Johann Sebastian Bach

(1685-1750)

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50 Best Bach

CD 1

1. Mass in B minor BWV 232: Missa - Gloria in excelsis (chorus)

Catherine Patriasz

2. Mass in B minor BWV 232: Missa - Laudamus te (soprano II)

Catherine Patriasz

3. Mass in B minor BWV 232: Missa - Et incarnatus est (chorus)

Catherine Patriasz

4. Mass in B minor BWV 232: Missa - Agnus Dei (alto)

Philippe Herreweghe

5. Mass in B minor BWV 232: Missa - Osanna in excelsis (chorus)

Catherine Patriasz

6. Cantata No. 147, 'Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben' BWV147 - Choral: Jesu bleibet meine Freude (Jesu, joy of man's desiring)

Taverner Choir

7. Cantata No. 51, "Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen" BWV 51 - Aria : Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen!

Crispian Steele-Perkins

8. Cantata No. 82, 'Ich habe genug' BWV82 - Aria: Ich habe genug

Europa Galante

9. Magnificat in D BWV243 - Coro: Magnificat anima mea

Nederlands Kamerkoor

10. Magnificat in D BWV243 - Aria: Tenore: Deposuit potentes

Nederlands Kamerkoor

11. Christmas Oratorio BWV248 - Choral: Wie soll ich dich empfangen

Philippe Herreweghe

12. Christmas Oratorio BWV248 - Aria: Basso: Erleucht' auch meine finstre Sinnen

Philippe Herreweghe

13. St John Passion BWV 245, Part Two - No.17 Ach, grober Konig

Rogers Covey-Crump

14. St John Passion BWV 245, Part Two - No.30 Es ist vollbracht

Rogers Covey-Crump

15. St John Passion BWV 245, Part Two - No.39 Rhut wohl, ihr heiligen Gebeine

Rogers Covey-Crump

16. Cantata "Jesu, der du meine Seele" BWV 78 - Wir eilen mit schwachen, doch emsiger Schritten

Sybil Michelow

17. Cantata No. 106, 'Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit' BWV106 - Sonatina

Süddeutscher Madrigalchor

18. Cantata No. 106, 'Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit' BWV106 - Chorus: Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit

Süddeutscher Madrigalchor

CD 2

1. Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068 - Ouverture

Sir Philip Ledger

2. Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068 - Air

Sir Philip Ledger

3. Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068 - Gavotte I & II

Sir Philip Ledger

4. Double Violin Concerto in D minor BWV1043 - I. Vivace

Jane Murdoch

5. Double Violin Concerto in D minor BWV1043 - II. Largo ma non tanto

Jane Murdoch

6. Double Violin Concerto in D minor BWV1043 - III. Allegro

Jane Murdoch

7. Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067 - Rondeau - Sarabande - Bourrées I & II

Sir Philip Ledger

8. Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067 - Polonaise - Menuet - Badinerie

Sir Philip Ledger

9. Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major BWV 1049 - I. Allegro

Jonathan Rees

10. Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major BWV 1049 - II. Andante

Jonathan Rees

11. Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major BWV 1049 - III. Presto

Jonathan Rees

12. Harpsichord Concerto in F minor BWV1056 - I. [Allegro]

Melante Amsterdam

13. Harpsichord Concerto in F minor BWV1056 - II. Largo

Melante Amsterdam

14. Harpsichord Concerto in F minor BWV1056 - III. Presto

Melante Amsterdam

15. The Musical Offering, BWV 1079 - Ricercar a 6

Ensemble Sonnerie

CD 3

1. Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F BWV1047 - I. [Allegro]

Paul Goodwin

2. Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F BWV1047 - II. Andante

Paul Goodwin

3. Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F BWV1047 - III. Allegro assai

Paul Goodwin

4. Concerto for Oboe, Violin and Strings in C minor BWV1060 - I. Allegro

Alfredo Bernardini

5. Concerto for Oboe, Violin and Strings in C minor BWV1060 - II. Adagio

Alfredo Bernardini

6. Concerto for Oboe, Violin and Strings in C minor BWV1060 - III. Allegro

Alfredo Bernardini

7. Concerto for 4 Harpsichords in A minor BWV1065 - I. Allegro

Carsten Lohff

8. Concerto for 4 Harpsichords in A minor BWV1065 - II. Largo

Carsten Lohff

9. Concerto for 4 Harpsichords in A minor BWV1065 - III. Allegro

Carsten Lohff

10. Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G BWV1048 - I. [Allegro]

