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New & Upcoming Recordings
Bach's Instrumental Works
October 2007

Organ Works

R-1	Bach: Organ Works Vol. 20 (Works of Doubtful AuthIII)
Acht kleine Praeludien und Fugen BWV 553-560 [3:55, 3:24, 4:06, 2:56, 3:18, 3:59, 2:46, 3:40] Choralbearbeitung In dulci jubilo BWV 751 [2:24] 5 Chorale Trios (doubful), BWV deest (Series IV: 3-7) [18:24] Chorale Setting Kommt her zu mir, spricht Gottes Sohn (Rinck Collection, doubtful), BWV deest Emans 125 [1:05] Chorale Prelude Herzliebster Jesu, was hast du verbrochen (II), (Rinck Collection, doubtful), BWV deest Emans 105 [1:20] Chorale Setting Jesu, meines Lebens Leben (II) (Rinck Collection, doubtful), BWV deest Emans 121 [2:59] Chorale Setting Christ lag in Todes Banden (IV) (Körner Choralvorspiele, doubtful), BWV deest [1:03] Chorale Setting Nun bitten wir den heiligen Geist (Körner Choralvorspiele, doubtful), BWV deest [0:52] Chorale Prelude Das alte Jahr vergangen ist (III) (doubtful), BWV deest [2:22]
Gerhard Weinberger (Organ) [Carl Christian Hofmann Organ, 1770 (tracks 1-9); Georg Christoph Stertzing Organ, 1702 (tracks 10-20)]
CPO 777212		2006	CD / TT: 58:33
Recorded at Marienkirche, Mechterstaedt (tracks 1-9); St. Petrikirche Bueßleben (near Erfurt), Germany (tracks 10-20). Buy this album at: CD: Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de 22-CD: Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de

R-2	Christmas Organ Music from King’s College, Cambridge [R-1]
Sinfonia from Cantata BWV 29, arranged for organ by Dupré [4:33] Pastorella, BWV 590 [10:51] Chorale Prelude Von Himmel hoch, da komm’ ich her, BWV 700 [3:29] Chorale Prelude Von Himmel hoch, da komm’ ich her, BWV 701 [1:43] Chorale Prelude Wir Christenleut’ hab’n jetzund Freud, BWV 710 [2:22] Chorale Prelude In dulci jubilo, BWV 729 [2:33] Chorale Prelude Von Himmel hoch, da komm’ ich her, BWV 738 [1:26]
Daniel Hyde (Organ)
Priory		Aug 30-31, 2006	CD / TT: 79:11
Recorded at King’s College, Cambridge, England.

R-3	Catherine Ennis Plays the Nigel Chruch Organ
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Catherine Ennis (Organ)
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Solo Keyboard Works

K-1	Richter The Master Volume 8 [K-20]
CD-1: English Suite No. 3 in G minor, BWV 808 [] English Suite No.4 in F major, BWV 809 [] English Suite No.6 in D minor, BWV 811 [] CD-2: French Suite No. 2 in C minor, BWV 813 [] French Suite No. 4 in E flat major, BWV 815a [] French Suite No.6 in E major, BWV 817 [] Toccata No. 4 in D minor, BWV 913 [] Toccata No. 7 in G major, BWV 916 [] Fantasia & Fugue in C minor, BWV 906 []
Sviatoslav Richter (Piano)
Decca		1991	2-CD / TT:
Reissue. Recorded in Germany.

K-2	Richter The Master Volume 9 [K-21]
Duets BWV 802-805 [10:40] French Overture in B minor, BWV 831 [39:43] Italian Concerto in F major, BWV 971 [13:25]
Sviatoslav Richter (Piano)
Decca		1988-1991	2-CD / TT:
Reissue.

K-3	Wanda Landowska: The Well-Tempered Musician - The Complete European Recordings 1933-40 [B-2]
English Suite No. 2 in A minor, BWV 807 [] French Suite No. 6 in E major, BWV 817 [] Partita No. 1 in B flat major, BWV 825 [] Chromatic Fantasia & Fugue in D minor, BWV 903 [] Fantasia in C minor, BWV 906 [] Six Little Preludes BWV 933-938 [] Toccata No. 3 in D major, BWV 912 [] Italian Concerto in F major, BWV 971 [] Goldberg Variations BWV 988 [] Concerto for harpsichord, strings & continuo No. 1 in D minor, BWV 1052 []
Eugene Bigott [BWV 1052]
Orchestra ? [BWV 1052]
Wanda Landowska (Harpsichord)
United Archives		1928-1940	8-CD / TT:
Reissue.

