New & Upcoming Recordings of Bach's Instrumental Works

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New & Upcoming Recordings Bach’s Instrumental Works April 2011
New & Upcoming Recordings 2011: Vocal Works: January \| February \| March \| April \| May \| June \| July \| August \| September \| October \| November \| December Instrumental Works: January \| February \| March \| April \| May \| June \| July \| August \| September \| October \| November \| December
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Organ Works

Solo Keyboard Works

K-1	Bach: Variaciones Goldberg [K-1]
Goldberg Variations BWV 988
Eulàlia Solé (Piano) [Steinway]
Verso VRS-2097 (Generalitat de Catalunya)		Oct 7, 2006	CD / TT: 72:54
Recorded at Escuela Superior de Música de Catalunya (ESMUC), Barcelona, Spain. Buy this album at: CD: Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de

K-2	J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variationen [K-1]
Goldberg Variations BWV 988
Borbála Dobozy (Harpsichord) [Replica of a German Michael Mietke’s double-manual harpsichord, built around 1710, from the workshop of Jan Bečička & Stanislav Hüttl & Petr Šefl , 2005; Pitch a = 415 Hz Kirnberger III]
Nibiru 522131		Nov 6-8, 2009	CD / TT: 79:17
Recorded at Zámku v Nebílovech (Nebílovy Castle), Czech Republic.

K-3	J.S. Bach: Das Wohltemperierte Klavier [K-3]
WTC 1: 24 Preludes & Fugues BWV 846-869
Leonora Milà (Piano)
Martana Music Regis Tro Limit RTAC-001		Nov 1987 [remastered 2009]	3-MC / TT: 2-LP / TT: 2-CD / TT:
Recorded at Moraleda Studios, Barcelona, Spain.

K-4	Bach: Harpsichord Transcriptions [K-1] Bach: Suites & Partitas [K-1]
Sonata in D minor (after BWV 1003), BWV 964 [17:46] Suite for Lute in E minor, BWV 996 [16:22] Partita for Lute in C minor, BWV 997 [17:37] Partita for violin solo No 2 in D minor, BWV 1004: Chaconne (Mvt. 5), transcribed by Pierre Gouin [12:43]
Dom André Laberge (Harpsichord) [William Dowd, Boston - 1987]
Analekta/Fleur de Lys AN-28102. Analekta AN-29767		Aug 1989	CD / TT: 65:00
Recorded at Abbaye Benedictine de Saint-Benoît-du-Lac, Québec, Canada. Buy this album at: 1^st CD (2006): Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de 3^rd CD (2011): Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de Music Download 3^rd CD: Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de

K-5	Recital [K-9]
Goldberg Variations BWV 988 [44:52]
Peter Vinograde (Piano)
CATalina Recordings		Oct 25 & Nov 1, 2010	CD / TT: 68:55
Recorded in Patrych Sound Studios, 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

K-6	Anthology: Early Live Performances [K-1]
French Suite No. 3 in D minor, BWV 814 []
Christopher Schindler (Piano)
North Pacific Music NPM-697		1969-1974	CD / TT: 66 min
Recorded in live performance at the University of Washington School of Music Auditorium, USA. Buy this album at: CD: Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de

K-7	1785: Enrico Pieranunzi Plays J.S. Bach, G.F. Handel, D. Scarlatti - Works & Improvisations [K-1]
WTC 2: Prelude No. 15 in G major, BWV 884 [2:28] Chorale O Mensch, bewein' dein Sünde gross, BWV 402 / Improbach 402 [4:42] English Suite No. 2 in A minor, BWV 807: Bourree I & II [ 3:54] Improbach 859 / WTC 1: Prelude No. 14 in F sharp minor, BWV 859 [2:56] Chorale Das neugeborne Kindelein (Mvt. 6) from Cantata BWV 122 [4:07] Suite in A minor, BWV 818 / Improbach 818 [3:44] Sinfonia No. 11 in G minor, BWV 797 / Improbach 797 [4:49]
Enrico Pieranunzi (Piano)
CAM CAMJ-7837-2		Mar 2010	CD / TT: 53:33
Recorded at Bauer Studios, Ludwigsburg, Germany. Buy this album at: CD: Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de

K-8	Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier I [K-1]
24 Preludes & Fugues BWV 846-869
Abdel Rahman El Bacha (Piano)
Triton OVCT-00077		Oct 29-30, 2010	2-SACD / TT: 111:04
Recorded at Chichibu Muse Park, Saitama, Japan. Buy this album at: 2-SACD: Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de Music Download: Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de

Solo Instrumental Works

S-1	Sayaka Shoji plays Bach & Reger [S-1]
Sonata for solo violin No. 1 in G minor, BWV 1001 [] Partita for solo violin No. 1 in B minor, BWV 1002 [] Partita for solo violin No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004 []
Sayaka Shoji (Violin)
Mirare MIR-128		2010	2-CD / TT: 106:55
Recorded in Austria. Buy this album at: 2-CD: Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de Music Download: Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de

S-2	Bach: Sonatas & Partitas, BWV 1001-1006 [B-4]
Sonatas & Partitas for solo violin BWV 1001-1006 [17:53, 25:47, 23:07, 28:41, 24:56, 19:08]
Johanna Martzy (Violin)
Testament SBT-21467		Jun 1954-Mar 1955	2-CD / TT:
Recorded at Abbey Road Studios, London, England. Buy this album at: Testament 2-CD: Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de

