373 [1:52:00]
Part 1 - From concert at the Ankara Radio, 1948:
1. Concerto for harpsichord, strings & continuo No. 1 in D minor, BWV 1052 (silent fragment)
Part 2 - From Recital in Istanbul, 2011
2. Bach-Liszt: Fantasia & Fugue in G minor, BWV 542 ("Great"), transcribed for piano
Part 3 - Recital in Istanbul, 2016
3. Applause
4-5. Chromatic Fantasia & Fugue in D minor, BWV 903
6-8. Italian Concerto in F major, BWV 971
9-16. French Suite No. 5 in G major, BWV 816
17-22. Partita No. 1 in B flat major, BWV 825
23-26. 4 Preludes and Fugues from The Well-Tempered Clavier:
23. WTC 1: Prelude & Fugue No. 3 in C-sharp major, BWV 848
24. WTC 1: Prelude & Fugue No. 4 in C-sharp minor, BWV 849
25. WTC 2: Prelude & Fugue No. 12 in F minor, BWV 881
26. WTC 1: Prelude & Fugue No. 15 in G major, BWV 860
Encore:
27. Bach-Kempff: Chorale Prelude Es ist gewisslich an der Zeit, BWV 307 / BWV 734, transcribed for piano

Hakkı Öztürk [BWV 1052, 1056]

Kuşadası Chamber Orchestra [BWV 1052, 1056]

Idil Biret (Piano)

Idil Biret Archive / Naxos 8.501206

CD-1: Apr 24-25, 2015
CD-2-5: Apr 26, Jul 12-15, Sep 25-26, 2015
CD-6, 7, 12, DVD: see below.

12-CD / TT: 13:42:20 + DVD / TT: 112:00

CD-1: All tracks recorded at Château de Flawinne, Namur, Belgium.
Producer & Engineer: Michel Devos.
CD-2-5: All tracks recorded at Château de Flawinne, Namur, Belgium.
Producers: Michel Devos, Laure Renaud-Gou; Engineer: Michel Devos.
CD-6:
1. Recorded in Paris in 1949.
2. Recorded in Paris in 1953.
3-5. Recorded live in Württenberg, Germany, 1989.
6-8. Recorded at Château de Flawinne, Namur, Belgium on April 26, 2015.
Producer & Engineer: Michel Devos.
9. Recorded live in Kuşadası, Turkey on July 28, 2016.
Compilation here made by Ozan Sarıer, MIAM, Turkey.
CD-7:
1. Recorded live in Istanbul at the St. Irene Church, Istanbul, Turkey in 2011.
2-3. Recorded in Heidelberg, Germany in 1993.
Producer & Engineer: Martin Sauer.
4-6. Recorded in Heidelberg, Germany in 1995.
Producer & Engineer: Günter Appenheimer.
7-16. Recorded in Heidelberg, Germany in 1991.
Producer & Engineer: Martin Sauer.
Compilation here made by Ozan Sarıer, MIAM, Turkey.
CD-12:
1. Recorded live in Paris, 1993.
2. Recorded live in Maryland, USA 1980.
Compilation and mastering here made by Ozan Sarıer, MIAM, Turkey.
DVD:
Part 1: Recorded at Ankara Radio, Turkey in 1948.
Part 2: Recorded live in Istanbul at the St. Irene Church in June 2011.
Part 3: Recorded live in Istanbul at the Süreyya Opera House in January 2016 (Producer: Eytan Ipeker).
DVD compiled by Eytan Ipeker (Kamara).
Listen on YouTube:
12-CD: Complete Album [Sequence; 124 Tracks; TT: 13:41:41]
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Solo Instrumental Works

S-1

Bach Eskelinen, Vol. 2 [S-2]

Partita for lute in C minor, BWV 997 [20:25]
Suite for lute in E minor, BWV 996 [16:16]
Prelude, Fugue & Allegro for lute in E flat major, BWV 998 [11:57]
Chorale Prelude Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645 [4:24]
BWV 645, 996, 997: arranged for guitar by Ismo Eskelinen
BWV 998: arranged for guitar by Oscar Ghiglia

Ismo Eskelinen (Guitar)

Alba Records ABCD-395
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2016 (?)

SACD / TT: 54:03
MP3 / TT:

Recorded at...
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Chamber Works

H-1

J.S. Bach: Sonatas for Flute and Harpsichord (BWV 1030-1035) [H-1]

1-3. Sonata for flute & keyboard No. 1 in B minor, BWV 1030 [7:20]
4-6. Sonata for flute & keyboard No. 2 in E flat major, BWV 1031 [9:05]
7-9. Sonata for flute & keyboard No. 3 in A major, BWV 1032 [11:33]
10-13. Sonata for flute & keyboard No. 4 in C major, BWV 1033 [8:48]
14-17. Sonata for flute & continuo No. 5 in E minor, BWV 1034 [12:00]
18-21. Sonata for flute & continuo No. 6 in E major, BWV 1035* [11:07]

Pauliina Fred (Flute); Aapo Häkkinen (Harpsichord, *Clavichord)
Instruments: Flutes: Martin Wenner (2011) after Palanca [BWV 1030-1034]; Claire Soubeyran (2006) after Rottenburgh [BWV 1035]; Harpsichords: Frank Rutkowski & Robert Robinette (1970) after Hass [BWV 1030-1031, 1034]; Martin Kather (2011) after Italian originals [BWV 1032]; Lute-harpsichord: Jonte Knif & Jukka Ollikka (2014) [BWV 1033]; Clavichord: Jiří Vykoukal (2010) after Schiedmayer [BWV 1035]