K-4	Walter Gieseking: Beethoven, Schumann, Debussy, Ravel, Bach [K-12]
Partita No. 1 in B flat major, BWV 825 []
Walter Gieseking (Piano)
Medici Arts MM-0172		October 23, 1948	CD / TT:
Recorded at Stockholm Concert Hall, Sweden,

K-5	Bach: Partita BWV 826; Chopin: Sonata Op. 35; Ravel: Valse nobles et sentimentales; Schumann: Carnaval Op. 9 [K-1]
Partita No. 2 in C minor, BWV 826 []
Géza Anda (Piano);
Orfeo		1972	CD / TT:
Reissue. Recorded live at Salzburg Festival, Austria.

K-6	Bach: Well Tempered Clavier, Book 1 [K-11]
WTC 1: 24 Preludes & Fugues BWV 846-869
Mayako Soné (Harpsichord)
Avex Classics		Feb 27, 2007; Mar 2&5, 2007	2-SACD / TT:
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K-7	Bach: Goldberg Variations [K-1] Bach: Goldberg Variations (Red Line) Bach: Goldberg Variations (The National Gallery Collection)
Goldberg Variations BWV 988
Alexis Weissenberg (Piano)
EMI Classics 74952 Classics for Pleasure		Jun 14, 1981	CD / TT: 77:53 / 78:33 / 77:38
Recorded at Salle Wagram, Paris, France 2^nd recording of Goldberg Variations BWV 988 by A. Weissenberg. Review: Goldberg Variations from Weissenberg Buy this album at: EMI CD (2003): Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de EMI CD (2005): Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de Music Download EMI: Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de Classics for Pleasure CD (2007): Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de Music Download Classics for Pleasure: Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de EMI 3-CD (2002): Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de Music Download 3-CD: Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de EMI CD (Red Line, 2012): Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de EMI CD (National Gallery, 2012): Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de Music Download: Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de

K-8	J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations BWV 988 [K-2]
Goldberg Variations BWV 988
Zhu Xiao-Mei (Piano)
Mandala 4950 Mirare 048		1999	CD / TT: 61:20
Review: Zhu plays the Goldbergs Buy this album at: Mandala CD: Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de Mirare CD: Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de Music Download: Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de

K-9	J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variationen [T-1]
Goldberg Variations BWV 988, arranged for organ by Hansjörg Albrecht
Hansjörg Albrecht (Organ)
Oehms Classics 625		Apr 27-30, 2007	SACD / TT: 79:44
Recorded at Stiftskirche zu Bad Gandersheim, Germany. Buy this album at: SACD: Amazon.com \| Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de \| Amazon.de

K-10	Friedrich Gulda: A portrait 'So What?!' Works by Bach, Schubert, Debussy, Mozart
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Friedrich Gulda (Piano)
Deutsche Grammophon		?	DVD / TT:

Solo Instrumental Works

S-1	J.S. Bach: Complete Lute Music, Ciaccona [S-1]
Lute Works BWV 995-1000, BWV 1006a [20:49, 15:32, 21:25, 11:57, 1:53, 4:50, 19:34] Chaconne (Mvt. 5) from Partita for solo violin No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004 [12:29] All transcribed for guitar by Frédéric Zigante
Frédéric Zigante (Guitar) [Luigi Locatto, 1999 - Masaru Kohno, 1987]
Stardivarius 33531 / 11020		Apr 21, 1999 - Jan 27, 2000	2-CD / TT: 108:29
Recorded at Aula Magna Seminario Vescovile, Ivrea, Italy. Buy this album at: Amazon.com \| Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de