Alison Bury

11. Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G BWV1048 - II. Adagio - III. Allegro

Alison Bury

12. Violin Concerto in A minor BWV1041 - I. [Allegro]

Elizabeth Wallfisch

13. Violin Concerto in A minor BWV1041 - II. Andante

Elizabeth Wallfisch

14. Violin Concerto in A minor BWV1041 - III. Allegro assai

Elizabeth Wallfisch

15. Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D BWV1050 - I. Allegro

John Toll

16. Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D BWV1050 - II. Affettuoso

John Toll

17. Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D BWV1050 - III. Allegro

John Toll

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Thomas Hengelbrock conducts Zelenka, Bach & Lotti

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Thomas Hengelbrock conducts Zelenka, Bach & Lotti

Bach, J S:	Cantata BWV12 'Weinen, Klagen, sorgen, Zagen'
Lotti:	Missa A Tre Cori
Zelenka:	Miserere in C minor, ZWV 57

Balthasar Neumann Ensemble & Choir, Thomas Hengelbrock

This new recording by German conductor Thomas Hengelbrock, who will assume the position of Chief Conductor of the NDR Symphony Orchestra starting in September 2011, includes sacred works by three Baroque composers, Antonio Lotti (1667-1740), Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679-1745), and Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750).

“The Balthasar-Neumann Ensemble and Choir perform with full-blooded tension; Hengelbrock makes the fullest possible use of the plangent oboes and pulsating string chords but also ensures that the music-making never loses its focused precision...This is nothing short of revelatory.” Gramophone Magazine, June 2010

Gramophone Awards 2010

Best of Category - Baroque Vocal

Gramophone Magazine

Editor's Choice - June 2010

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Bach, J S: Cello Suites Nos. 1-6, BWV1007-1012

Robert Cohen (cello)

Alto - ALC2010

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Nicolai Gedda: Lyric Poet of the Tenor Voice

