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Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 (more info)
Composed by: Johann Sebastian Bach Clay Christiansen
Harald Vogel, organ
Bram Beekman, organ
William Porter, organ
Julia Brown, organ
Harald Feller, organ
Douglas Major, organ
Joan Lippincott, organ
Fenner Douglass, organ
Edward A. Hansen, organ
Frederick Swann, organ
Erik Suter, organ
David Schrader, organ
Vincent Boucher, organ
Johann Aratore, organ
Gerhard Weinberger, organ
Piet Kee, organ
Michael Austin, organ
Tom Hazleton,
Robert Noehren, organ
Kimberly Marshall, organ
Wolfgang Rubsam, organ
David Britton, organ
Kay Johannsen, organ
Hatsumi Miura, organ
Georges Athanasiades, organ
Hannes Kastner, organ
Michel Chapuis, organ
Recording date: 9-10 May 1994


1.   Toccata - 2:59


Overture (Suite) No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067 (more info)
Performed by: European Union Baroque Orchestra Cologne Chamber Orchestra Concertgebouw Orchestra Capella Istropolitana Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra Leopold Stokowski Symphony Orchestra Academy for Ancient Music Berlin
Composed by: Johann Sebastian Bach
Conducted by: Leopold Stokowski Willem Mengelberg Roy Goodman Jaroslav Dvorak Richard Edlinger Helmut Muller-Bruhl Helmuth Rilling Barthold Kuijken Gunar Letzbor
Anthony Newman,
Julius Baker, flute
Claire Guimond, flute
Eugenia Zukerman, flute
Christian Gurtner, flute
Milan Brunner, flute
Recording date: 2 June 1931


2.   VII. Badinerie - 1:21


Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor, BWV 1043 (more info)
Performed by: St. Petersburg Symphonic Chamber Orchestra Paris Symphony Orchestra Cologne Chamber Orchestra Concertgebouw Orchestra Moscow Chamber Orchestra Capella Istropolitana Collegium Musicum 90 Tapiola Sinfonietta Stuttgart Bach Collegium Studio orchestra RCA Victor Chamber Orchestra Cis Collegium Mozarteum Salzburg Camerata Romana
Composed by: Efrem Zimbalist Johann Sebastian Bach Franz Waxman George Enescu
Conducted by: Willem Mengelberg Volker Hartung Walter Goehr Walter B. Rogers Pierre Monteux Oliver Dohnanyi Richard Edlinger Helmut Muller-Bruhl Helmuth Rilling Constantine Orbelian Eugen Duvier
Simon Standage, violin
Micaela Comberti, violin
Benjamin Schmid, violin
Quido Holbling, violin
Joseph Szigeti, violin
Ferdinand Helman, violin
Jaakko Kuusisto, violin
Jascha Heifetz, violin
Anna Holbling, violin
Alexander Jablokov, violin
Jurgen Geise,
Yehudi Menuhin, violin
Louis Zimmermann, violin
Helge Rosenkranz, violin
Takako Nishizaki, violin
Christine Pichlmeier, violin
Pavel Bereslavtsev, violin
Alexei Strelnikov, violin
Isabelle Faust, violin
Christoph Poppen, violin
Lisa Stewart, violin
Gunther Korner, violin
Carl Flesch, violin
Pekka Kuusisto, violin
Fritz Kreisler, violin
Richard Lester, harpsichord


