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New & Upcoming Recordings Bach’s Instrumental Works January 2011
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Organ Works

R-1	J.S. Bach: Six Sonatas For Organ, BWV 525-530 [R-1]
Trio Sonatas BWV 525-530 []
Heinrich Gurtner (Organ)
Claves Records LC-3369		1973	2-CD / TT: 83:49
Recorded at Muri Abbey (Kloster Muri), Canton of Aargau, near Basle, Switzerland. Reissue. Buy this album at: 2-CD: Amazon.com

R-2	Bach:Complete Organ Works [Box Set] [BR-2]
See details at: Ton Koopman - Bach's Instrumental Works: ecordings of Organ Works
Ton Koopman (Organ)
Teldec		1994-1998	16-CD
Reissue. Buy this album at: 16-CD (2002): Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de 16-CD (1999/2000): Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de 16-CD (2009/2011): Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de

Solo Keyboard Works

K-1	J.S. Bach: Inventions, Sinfoniae BWV 772 à 801; Prélude et Fugue en la min. BWV 894; Fugue en si min. BWV 951 [K-2]
Two-Part Inventions (15), BWV 772-786 [] Three-Part Inventions (Sinfonias) (15), BWV 787-801 [] Prelude & Fugue in A minor, BWV 894 [6:15, 5:16] Fugue in B minor on a theme by T. Albinoni, BWV 951 [6:46]
Daniel Fuchs (Piano)
Gallo CD-1308		2009	CD / TT:
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K-2	Bach: a Strange Beauty [K-3]
English Suite No. 3 in G minor, BWV 808 [19:17] Bach-Busoni: Chorale Prelude Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 639, transcribed for piano [3:40] Bach-Kempff: Chorale Prelude (Nun freut euch, liebe Christen ?) Es ist gewisslich an der Zeit, BWV 307 / BWV 734, transcribed for piano.[2:26] Bach-Hess: Chorale Jesu, joy of man’s desiring (Mvt. 10) from Cantata BWV 147, transcribed for piano [3:53] Concerto for harpsichord, strings & continuo No. 1 in D minor, BWV 1052 [22:29] Concerto for harpsichord, strings & continuo No. 5 in F minor, BWV 1056 [11:31]
Stephan Mai (concertmaster) [Concertos]
Kammerorchester Staatskapelle Berlin [Concertos]
Simone Dinnerstein (Piano)
Sony Music 27282		Jun 12-14, 2010	CD / TT: 60:46
Recorded at Saal 1, Rundfunkzentrum Berlin, Germany. Buy this album at: CD: Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de CD: Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de CD (Japan): Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de Music Download: Amazon.com

K-3	Jeremy Denk Plays J.S. Bach [K-1]
Partita No. 3 in A minor, BWV 827 [17:25] Partita No. 4 in D major, BWV 828 [31:17] Partita No. 6 in E minor, BWV 830 [29:20]
Jeremy Denk (Piano)
Azica Records ACD-71262 =		2010 ?	CD / TT: 78:02 MP3 / TT: 76:32
Recorded at American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York City, New York, USA. Buy this album at: CD: Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de Music Download: Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de \| ClassicsOnline

K-4	Alfred Brendel: Artist’s Choice Anniversary Edition [B-1]
Fantasia & Fugue in A minor, BWV 904 [9:03] Italian Concerto in F major, BWV 971 [13:33]
Alfred Brendel (Piano)
Decca 4782638		May 27, 1976	3-CD / TT: 212:42 + Book
Recorded at Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London, England. Reissue. Buy this album at: 3-CD: Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de Music Download: Amazon.co.uk

K-5	J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations [K-1]
Goldberg Variations BWV 988
Nick van Bloss (Piano)
Nimbus NI-613623		Jun 6-8, 2008	CD / TT: 64:32
Recorded at Henry Wood Hall, London, England. Buy this album at: CD: Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de Music Download: ClassicsOnline

K-6	J.S. Bach: The Goldberg Variations [K-1]
Goldberg Variations BWV 988
Nicola Frisardi (Piano)
Doppio Movimento DOMO2000-01 Classic Concert Records		Oct 2000	CD / TT: 78:43
Reissue. Buy this album at: CD (2005/2007/2011): Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de Music Download: Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de

K-6	Bronika Kushkuley Plays Bach, Haydn, Schumann, Ravel [K-1]
English Suite No. 3 in G minor, BWV 808 [18:25] Two-Part Invention No. 8 in F major, BWV 779 [0:52]
Bronika Kushkuley (Piano)
Eroica 3051		Jan-Feb 1998	CD / TT: 60:40
Recorded at New England Conservatory, Boston, MA, USA. Reissue. Buy this album at: CD (1998):Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de CD (2011): Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de Music Download: Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de