Naxos 8.573376
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Mar 5-6 & & May 4-5, 2015

CD / TT: 70:17
MP3 / TT: 70:02

Recorded at Vihti Church, Finland,
Producer, Engineer & Editor: Mikko Murtoniemi.
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Orchestral Works

Musical Offering & Art of Fugue

Arrangements & Transcriptions

T-1

Hypersuites on Bach, Rameau, Handel, Couperin [T-1]

Hypersuite on Bach:
6. Bach-Siloti: Prelude in B minor for piano, BWV 855a (transcribed from Prelude in E minor, WFN 18), adapted by Marina Baranova [3:18]
7. Bach-Petri: Aria for Soprano Schafe können sicher weiden (Mvt. 9) from Cantata BWV 208, transcribed for piano, adapted by Marina Baranova [4:00]
8. Bach-Kempff: Siciliano (Mvt. 2) from Sonata for flute & keyboard No. 2 in E flat major, BWV 1031, transcribed for piano, adapted by Marina Baranova [3:22]
9. Bach-Kempff: Chorale Prelude Nun freut euch, lieben Christen g'mein / Es ist gewisslich an der Zeit, BWV 734, transcribed for piano, adapted by Marina Baranova [2:34]

Marina Baranova (Piano)

Berlin Classics 03000820-BC
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2015

CD / TT: 55:34
MP3 / TT: 55:24

Recorded at Teldex Studio, Berlin, Germany.
Recording Producer: Martin Sauer; Remixing: Hauschka.
Watch on YouTube:
Prelude in B minor: Prelude BWV 855a [3:25]
Album: Trailer [3:24]
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T-2

J.S.Bach: Goldberg Variations BWV 988 [T-1]

Bach-D. Sitkovetsky: Goldberg Variations BWV 988, arranged for string trio

Huberman Trio (String Trio)

Sandor Javorkai (Violin); Tomasz Wabnic (Viola); Adam Javorkai (Violoncello)

Follow Morphing Music Institute RAZEM AT-DG5
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Sep 14-16, 2014

CD / TT: 50:52
LP / TT: 50:52

The album was recorded in Kiedrich (Germany), and premiered during the Music Festival in Rheingau on August 20, 2016.
Music Director of the Project: Andreas Scholl; Executive Producer: Morphing Music Institute (Vienna); Dedicated to Huberman Trio’s former manager Dr. Josef Wedam (†20.12.2014); Assistant Project Manager: Jean Philipp Oliver Viol. All rights reserved to Friendship 7.
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Goldberg Variations BWV 988 Album: Excerpt [3:13]
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Goldberg Variations BWV 988 (Recorded & filmed live at Concert Hall of National Radio Symphony Orcvhestra, Katowice, Poland in the frame of G.G. Gorczycki Inernational Festival, Nov 22, 2014): Variations 1-6 [6:44]
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T-3

J.S. Bach: Six Suites for Solo Violoncello BWV 1007-1012, Partita for Solo Flute BWV 1013, Transcribed with embellishment for Harpsichord by Winsome Evans [T-2]

CD-1 [63:17]
1-8. Bach-W. Evans: Suite for solo cello No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011, transcribed with embellished reprises for keyboard [31:24]
9-6. Bach-W. Evans: Suite for solo cello No. 4 in E flat major, BWV 1010, transcribed with embellished reprises for keyboard [31:42]
CD-2 [79:47]:
1-8. Bach-W. Evans: Suite for solo cello No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007, transcribed with embellished reprises for keyboard [25:48]
9-16. Bach-W. Evans: Suite for solo cello No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009, transcribed with embellished reprises for keyboard [26:47]
17-24. Bach-W. Evans: Suite for solo cello No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008, transcribed with embellished reprises for keyboard [26:41]
CD-3 [70:38]:
1-8. Bach-W. Evans: Suite for solo cello No. 6 in D major, BWV 1012, transcribed with embellished reprises for keyboard [34:53]
9-13. Bach-W. Evans: Partita for solo flute in A minor, BWV 1013, transcribed with embellished reprises for keyboard [35:33]

Winsome Evans (Harpsichord)

ABC Classics 4812901
Universal Classics 00028948140619

P Aug 2016

3-CD / TT: 213:42

Recorded at...
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Suite for solo cello No. 1 BWV 1007: Mvt. 1: Prelude [3:54] | Mvt. 2: Allemande [4:26]
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T-4

llusions and Beyond: Transcriptions & transformations for piano Duo (Bach-Reger, Bach-Kürtag, B.A. Zimmermann, J. Brahms) [T-1]

1-3. Bach-Reger: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major, BWV 1050, transcribed for piano 4 hands [21:35]
4. Bach-Kurtág: Sonatina (Mvt. 1) from Cantata BWV 106, transcribed for piano 4 hands [2:33]
5. Bach-Kurtág: Chorale Prelude Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir (II), BWV 687, transcribed for piano 4 hands [4:36]
6. Bach-Kurtág: Chorale Prelude O Lamm Gottes unschuldig (VIII), BWV deest, transcribed for piano 4 hands [3:29]

Piano Duo Takahashi-Lehmann (Piano Duo)
Piano: Steingraeber & Söhne

Audite 97.700
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Mar 1-3, 2016

CD / TT: 69:16
MP3 / TT: 69:05

Recorded at Konzertsaal Abtei Marienmünster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Recording / Executive Producer: Dipl.-Tonmeister Ludger Böckenhoff; Editing: Dipl.-Tonmeister Justus Beyer.
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The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (January 2016 - March 2022)
Thanks to contributors: Holger Bünte-Majoor (March 2022)