3.   II. Largo ma non tanto - 6:46


Mass in B minor, BWV 232 (more info)
Performed by: Bach Festival Orchestra Victor Orchestra Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Cologne Chamber Orchestra London Symphony Orchestra Capella Istropolitana Collegium Musicum 90 Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Stuttgart Bach Collegium Studio orchestra Kleine Konzert, Das
Composed by: Johann Sebastian Bach James Taylor
Conducted by: Greg Funfgeld Herbert von Karajan Adrian Boult Sylvan Levin Richard Hickox Karl Munchinger Christian Brembeck Helmut Muller-Bruhl Helmuth Rilling Albert Coates Gustave Bret Marc Minkowski Hermann Max
Hans-Georg Wimmer, bass
Tamara Matthews, soprano
Rosa Lamoreaux, soprano
Joanne Lunn, soprano
Stephen Varcoe, bass
William Sharp, baritone
Julia Lezhneva, soprano
Elly Ameling, soprano
Henri Merckel, violin
Colin Balzer, tenor
Christian Gerhaher, bass
Mark Tucker, tenor
Elisabeth Schumann, soprano
Georges Thill, tenor
Heinz Rehfuss, bass
Joseph Fuchs, violin
Margaret Balfour, contralto
Werner Krenn,
Nancy Argenta, soprano
Kathleen Ferrier, contralto
Marietta Simpson, mezzo-soprano
Martina Koppelstetter, mezzo-soprano
Markus Schafer, tenor
Hartmut Elbert, bass
Markus Brutscher, tenor
Hanno Muller-Brachmann, bass-baritone
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano
Christian Immler,
Jan Rozehnal, choirmaster
Yvonne Minton, mezzo-soprano
Catherine Denley, alto
Andreas Schmidt, bass
Franz-Josef Selig, bass
Frederick Urrey, tenor
Dorothy Maynor, soprano
Sunhae Im, soprano
Marianne Beate Kielland, mezzo-soprano
Ann Hallenberg, mezzo-soprano
Lucy Crowe, soprano
Veronika Winter, soprano
Nicolai Gedda, tenor
Terry Wey, counter-tenor
Nathalie Stutzmann, alto
Faridah Schafer Subrata, mezzo-soprano
Stephan Schreckenberger, bass
Friedrich Schorr, bass-baritone
Basil Lam, harpsichord
Johanna Koslowsky, soprano
Marga Hoffgen, alto
Helen Watts, alto
Thomas Quasthoff, bass
Sibylla Rubens, soprano
Marlis Petersen, soprano
Ingeborg Danz, alto
Juliane Banse, soprano
Lothar Odinius, tenor
Daniel Lichti, bass-baritone
Friederike Wagner, soprano
Anke Vondung, alto
Blandine Staskiewicz, mezzo-soprano
Kai Wessel, counter-tenor
Stella Doufexis, soprano
Luca Tittoto, bass
Tom Krause, bass-baritone
Recording date: 14 – 25 November 2003


4.   Agnus dei - 5:48


Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147: Chorale: Jesus bleibet meine Freude (Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring) (arr. M. Hess) (more info)
Composed by: Johann Sebastian Bach
Angelika Nebel, piano
Walter Gieseking, piano
Eteri Andjaparidze, piano
Bernd Glemser, piano
Myra Hess, piano
Eduard Stan, piano
William Corbett-Jones, piano
Recording date: 5 April 1939


5.   X. Jesu, joy of man's desiring (arr. M. Hess) - 3:16


Weichet nur, betrubte Schatten, BWV 202, "Wedding Cantata" (more info)
Performed by: Capella Istropolitana
Composed by: Johann Sebastian Bach
Conducted by: Christian Brembeck
Friederike Wagner, soprano


6.   I. Adagio - 6:20


Concerto for Oboe and Violin in C minor, BWV 1060 (more info)
Performed by: Cologne Chamber Orchestra Moscow Chamber Orchestra Toulouse National Chamber Orchestra
Composed by: Johann Sebastian Bach David Walter Alexander Arkhangelsky
Conducted by: Jean-Claude Malgoire Helmut Muller-Bruhl Constantine Orbelian
Annick Nicolas, violin
Patrick Jordan, viola
Christopher Verrette, violin
Adrian Butterfield, violin
Sarah McMahon, cello
Borys Medicky, harp
Emilia Csanky, oboe
Christian Hommel, oboe
Bela Banfalvi, violin
John Abberger, oboe
Christine Pichlmeier, violin
Irina Ivanova, violin
Lisa Stewart, violin


