Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Some really fantastic references:

One the most beautiful music i ever heard: (although it's not very "easy listening" at the beginning !)

• Goldberg Variations, Glenn Gould (1981 version)
• The Well-Tempered Clavier, Sviatoslav Richter (or Glenn Gould)
• The Art Of Fugue, Jordi Savall and the Hespèrion XX

these recordings are also wonderful:

• Sonatas and Partitas for Violin Solo, Henryk Szeryng
• Complete Organ Works, André Isoir
• Toccatas, Glenn Gould
• Partitas (n°2,3 and 6), Glenn Gould
• French Suites (n°1,2 and 3), Glenn Gould
• English Suites (n°2,3,5 and 6), Glenn Gould
• Suites for Solo Cello, Paul Tortelier (or Anner Bylsma)
• Sonatas for Cello and Clavier, Glenn Gould and Leonard Rose
• Sonata pour Violin and Clavier, Glenn Gould and Jaime Laredo
• Mass in B Minor, Gustav Leonhardt and "La Petite Bande"
• St. Matthew Passion, Christoph Spering (the soprano is amazing!)

Others Links related to Bach:

The J.S. Bach Home Page Great !

J S Bach/alt.music.j-s-bach FAQ Everything you always wanted to know about Bach (but were afraid to ask ...)

JS Bach: Analysis of Canons & Fugues.

Directory of /midi/scores/bach lots of MIDI files (ftp).

Classical MIDI Archives - J.S.Bach More MIDI files ...

Dave's J.S. Bach Page

J S Bach Works List You can find there the complete BWV Index

glenngould.org If you like Piano recordings. By the way, there is a mailing-list dedicated to Glenn Gould !

Bach is not the only one:

I also like:

• the sonatas of Domenico Scarlatti by Scott Ross
• from Biber: Passaglia for violin (from the Mystery Sonatas), played by Reinhard Goebel
• from Mozart: the Requiem by L. Bernstein
• from Beethoven: the last piano sonata (among others)
• from Brahms: the Intermezzi, by Glenn Gould (again!)
• from Schoenberg: the Transfigured Night, by the Hollywood Quartet (or Karajan)
• from Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring
• and many other masterpieces

A Quote : (in french ...)

" Sans Bach, la théologie serait dépourvue d'objet, la Création fictive, le néant péremptoire. S'il y a quelqu'un qui doit tout à Bach, c'est bien Dieu."

version française

Questions or comments (or even insults!) are welcome:

Nicolas Niclausse - $Date: 2009-09-16 08:58:47 $
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