K-7	Bronika Kushkuley In Concert [K-2]
French Suite No. 6 in E major, BWV 817 [7:47] WTC 1: Prelude & Fugue No. 1 in C major, BWV 846 [2:24]
Bronika Kushkuley (Piano)
Eroica 3058		Sep 24, 2000	CD / TT: 58:06
Recorded at Orvis Hall of University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA. Reissue. Buy this album at: CD (2001): Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de CD (2011): Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de Music Download: Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de

K-8	Winds of Mars and the music of Johann Sebastian Bach [K-3]
Scene I. Prelude in C major [2:30] Air (Mvt. 2) from Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068 [4:30] Aria [3:50] Courante [2:48] Scene II. Prelude in f minor [2:18] Aria for soprano Be thou with me (Bist du Bei Mir), BWV 508 [3:55] Chorale Jesu, joy of man's desiring (Jesu Bleibet meine Freude) (Mvt. 10) from Cantata BWV 147 [3:13] Prelude in b flat minor [3:03] Scene III. Minuet medley [4:51] Prelude in g minor [2:05] Arioso (Sinfonia) (Mvt. 1) from Cantata BWV 156 [5:07] Allemande [3:36] Scene IV. Andante [4:39] Prelude in C major [2:45] Prelude in f minor [4:44] Sarabande [4:37] Chorale Sleepers wake (Zion hört die Wächter singen) (Mvt. 4) from Cantata BWV 140 [4:17]
Roderick Kettlewell (Piano)
Music Crest Productions MCPCD-0898 The Orchard / Amadé Music		Mar 1997	CD / TT: 62:50
Wind sounds recorded from data returned from Mars, 1997; Music recorded and mixed in Minneapolis, Minnesota. "Created from data returned to Earth in July 1997 by Mars Pathfinder and it's weather station, "Winds of Mars" [features] extraterrestrial sounds originating from the surface of another planet combined with the music of J.S. Bach". Buy this album at: CD (1999): Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de CD (2011): Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de Music Download: Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de

K-9	J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations - 12.4.2010 Recital [K-1]
Goldberg Variations BWV 988
Samuel Post (Piano)
Samuel Post		Dec 4, 2010	CD / TT: 59:53
Recorded live at Lutkin Hall, Henry & Leight Bienen School of Music, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA. Watch a video of the concert at: Ionarts \| blip.tv [62:22] Buy this album at: Music Download: Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de \| CD Baby

K-10	Sari Biro Legacy [K-1]
Partita No. 2 in C minor, BWV 826 [20:57]
Sari Biro (Piano)
Cambria Records CD-1174		1952	4-CD / TT: 312:56
Recorded at…. Buy this album at: 4-CD: Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de Music Doenload: Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de

K-11	Bach: Goldberg Variations [K-1]
Goldberg Variations BWV 988
Onofrio Della Rosa (Harpsichord)
Digressione Contemplattiva		Jan 2011 [released]	MP3 / TT: 72:26
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K-12	J.S. Bach: Les Variacions Goldberg [K-1]
Goldberg Variations BWV 988
Antoni Besses (Piano)
Edicions Albert Moraleda 0198		2007	CD / TT: 75:39 CD-R / TT: 75:43 MP3 / TT: 75:26
Recorded at… Buy this album at: CD-R (2011): Amazon.com Music Download (2010): Amazon.com

K-13	András Schiff Plays Bach [K-17]
DVD-1 (Peformance) [134 min]: French Suites BWV 812-817 [] French Overture in B minor, BWV 831 [] Italian Concerto in F major, BWV 971 [] DVD-2 (Bonus) [34 min]: Documentary "Schiff explains Bach" [34 min]
András Schiff (Piano)
EuroArts 2058138 EuroArts 2058134		Jun 11, 2010	DVD/ TT: 134 min + 34 min Blue-ray Disc / TT: 134 min + 34 min
Recorded & filmed live, Protestant Reformed Church of Leipzig [(Performance] and at filmed at Thomaskirche, Leipzig [Documentary], Saxony, Germany, during at the Bachfest 2010. Directed by Janos Darvas; produced by Isabel Iturriagagoitia Bueno; Executive producers: Bernd Hellthaler, Kazuaki Sasai; Director of photography Nyika Jansco. 4^th recording of French Suite No. 5 BWV 816 by A. Schiff. 3^rd recording of French Overture BWV 831 by A. Schiff. 4^th recording of Italian Concerto BWV 971 by A. Schiff. Buy this album at: 2-DVD (2011): Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de 2-Blue-ray Disc (2011): Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de