7.   II. Adagio - 6:31


Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140 (arr. for organ) (more info)
Composed by: Johann Sebastian Bach
Wolfgang Rubsam, organ


8.   Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140 - 4:48


Violin Partita No. 3 in E major, BWV 1006 (more info)
Composed by: Johann Sebastian Bach
Sergey Khachatryan, violin
Christian Tetzlaff, violin
Sophia Jaffe, violin
Benjamin Schmid, violin
Lucy van Dael, violin
Christiane Edinger, violin
Ilya Kaler, violin
Yehudi Menuhin, violin
Julia Fischer, violin
James Ehnes, violin
Jaap Schroder, violin
David Grimal, violin


9.   I. Preludio - 4:01


St Matthew Passion, BWV 244 (more info)
Performed by: Hungarian State Symphony Orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra of Heilbronn Philharmonia Orchestra Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Orchestra Stuttgart Bach Collegium Kleine Konzert, Das Mostly Mozart Orchestra
Composed by: Johann Sebastian Bach Neville Marriner
Conducted by: Adrian Boult Geza Oberfrank Helmuth Rilling Walter Susskind Gerard Schwarz Daniel Taylor Hermann Max
Olivier Brault, violin
Susie Napper, baroque cello
Kathleen Ferrier, contralto
Kirsten Flagstad, soprano
Regent Poirier, organ
Christine Moran,
Pierre Cartier,
Scott Metcalfe,
Helene Plouffe, violin
Basil Lam, harpsichord
Arleen Auger, soprano
Ingeborg Danz, alto
Jochen Kowalski, counter-tenor
Ibolya Verebics, soprano
Christiane Oelze, soprano
Monika Frimmer, soprano


10.   Erbarme dich, mein Gott - 7:09


Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major, BWV 1049 (more info)
Performed by: CBC Vancouver Orchestra Cologne Chamber Orchestra English Baroque Soloists Capella Istropolitana Swiss Baroque Soloists Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra
Composed by: Johann Sebastian Bach
Conducted by: Mario Bernardi Helmut Muller-Bruhl Andrew Mogrelia Bohdan Warchal Helmuth Rilling John Eliot Gardiner
David Shifrin, clarinet
Rinaldo Alessandrini, harpsichord
Recording date: July 1995 / March and April 1999


11.   I. Allegro - 6:23


The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, BWV 846 - 869 (more info)
Composed by: Johann Sebastian Bach Enno Voorhorst Alain Lefevre Ferruccio Busoni Wanda Landowska Olli Mustonen
Blandine Verlet, harpsichord
Edwin Fischer, piano
Artur Schnabel, piano
Bernd Glemser, piano
Jeno Jando, piano
Catherine Perrin, prepared piano
Terence Judd, piano
Luc Beausejour, harpsichord
Wolfgang Rubsam, organ
Bidu Sayao, soprano
Carol Rosenberger, piano
Jack Richard Crossan, piano
Recording date: 13 April 1933


12.   I. Prelude and Fugue in C major, BWV 846 - 4:25


Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 33: III. Allegretto grazioso - Molto vivace (more info)
Performed by: Wroclaw Chamber Orchestra Leopoldinum Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Cantilena BBC Symphony Orchestra Cologne Chamber Orchestra Concertgebouw Orchestra Moscow Chamber Orchestra Capella Istropolitana London Philharmonic Orchestra NBC Symphony Orchestra Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Orchestra New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra Studio orchestra German Bach Soloists
Composed by: Johann Sebastian Bach Pablo Casals Arturo Toscanini
Conducted by: Karol Teutsch Willem Mengelberg Jaroslav Krecek Oliver Dohnanyi Jaroslav Dvorak Richard Edlinger Helmut Muller-Bruhl Leonard Slatkin Jeanne Lamon Iona Brown Helmuth Rilling Wilhelm Furtwangler Bernard Labadie Adrian Shepherd Constantine Orbelian Gunar Letzbor Don Jackson
Alexander Jablokov, violin
Nicole Trotier,
Takako Nishizaki, violin
Helmut Winschermann, oboe
Recording date: January - March 1989