85th Birthday

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Adam:	Mes amis, écoutez l'histoire (from Le Postillon de Lonjumeau)
Auber:	Du pauvre seul ami fidèle (from La Muette de Portici)
Bach, J S:	Cantata BWV189 'Meine Seele ruhmt und preist' Cantata BWV55 'Ich armer Mensch, ich Sündenknecht' Cantata BWV160 'Ich weiß, daß mein Erloeser lebt' St Matthew Passion, BWV244: Geduld, Geduld Mass in B minor: Benedictus
Beethoven:	Christus am Ölberge: Jehova, du mein Vater...Meine Seele ist erschüttert Adelaide, Op. 46 An die ferne Geliebte (To the distant beloved), Op. 98
Bellini:	Prendi l'anel ti dono (from La Sonnambula)
Berlioz:	Une heure encore (from Benvenuto Cellini) Seul pour lutter, seul avec mon courage (from Benvenuto Cellini)
Bizet:	Au fond du temple saint (from Les Pêcheurs de Perles) A cette voix quel trouble… Je crois entendre encore (from Les Pêcheurs de Perles) La fleur que tu m'avais jetée (from Carmen)
Cilea:	È la solita storia 'Lamento di Federico' (from L'Arlesiana)
Delibes:	Lakmé! Lakmé! Ah! Viens dans la forêt profonde (from Lakmé)
Donizetti:	Quanto è bella, quanto è cara! (from L'Elisir d'amore) Una furtiva lagrima (from L'elisir d'amore) Tombe degl'avi miei … Fra poco a me ricovero...Tu che a Dio spiegasti l'ali (from Lucia di Lammermoor) Povero Ernesto...cercherò lontano terra (from Don Pasquale) Com'é gentil…Tornami a dir (from Don Pasquale) Spirto gentil ne' sogni miei (from La Favorita)
Flotow:	Jungfrau Maria (from Alessandro Stradella) Ach, so fromm (from Martha)
Glinka:	A Life for the Tsar: Bratsï! V metel', v nevedomoy glushi
Gluck:	Alceste : Air d'Admete 'Bannis la crainte et les alarmes Unis des la plus tendre enfance (from Iphigénie en Tauride) Divinité des grandes âmes (from Iphigénie en Tauride) Che puro ciel (Orfeo ed Euridice) French version J'ai perdu mon Eurydice (from Orphée et Eurydice)
Goldmark:	Magische Töne, berauschender Duft (from Die Königin von Saba)
Gounod:	Quel trouble inconnu me pénètre… Salut! Demeure chaste et pure (from Faust) Mon cœur est plein d'un noir soucis... Anges du Paradis (from Mireille) L'amour, l'amour... Ah, lève-toi soleil (from Roméo et Juliette)
Kalman:	Tanzen Möcht' ich (from Die Csárdásfürstin) Wenn es Abendd … Grüß mir mein Wien (from Gräfin Mariza) Auch ich war einst ein feiner Csárdákavalier … Komm, Zigan (from Gräfin Mariza) Heut' Nacht hab' ich geträumt von Dir (from Das Veilchen von Montmartre)
Lalo:	Vainement, ma bien-aimée (from Le roi d’Ys)
Lehár:	Gern hab' ich die Frau'n geküßt (from Paganini) Allein, wieder allein (from Der Zarewitsch) Dein ist mein ganzes Herz (from Das Land des Lächelns) O Mädchen, mein Mädchen (from Friederike)
Lortzing:	Lebe wohl, mein flandrisch Mädchen (from Zar und Zimmermann)
Massenet:	Instant charmant … En fermant les yeux (from Manon) Je suis seul, seul enfin... Ah fuyez douce image (from Manon) Un autre est son époux! Traduire! (from Werther)
Mendelssohn:	Elijah: Ye people, rend your hearts Elijah: If with all your hearts
Meyerbeer:	Beauté Divine (from Les Huguenots) Ô Paradis (from L'Africaine)
Millöcker:	Ich hab' kein Geld, bin vogelfrei (from Der Bettelstudent)
Mozart:	Konstanze, Konstanze...O wie ängstlich (from Die Entführung aus dem Serail) In Mohrenland gefangen war (from Die Entführung aus dem Serail) Un'aura amorosa del nostro tesoro (from Così fan tutte) Se all' Impero (from La Clemenza di Tito) Per pieta, non ricercate KV 420 Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön (from Die Zauberflöte) Dalla sua pace (from Don Giovanni) Il mio tesoro intanto (from Don Giovanni)
Mussorgsky:	At midnight, in the garden, by the fountain (from Boris Godunov) That wily Jesuit has firmly seized me (from Boris Godunov) Why my sad heart? (from Sorochinsky Fair)
Nicolai, C O:	Horch, die Lerche singt im Hain! 'Romance' (from Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor)
Offenbach:	Va pour Kleinzach...Il était une fois à la cour (from Les Contes d'Hoffmann)
Ponchielli:	Cielo e mar! (from La Gioconda)
Puccini:	Donna non vidi mai (from Manon Lescaut) Che gelida manina (from La Bohème) Recondita armonia (from Tosca) E lucevan le stelle (from Tosca) Bimba dagli occhi pieni di malia (from Madama Butterfly) Nessun dorma (from Turandot)
Rimsky Korsakov:	Solynshko nizko, vecher uzh blisko (The sun is low, the evening is approaching) (from May Night) Kak tikho, kak prokhladno tut! (How peaceful, how fresh it is here!) (from May Night) Song of the Hindu Guest (from Sadko)
Rossini:	Asile héréditaire (from Guillaume Tell) Ecco, ridente in cielo (from Il Barbiere di Siviglia)
Rousseau, J-J:	Je vais revoir ma charmante maîtresse... Quand on sait (from Le Devin du Village)
Schubert:	Die schöne Müllerin, D795
Straus, O:	Ich hab' mit Freuden angehört (from Ein Walzertraum)
Strauss, J, II:	Eine Nacht in Venedig: Komm in die Gondel Als flotter Geist (from Der Zigeunerbaron)
Tchaikovsky:	Kuda, Kuda 'Lensky's Aria' (from Eugene Onegin) Forgive me, loveliest of creatures (from Pique Dame) What is our life? A game! (from Pique Dame)
Thomas, Ambroise:	Adieu, Mignon! Courage! (Mignon)
Verdi:	Ella mi fu rapita! (from Rigoletto) Parmi veder le lagrime (from Rigoletto) La donna è mobile (from Rigoletto) Di' tu se fedele (from Un ballo in maschera) Forse la soglia attinse (from Un ballo in maschera) Se quel guerrier io fossi!…Celeste Aida (from Aida) Ingemisco (from Requiem)
Wagner:	In fernem Land (from Lohengrin) Mein lieber Schwan (from Lohengrin)
Weber:	Nein! länger trag' ich nicht die Qualen…Durch die Wälder (from Der Freischütz) Von Jugend auf in dem Kampfgefild (from Oberon) Vater! Hör' mich flehn zu dir! (from Oberon)

and lieder by Faure, Poulenc, Debussy, Hahn, Mendelssohn, Strauss, Grieg, Alfven, Peterson-Berger, Sjöberg, Sibelius, Rachmaninoff, Veracini, Respighi, Turina, Curtis, Bixio, Rotter, Tauber, Stolz,