Solo Instrumental Works

S-1	J.S. Bach: Partitas for Violin [S-1]
Partita for solo violin No. 1 in B minor, BWV 1002 [28:10] Partita for solo violin No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004 [31:57] Partita for solo violin No. 3 in E major, BWV 1006 [19:16]
Midori Seiler (Violin)
Berlin Classics 16722		Nov 9-12, 2009	CD / TT: 79:23
Recorded at Johann-Sebastian-Bach-Saal im Schloss Köthen, Germany. Buy this album at: CD: Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de Music Download: Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de

S-2	J.S. Bach: The Cello Suites [S-1]
Suites for solo cello BWV 1007-1012 [18:34, 21:58, 23:25, 26:56, 29:08, 31:40]
Adolfo Gutiérrez Arenas (Cello)
Verso VRS-2051		Dec 2006	2-CD / TT: 151:43
Recorded at Aula de Música, Universidad de Alcalé de Henares, Madrid, Spain. Buy this album at: CD (2008): Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de CD (2011): Amazon.com

Chamber Works

H-1	J.S. Bach: Flute Sonatas [H-1]
Sonata for flute & keyboard in G minor, BWV 1020 [11:41] Sonata for flute & keyboard No. 1 in B minor, BWV 1030 [18:23] Sonata for flute & keyboard No. 2 in E flat major, BWV 1031 [11:02] Sonata for flute & keyboard No. 4 in C major, BWV 1033 [7:40] Sonata for flute & continuo No. 5 in E minor, BWV 1034 [12:31].
Şefika Kutluer (Flute); Daniela Varínska (Harpsichord); Eugen Prochác (Violoncello continuo)
Gallo 1115		2002	CD / TT: 61:37
Reissue. Buy this album at: CD (2003): Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de CD (2009): Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de CD (2011): Amazon.com Music Download: Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de

Orchestral Works

O-1	Fantasies [O-1]
Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068 : Air [5:51] H. Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5, for voice & 8 cellos, A. 389 : Aria [6:26]
Bystrík Režucha
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
Şefika Kutluer (Flute)
Gallo 1054		2000	CD / TT: 70:32
Recorded at Concert Hall of the Slovak Philharmonic. Reissue. Buy this album at: CD (2001): Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de CD (2011): Amazon.com

O-2	Bach: Concerto for two violins in D minor; Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante; Brahms: Violin Concerto [O-6]
Concerto for 2 violins, strings & continuo in D minor ("Double"), BWV 1043 [18:29]
Colin Davis
English Chamber Orchestra
David Oistrakh (Violin); Igor Oistrakh (Violin)
International Classical Artists ICAD-5012		Feb 18, 1961	DVD / TT: 93:49
Recorded at Royal Festival Hall, London, England. 6^th recording of Concerto for 2 Violins BWV 1043 by D. Oistrakh. 3^rd recording of Concerto for 2 Violins BWV 1043 by I. Oistrakh. Buy this album at: ICA DVD (2011): Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de

Musical Offering & Art of Fugue

A-1	J.S. Bach: Musical Offering [A-1]
Musical Offering BWV 1079
Camerata Kilkenny
Wilbert Hazelzet (Baroque Flute); Maya Homburger (Baroque Violin); Marja Gaynor (Baroque Violin & Viola); Sarah McMahon (Baroque Cello); Malcolm Proud (Harpsichord)
Maya Recordings MCD-1003		Apr 26-27, 2010	CD / TT: 54:59
Recorded at Sint-Pieterskerk, Leut Maasmechelen, Belgium. Buy this album at: CD: Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de Music Download: Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de

A-2	J.S. Bach: Die Kunst der Fuge (The Art of Fugue · Art de la fugue) [A-2]
Die Kunst der Fuge BWV 1080, arranged for 16 strings, 4 winds, harpsichord and organ by Stephan Mai, Xenia Löffler and Raphael Alpermann
Stephan Mai (Violin, Concertmaster)
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
Bernhard Forck (Violin)
Harmonia Mundi France 902064		Oct. 2009	CD / TT: 77:41
Recorded at Teldex Studio Berlin, Germany. 2^nd recording of Die Kunst der Fuge BWV 1080 by Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin. Buy this album at: CD: Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de Music Download: Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de