13.   II. Air on a G String - 5:16

Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (more info)
Composed by: Johann Sebastian Bach Wanda Landowska
Blandine Verlet, harpsichord
Andrew Rangell, piano
Pi-hsien Chen, piano
Wladyslaw Klosiewicz, harpsichord
Pierre Hantai, virginal
Jeno Jando, piano
Markus Becker, piano
Luc Beausejour, harpsichord
Christine Schornsheim, piano
Carol Rosenberger, piano
Jory Vinikour, harpsichord
Evgeni Koroliov, piano
Irma Issakadze, piano
Glenn Gould, voice
Recording date: 9 and 13-15 November 1933


1.   I. Aria - 3:57


Cello Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007 (more info)
Composed by: Johann Sebastian Bach Pablo Casals
Rivka Golani, viola
Maria Kliegel, cello
Csaba Onczay, cello
Andres Diaz, cello
Sergei Istomin, viola da gamba
Alexander Rudin, cello
Zuill Bailey, cello
Simone Dinnerstein, piano
Tatiana Zavarskaya, cello
Peter Bruns, cello
Sebastian Klinger, cello
Anne Gastinel, cello
Recording date: 10 - 17 June 2003


2.   I. Prelude - 2:32
3.   VII. Gigue - 1:40


Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048 (more info)
Performed by: CBC Vancouver Orchestra Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Cologne Chamber Orchestra English Baroque Soloists Capella Istropolitana Swiss Baroque Soloists Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra
Composed by: Johann Sebastian Bach
Conducted by: Mario Bernardi Richard Edlinger Helmut Muller-Bruhl Andrew Mogrelia Bohdan Warchal Helmuth Rilling Wilhelm Furtwangler John Eliot Gardiner Achim Fiedler
David Shifrin, clarinet
Rinaldo Alessandrini, harpsichord


4.   III. Allegro - 5:02


Clavierbuchlein for Anna Magdalena Bach, Book 2, BWV Anh. 113-132 (more info)
Composed by: Johann Sebastian Bach
Luc Beausejour, harpsichord
Carol Rosenberger, piano
Janos Sebestyen, organ
Terence Dennis, piano
Martin Souter, piano
Julia Shaw, harp
Nora Bumanis, harp
Recording date: 6-9 July 1992


5.   Minuet in G major, BWV Anh 114 - 1:33


St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 (more info)
Performed by: Cologne Chamber Orchestra Hungarian State Symphony Orchestra Concertgebouw Orchestra Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra Stuttgart Bach Collegium Budapest Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra Kleine Konzert, Das
Composed by: Johann Sebastian Bach
Conducted by: Willem Mengelberg Christopher Stokes Frigyes Sandor Karl Munchinger Helmut Muller-Bruhl Geza Oberfrank Helmuth Rilling Hermann Max
Wilfried Jochens, tenor
Hans-Georg Wimmer, bass
Nico van der Meel, tenor
Locky Chung, bass
Claudia Couwenbergh, soprano
Elly Ameling, soprano
Allan Ahrans, bass
Eberhard Metternich, choirmaster
Hans-Christoph Rademann, choirmaster
Dominique Engler, soprano
Yosemeh Adjei, alto
Lothar Blum, tenor
Julian Schulzki, bass
Peter Pears, tenor
Magda Kalmar, soprano
Denes Gulyas, tenor
Zeger Vandersteene, tenor
Christoph Pregardien, tenor
Emily Gray, soprano
Jeffrey Makinson, organ
Judit Nemeth, alto
Peter Koves, bass
Markus Schafer, tenor
Istvan Gati, baritone
Hanno Muller-Brachmann, bass-baritone
Janos Remenyi, choirmaster
Agnes Mester, choirmaster
Marianne Beate Kielland, mezzo-soprano
Karl Erb, tenor
Willem Ravelli, bass
Jo Vincent, soprano
Ilona Durigo, alto
Louis van Tulder, tenor
Herman Schey, bass
Piet van Egmond, organ
Johannes den Hertog, harpsichord
Louis Zimmermann, violin
G. Blanchard, oboe
W. Peddemors, oboe
Hubert Barwahser, flute
Jozsef Mukk, tenor
Veronika Winter, soprano
Michael Schade, tenor
Marga Hoffgen, alto
Thomas Quasthoff, bass
Julia Hamari, contralto
Klaus Mertens, baritone
Ingeborg Danz, alto
Hermann Prey, bass-baritone
Matthias Goerne, baritone
Ibolya Verebics, soprano
Christiane Oelze, soprano
Manfred Ackermann, bass
Lena Susanne Norin, alto
Fritz Wunderlich, tenor
Monika Frimmer, soprano
Ernst-Gerold Schramm, bass
Raimund Nolte, bass
Tom Krause, bass-baritone