S-2	Bach: The Six Sonatas & Partitas for Violin Solo [S-3]
Sonatas & Partitas for solo violin BWV 1001-1006 [15:08, 18:22, 22:16, 29:42, 22:45, 16:27]
Lara St. John (Violin)
Ancalagon 132		Aug 28-30, 2006 & Jan 2-4, 2007	2-SACD / TT: 126:09
Recorded at Skywalker Sound, Marin County, California, USA. 2^nd recording of Sonata for solo violin No. 1 BWV 1001 by L. St. John. 2^nd recording of Sonata for solo violin No. 2 BWV 1003 by L. St. John. 2^nd recording of Partita for solo violin No. 2 BWV 1004 by L. St. John. 2^nd recording of Sonata for solo violin No. 3 BWV 1005 by L. St. John. Buy this album at: 2-SACD: Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de Music Download: Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de

S-3	Vivaldi: Sonata D Major; Bach: Sonata BWV 1001; Mozart: Sonata KV 296; Brahms: Sonata Op. 108 [S-1]
Sonata for solo violin No. 1 in G minor, BWV 1001 []
Nathan Milstein (Violin)
Orfeo		1963	CD / TT:
Recorded live.

S-4	Isaac Stern: Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos. 3 & 5. Bach, Geminiani, Kreisler [S-1]
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Isaac Stern (Violin)
EMI Classic Archives		?	DVD / TT:

S-5	Bach: Cello Suites [S-1]
Suites for solo cello, BWV 1007-1012 []
Jean-Guihen Queyras (Cello)
Harmonia Mundi France		2007 ?	2-CD + DVD / TT: 130:00
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S-6	Jean-Pierre Rampal: Vivaldi, Bach, Mozart, Ibert, Couperin, Jolivet, Ravel [S-1]
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Jean-Pierre Rampal (Flute)
EMI Classic Archives		?	DVD / TT:

Chamber Works

H-1	J.S. Bach: The Violin Sonatas [H-1]
Sonatas for violin & keyboard, BWV 1014-1019 [12:25, 12:31, 15:43, 15:46, 16:53, 16:59]
Frank Peter Zimmermann (Violin); Enrico Pace (Piano)
Sony		2006	2-CD / TT:
1^st recording of Sonatas for violin & keyboard BWV 1014-1019 by F.P. Zimmermann. Buy this album at: 2-CD: Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de Music Download: Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de

Orchestral Works

Musical Offering & Art of Fugue

Arrangements & Transcriptions

T-1	The Lighter Side of Fine Arts Brass Ensemble [T-5]
Jesu Joy Of Man's Desiring
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Fine Arts Brass Ensemble
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Saydisc		?	CD / TT: 55:00

T-2	Stokowski Transcriptions [T-1]
Chorale Ein' feste Burg ist unser Gott (Mvt. 8) from Cantata BWV 80 [4:01] Chorale for Tenor (Mvt. 4) from Cantata BWV 140 [4:30] Aria for Soprano (Mvt. 9) from Cantata BWV 208 [5:06] Toccata & Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 [] Arranged for orchestra by Leopold Stokowski
Wolfgang Sawallisch
Philadelphia Orchestra
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Classics for Pleasure		Mar 1995	CD / TT: 65:51
Recorded at Giandomenico Studios, Collingswood, NJ, USA. Buy this album at: Amazon.com

T-3	The Grand Father Willis Organ Of Liverpool Cathedral [T-1]
Bach-Goss-Custard: Chaconne (Mvt. 5) from Partita for solo violin No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004, arranged for organ []
Ian Tracey (Organ)
Priory		?	DVD + CD / TT:
Recorded at Liverpool Cathedral, England.

Movies / Games

G-1	Discover Bach [Box Set]
An interactive package for children on Bach's life, music etc. It consists of: Disc 1 (DVD Video): Discover Bach! Movie; Follow the music! Disc 2 (CD-ROM Game): Discover Bach! Computer Game; Play with music! Disc 3 (CD Audio): Discover Bach! Music CD; Play music!
Roman Yakub (Prodcucer)
Art Music Games		2007	DVD Video + CD-ROM Game + Audio CD
See: Bach package site (you can try the game there). Watch few clips on YouTube at: Art Music Games Buy this package at: Amazon.com \| Allegro Kids

The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (September 2007 - May 2008)

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