A-3	J.S. Bach: Die Kunst der Fuge [A-2]
Die Kunst der Fuge BWV 1080 (after manuscript Bach P200)
Fabio Bonizzoni (Harpsichord); Mariko Uchimura (2^nd harpsichord in tracks 13-17: Contrapunctus 13 [recto], Contrapunctus 13 [inversus], Contrapunctus 14 [recto], Contrapunctus 14 [inversus], Appendix: Fuga a tre soggetti)
Glossa GCD-P31510		Sep 2008	CD / TT: 63:22
Recorded in Bunnik,, the Netherlands. PDF Buy this album at: CD: Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de Music Download: Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de

A-4	Bach/Markevitch: The Musical Offering [T-1] I. Markevitch: Complete Orchestral Works, Vol. 8: The Musical Offering [T-1]
Bach-Markevitch: Musical Offering BWV 1079, arranged for three orchestral groups and solo quartet [51:58]
Christopher Lyndon-Gee
Arnhem Philharmonic Orchestra
Rémy Baudet (violin); Hans van Loenen (wooden transverse flute); Jeroen Reuling (cello); Dirk Luijmes (harpsichord)
Marco Polo 8.225120 Naxos 8.572158		Apr 9-12, 1997	CD / TT: 51:58
Recorded at Musis Sacrum, Arnhem, the Netherlands. Reissue Buy this album at: Marco Polo CD (2009): Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de Marco Polo Music Download: Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de Naxos CD (2011): Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de Naxos Music Download: Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de \| ClassicsOnline

A-5	J.S. Bach: Die Kunst der Fugue [A-1]
Die Kunst der Fuge BWV 1080
Peter Kofler (Harpsichord: original harpsichord by Karl August Gräbner, Dresden 1782) [3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 17, 19], (Organ)
RaumKlang RK-3004		Apr 2010	CD / TT: 77:58
Recorded at… Buy this album at: CD: Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de

Arrangements & Transcriptions

T-1	J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations, Transcribed for string trio by the Goldberg Trio Lucerne; A. Schnittke: String Trio [T-1]
Goldberg Variations BWV 988, transcribed for string trio by Goldberg Trio Lucerne [41:35]
Goldberg Trio Lucerne
Ina Dmitrova (violin); Annette Bartholdy (viola); Matta Zappa (cello))
Guild GMCD-7350		Mar 30-Apr 1, 2009	CD / TT: 68:06
Recorded at Radiostudio Zürich, Switzerland. Buy this album at: CD: Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de Music Doiwnload: Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de

T-2	Harmonie - Music for the Viola [T-3]
Suite for solo cello No. 6 in D major, BWV 1012, transcribed for viola, transposed to G major [19:59]
John Graham (Viola)
Music for the Viola 03 The Orchard		Oct 19, 2000 (?)	CD / TT: 57:52
Recorded at the Eastman School of Music, Rochester, New York, USA (?). Reissue. Buy this album at: CD: Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de

T-3	J.S. Bach: Sechs Suiten für Violoncello solo BWV 1007-1012 [T-1]
Suites for solo cello, BWV 1007-1012, arranged for guitar by Jürgen Happe []
Jürgen Happe (Guitar)
Classic Concert Records / Balcon Records		2004	2-CD / TT: 137:40
Reissue. Buy this album at: 1^st CD (2007): Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de 2^nd CD (2011): Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de Music Download: Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de

T-4	Concert for Harp & Organ [T-1]
Prelude (Mvt. 1) from Partita for solo violin No. 3 in E major, BWV 1006, arranged for harp & organ [4:36]
Olja Kaiser (Harp); Ulrike Northoff (Organ)
K&K Verlagsanstalt 930643		Aug 5, 2007	CD / TT: 56:00
Recorded live at the Castle Church Bad Homburg, Germany; documented for the Castle Concert Series. Reissue. Buy this album at: CD (2008): Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de CD (2011): Amazon.com Music Download: Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de

T-5	Two Viola Recitals [T-1]
Suite for solo cello No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011: Adagio & Fugue [7:32] Suite for solo cello No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008: Sarabande [4:06] Suite for solo cello No. 4 in E flat major, BWV 1010: Prelude [4:07] Suite for solo cello No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009: Bourrée 1 & Bourrée 2 [3:25], Gigue [2:37]
Scott Slapin (Viola)
Eroica JDT-3026		1999	2-CD / TT: 82:31
Recorded at Cellar Dweller Productions. Reissue. Buy this album at: 2-CD (2000): Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de 2-CD (2011): Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de Music Download: Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de

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The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (January 2011 - October 2013) Thanks to contributors: Farhan Malik (October 2011)

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