6.   O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden - 2:30


Oboe Concerto in G minor, BWV 1056 (more info)
Performed by: Cologne Chamber Orchestra
Composed by: Johann Sebastian Bach
Conducted by: Helmut Muller-Bruhl
Patrick Jordan, viola
Christopher Verrette, violin
Adrian Butterfield, violin
Sarah McMahon, cello
Borys Medicky, harp
Alison Mackay, double bass
Christian Hommel, oboe
John Abberger, oboe


7.   II. Largo - 2:50


Concerto in D minor, BWV 1052 (more info)
Performed by: CBC Vancouver Orchestra Columbia Symphony Orchestra Munich Radio Orchestra Camerata Cassovia Cologne Chamber Orchestra Toronto Symphony Orchestra Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra American Bach Soloists Orchestra
Composed by: Johann Sebastian Bach Francesco Tristano Schlime Dimitri Mitropoulos Leonard Bernstein
Conducted by: Ulf Schirmer Mario Bernardi Helmut Muller-Bruhl Robert Stankovsky Jeffrey Thomas
Lars Ulrik Mortensen, harpsichord
Hae Won Chang, piano
Pierre Hantai, virginal
Robert Hill, harpsichord
Michael Korstick, piano
Ernest Macmillan, piano
Michael Sponseller, harpsichord
Angela Hewitt, piano
Glenn Gould, voice
Recording date: 29 June - 2 July 1990


8.   I. Allegro - 7:50


Ich habe genug, BWV 82 (more info)
Performed by: Northern Chamber Orchestra Karl Ristenpart Chamber Orchestra
Composed by: Johann Sebastian Bach
Conducted by: Eric Milnes Nicholas Ward
Monika Mauch, soprano
Hermann Tottcher, oboe
Traute Wagner, harpsichord
Matthew White, counter-tenor
Stephan MacLeod, bass
Nicholas Gedge, bass-baritone
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone
Charles Daniels, tenor
Recording date: 2 December 1993 / 14 March 1994


9.   III. Schlummert ein - 9:26


Concerto in the Italian Style in F major, BWV 971, "Italian Concerto" (more info)
Composed by: Johann Sebastian Bach Wanda Landowska
Alexander Weimann, harpsichord
Walter Gieseking, piano
Artur Schnabel, piano
David Schrader, organ
Laurence Cummings, harpsichord
Sophie Yates, harpsichord
Joseph Banowetz, piano
Dubravka Tomsic,
Luc Beausejour, harpsichord
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, piano
Wolfgang Rubsam, organ
Janos Sebestyen, organ
Babette Hierholzer, piano
Christopher Czaja Sager, piano
William Corbett-Jones, piano
Glenn Gould, voice
Martin Souter, piano
Recording date: 9 July 1935 25-26 September 1936