Nicolai Gedda (tenor)

“Gedda's standard of vocalisation and his grasp of many styles are uniformly excellent...his humour is always special, as is the technique which sees quite a light voice safely through "Nessun Dorma" and the Butterfly duet.” Gramophone Magazine, June 2010

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Kirsten Flagstad: The Supreme Wagnerian Soprano

Alnaes:	Lykken mellem to mennesker
Bach, C P E:	Die Güte Gottes Busslied (An dir Allein) Passionslied Preis sei dem Gotte
Bach, J S:	St Matthew Passion, BWV244: Erbarme dich Vergiss mein nicht, BWV505 O finstre Nacht, wann wirst du doch vergehen, BWV492 Liebster Herr Jesu! wo bleibest du so lange?, BWV484 Komm süsser Tod, BWV478 Dir, dir Jehovah, will ich singen, BWV452
Backer-Grøndahl:	Mot kveld, Op. 42 No. 7
Beethoven:	Die Ehre Gottes aus der Natur ('Die Himmel rühmen des Ewigen Ehre'), Op. 48 No. 4
Böhm, G:	Geh’ ein, mein Leib, in deine Kammer
Bridge:	Love went a-riding
Bull, O:	Saeterjentens Søndag (The Herdgirl's Sunday)
Carissimi:	Soccorretemi ch'io moro
Cruger:	Auf, auf mein Herz mit Freude
Dørumsgaard:	Gudrid stod ved stoveglas, Op. 11 No. 2 Natt, Op. 4 No. 1 Regn (from Op. 6) Hjuring-lokk (from Dusk in the Enchanted Wood, Op. 8) Spinnvettir (from Op.10) Baan sull (from Op. 11) Alle mann hadde fota, Op. 21 No. 2
Franck, J W:	Wie seh’ ich dich, mein Jesu, bluten Sei nur still Auf, auf! zu Gottes Lob!
Gluck:	Che faro' senza Euridice? (from Orfeo ed Euridice)
Grieg:	Seks Sange, Op. 48 No. 6 'Ein Traum' Tak for dit råd (from 4 Songs Op. 21) Våren, Op. 33 No. 2 Fra Monte Pincio, Op. 39 No. 1 Guten (from 12 Songs Op. 33) Eros (from 5 Songs Op. 70) Ved Rondane (from 12 Songs Op. 33) Seks Sange, Op. 48 No. 6 'Ein Traum' En svane (No. 2 from Seks Digte af Henrik Ibsen, Op. 25) Den særde (from 12 Songs Op. 33) Med en vandlije, Op. 25 No. 4 The Princess, EG133 Tolv Melodier til Digte af Aasmund Olavsson Vinje, Op. 33 No. 5 'Langs ei Å' Mens jeg venter (On the Water), Op. 60 No. 3 Med en Primula veris, Op. 26 No. 4 Og jeg vil ha mig hjertenskjaer (And I would like a sweetheart true), Op. 60 No. 5 Modersord (No. 4 from Four Songs, Op. 15) Millom Rosor, Op. 39, No. 4
Handel:	Ombra mai fu (from Serse) Messiah: I know that my Redeemer liveth
Hurum:	Blonde nætter, Op. 13 No. 1
Lie, S:	Sne
Löhner:	O Ewigkeit
Purcell:	Thy hand, Belinda … When I am laid in earth (from Dido & Aeneas)
Schubert:	Die Allmacht, D852 Frühlingsglaube, D686 Wandrers Nachtlied II 'Über allen Gipfeln ist Ruh', D768
Sinding:	Majnat, Op. 22 No. 3
Strauss, R:	Seitdem dein Aug' in meines schaute, Op. 17 No. 1 Cäcilie, Op. 27 No. 2
Wagner:	Wesendonck-Lieder (5) Allmächt’ge Jungfrau! (from Tannhäuser) Siegmund! Sieh' auf mich! (from Die Walküre) Heil dir, Sonne! (from Siegfried) Zu neuen Taten, teurer Helde (from Götterdämmerung) Set Svanholm (Siegfried) Helle Wehr, heilige Waffe (from Götterdämmerung) Starke Scheite schichtet mir dort 'Brünnhilde's Immolation Scene' (from Götterdämmerung) Tristan und Isolde (excerpts) Ludwig Suthaus (Tristan), Blanche Thebom (Brangane)

Kirsten Flagstad (soprano)

This 5-CD set, devoted to the famous Norwegian soprano Kirsten Flagstad, is a further release in the EMI Classics ICON series.