10.   I. Allegro - 3:49


Magnificat in D major, BWV 243 (more info)
Performed by: Northern Chamber Orchestra Collegium Musicum 90 Stuttgart Bach Collegium Stuttgart Bach Orchestra
Composed by: Johann Sebastian Bach
Conducted by: Richard Hickox Jeremy Summerly Nicholas Ward Helmuth Rilling Simon Carrington
Stephen Varcoe, bass
Michael Chance, counter-tenor
Jayne Whitaker, soprano
Christine Schafer, soprano
Emma Kirkby, soprano
John Mark Ainsley, tenor
Tessa Bonner, soprano
Hildegard Ruttgers, alto
Melanie Scafide Russell, soprano
Cecilia Leitner, soprano
Jay Carter, counter-tenor
Birger Radde, tenor
Michael Sansoni, tenor
Jason P. Steigerwalt, baritone


11.   Magnificat in D Major, BWV 243 - 3:13


Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041 (more info)
Performed by: Paris Symphony Orchestra Cologne Chamber Orchestra Capella Istropolitana Collegium Musicum 90 Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra North West German Philharmonic Orchestra Tapiola Sinfonietta Stuttgart Bach Collegium North German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra Cis Collegium Mozarteum Salzburg
Composed by: Johann Sebastian Bach
Conducted by: Gunter Wand Pierre Monteux Oliver Dohnanyi Helmut Muller-Bruhl Helmuth Rilling Alfred Wallenstein
Simon Standage, violin
Benjamin Schmid, violin
Jaakko Kuusisto, violin
Jascha Heifetz, violin
Jurgen Geise,
Yehudi Menuhin, violin
Takako Nishizaki, violin
Kolja Blacher, violin
Christoph Poppen, violin
Roland Greutter, violin
Recording date: 21st Feb, 1936


12.   III. Allegro assai - 3:48


Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major, BWV 1050 (more info)
Performed by: CBC Vancouver Orchestra Cologne Chamber Orchestra English Baroque Soloists Capella Istropolitana Swiss Baroque Soloists Arion Baroque Orchestra Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra Academy for Ancient Music Berlin
Composed by: Johann Sebastian Bach
Conducted by: Mario Bernardi Helmut Muller-Bruhl Bohdan Warchal Helmuth Rilling John Eliot Gardiner
Jaap ter Linden, viola da gamba
David Shifrin, clarinet
Rinaldo Alessandrini, harpsichord


13.   III. Allegro - 4:59


Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248 (more info)
Performed by: Bach Festival Orchestra Washington Choral Arts Society Orchestra Vienna Symphony Orchestra Budapest Failoni Chamber Orchestra Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra Stuttgart Bach Collegium Failoni Orchestra, Budapest Concerto Koln Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra Munich Residence Chamber Orchestra
Composed by: Johann Sebastian Bach James Taylor
Conducted by: Greg Funfgeld Karin Freist-Wissing Norman Scribner August Langenbeck Karl Munchinger Geza Oberfrank Helmuth Rilling Matyas Antal Ralf Otto Roland Buchner Ferdinand Grossman Reinhard Kammler
Johannes Kammler, bass
Tamara Matthews, soprano
Janice Chandler-Eteme, soprano
Ferdinand Geirhos, boy alto
Ivo Hartmann, boy soprano
Markus Goppel, boy soprano
Sebastian Maurer, boy alto
Elly Ameling, soprano
Peter Pears, tenor
Christoph Pregardien, tenor
Ruth Ziesak, soprano
Marietta Simpson, mezzo-soprano
Judit Nemeth, alto
Janos Toth, bass
Hanno Muller-Brachmann, bass-baritone
Erich Majkut, tenor
Ingrid Kertesi, soprano
Jozsef Mukk, tenor
Gerhard Werlitz, tenor
Christopheren Nomura, baritone
Monica Groop, mezzo-soprano
Helen Watts, alto
Sibylla Rubens, soprano
Klaus Mertens, baritone
Ingeborg Danz, alto
Marcus Ullmann, tenor
Friederike Sailer, soprano
Erika Winkler, contralto
Hannes Swedberg, bass
Fritz Wunderlich, tenor
Tom Krause, bass-baritone
Benjamin Butterfield, tenor
Stefan Horz, organ


14.   Jauchzet, frohlocket - 7:18

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