Kirsten Flagstad (1895–1962) enjoyed a successful career singing opera and operetta in Scandanavia, and was considering retirement when she was catapulted to international fame in 1935 after a sensational appearance at the Metropolitan Opera in New York singing Sieglinde, Isolde and Brünnhilde.

From 1935 until her retirement from the stage in 1953 she was the leading Wagnerian soprano of her day. Her powerful, radiant voice and seemingly inexhaustible vocal stamina were ideally suited to the most taxing roles in Wagner’s operas and she was universally acclaimed, especially as Isolde and Brünnhilde. She scored a particular success at Covent Garden and sang there under the three most famous Wagner conductors of the time: Reiner, Beecham and Furtwängler.

The first CD in the set opens with a group of Baroque arias by Handel, Bach, Purcell and Gluck that show off to advantage Flagstad’s superb voice and impeccable musicality. The remainder of this CD consists of Arne Dørumsgaard’s attractive arrangements of classical arias and songs from the collection Canzone scordate.

In her concert repertoire, Flagstad specialised in Norwegian songs and made many recordings of the vocal music of Grieg as well as other Scandanavian composers like Alf Hurum, Ole Bull and Christian Sinding, all of whom are represented on CD 2.

The third CD beings with a group of songs by Schubert, Beethoven, Bridge and Dørumsgaard, after which Flagstad gives a superb account of the five Wesendonck Lieder that Wagner wrote while composing Tristan und Isolde. This CD concludes with Elisabeth’s prayer ‘Allmächt’ge Jungfrau’ from Tannhäuser and ‘Siegmund! Sieh’ auf mich’ in which Brünnhilde tells Siegmund of his forthcoming death in the second act of Die Walküre. Siegmund is sung by the tenor Set Svanholm, who was one of Flagstad’s regular partners in the theatre and on disc.

The remaining two discs include extensive excerpts from Siegfried, Götterdämmerung and Tristan und Isolde, with Set Svanholm as Siegfried and Ludwig Suthaus as Tristan. The complete recording of Tristan und Isolde, conducted by Wilhelm Furtwängler, is considered to be one of the finest opera recordings ever made.

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The Bach Choir of Bethlehem sing Bach & Vivaldi

Bach, J S:

Magnificat in D major, BWV243

Cantata BWV191 'Gloria in excelsis Deo'

Vivaldi:

Gloria in D major, RV589

Julia Doyle (soprano), Rosa Lamoreaux (soprano), Daniel Taylor (countertenor), Benjamin Butterfield (tenor), Daniel Lichti (bass-baritone)

The Bach Choir of Bethlehem, Greg Funfgeld

The Bach Choir of Bethlehem is the oldest American Bach Choir and was founded in 1898. The choir has attracted thousands of visitors from across the United States and beyond to the annual Bethlehem Bach Festival in Pennsylvania. The choir appeared in the BBC Proms in 2003.

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Bach, J S: The Art of Fugue, BWV1080

Christian Rieger (harpsichord)

Christian Rieger specializes in historical performance instruments and has been a member of the early music ensemble Musica Antiqua Köln. In 2000 he decided to focus on solo performance and has made guest appearances at many festivals. He has also conducted in several opera houses. In 2008 he began a series of recitals dedicated to Bach’s complete keyboard works.

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Bach, J S: Clavier-Übung III

Ludwig Lusser (organ)

Bach’s “Clavier-Übung III” was published in 1739. He had previously published two parts of Clavier Übung in 1731. Ludwig Lusser performs these works on the organ of Sankt Pölten cathedral which ranks as one of Austria’s most beautiful instruments.

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Bach, J S: Motets, BWV225-230

Chorus sine nomine, Johannes Hiemetsberger

This CD includes some of Bach’s best-known motets; Lobet den Herren, Jesu meine Freude and Komm Jesu komm. Chorus sine nomine is one of Austria’s leading vocal ensembles and has performed in many international venues including the Barbican.

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