S-3	Georg Gulyás plays Bach, Vol. 2 [S-2]
Suite for lute in G minor, BWV 995 [] Prelude, Fugue & Allegro for lute in E flat major, BWV 998 [] Prelude for lute in C minor, BWV 999 [] Fugue for lute in G minor, BWV 1000 [] Partita for lute in E major, BWV 1006a []
Georg Gulyás (Guitar)
Proprius PRSACD-2062		2009-2010	SACD / TT:
Buy this album at: SACD: Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de

Chamber Works

Orchestral Works

O-1	Murray Perahia Plays Bach Concertos [B-2]
CD-1: Concerto for harpsichord, strings & continuo No. 1 in D Minor, BWV 1052 [20:41] Concerto for harpsichord, strings & continuo No. 2 in E Major, BWV 1053 [19:00] Concerto for harpsichord, strings & continuo No. 4 in A major, BWV 1055 [13:17] CD-2: Concerto for harpsichord, strings & continuo No. 3 in D major, BWV 1054 [15:45] Concerto for harpsichord, strings & continuo No. 5 in F minor, BWV 1056 [9:18] Concerto for harpsichord, 2 recorders, strings & continuo No. 6 in F major, BWV 1057 [15:39] Concerto for harpsichord, strings & continuo No. 7 in G minor, BWV 1058 [13:15] CD-3: Concerto for flute, violin, harpsichord, strings & continuo in A minor ("Triple"), BWV 1044 [21:27] Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major, BWV 1050 [21:16] Italian Concerto in F major, BWV 971 [12:34]
Murray Perahia
Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields
Murray Perahia (Piano); Kenneth Sillito (Violin), Jaime Martin (Flute); Jakob Lindberg (Therbo)
Sony Classical		CD-1: May 2000 CD-2: May 2001 CD-3: Apr 2003	CD-1 / TT: 52:58 CD-2 / TT: 53:57 CD-3 / TT: 55:17
Recorded at Air Studios, Lyndhurst Hall, London [CD-1, CD-2]; .Lyndhurst Hall, Air Studios, London, England [CD-3]. Reissue.

Musical Offering & Art of Fugue

A-1	J.S. Bach: Musikalisches Opfer · The Music Offering · L’offrande musicale [A-2]
Musical Offering BWV 1079, in a new order and a new instrumentation for organ, violin, flute, cello, brass instruments
Pascal Vigneron
Solistes de l’orchestre de chambre du Marais, L'Ensemble de Cuivres Pascal Vigneron
Pascal Vigneron (Organ) [Schwenkedel Organ, 1973]; Vihn Pham (Violin); Patricia Nagle (Flute); Verne Westphal (Violoncello & Violoncello Picollo)
Quantum QM-7058		2010	CD / TT:
Recorded at Temple de L'Annonciation, Paris, France. Buy this album at: CD: Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de

A-2	J.S. Bach: Die Kunst der Fuge - Musikalisches Opfer – Canonische Veränderungen über Vom Himmel [A-1]			PDF 1 \| PDF 2
Canonic variations on the Christmas hymn Vom himmel hoch, da komm ich her (II), BWV 769/769a [14:41] Musical Offering BWV 1079 [54:53] Die Kunst der Fuge BWV 1080 [85:14] Fuga a 3 soggetti (fragment) BWV 1080/19 [9:28]
Matteo Messori
Cappella Augustana
Matteo Messori (Harpsicord, Organ) [French and central German (also 16') harpsichords and Chapel Master / organ (BWV 769) (Trost, 1724-30)] Luigi Mario Lupo tranverse (Flute) [Martin Wenner after Carla Palanca, Torino, first half of the 18^th century]; Luca Giardini (Violin) [Francesco Brosa, Milano, first half of the 18^th century]; Marco Testori (Cello) [Pechino, 2007, after Matteo Gofriller]
Brilliant Classics 94061		Jun 2008	3-CD / TT: 164:16
Buy this album at: 2-CD: Amazon.de

Arrangements & Transcriptions

T-1	Jean Geoffroy joue Bach: Sonates et Partitats BWV 1001 à 1006 [T-6]
Sonatas & Partitas for solo violin BWV 1001-1006, arranged for marimba []
Jean Geoffroy (Marimba)
Skarbo SK-11088		2010	2-CD / TT: 123:30
Recorded in France. Might be a reissue of [T-1]+[T-5]. Buy this album at: 2-CD: Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de Music Download: Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de

T-2	Jean Geoffroy joue Bach: Suites BWV 1007 à 1012 [T-7]
Suites for solo cello, BWV 1007-1012, arranged fmarimba []
Jean Geoffroy (Marimba)
Skarbo SK-11077		2010	2-CD / TT: 108:45
Recorded in France. Might be a reissue of [T-2]+[T-3]. Buy this album at: 2-CD: Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de Music Download: Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de

T-3	J.S. Bach: Les variations Goldberg (BWV 988) [T-1]
Goldberg Variations BWV 988, transcribed for acoustic guitar, mandolin, baritone guitar by Simon Proulx
Simon Proulx (Acoustic guitar, Mandolin, Baritone guitar)
Simon Proulx		Sep 2008-Dec 2009	CD / TT: 53:25
Recorded at «Studio Pantoufle», St-Colomban, Québec, Canada. Listen on YouTube: Aria [3:28] Buy this album at: Music Download: Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de \| CD Baby

T-4	Three Stories: Solo Piano [T-1]
Bach-E. Djangirov: WTC 1: Prelude & Fugue No. 3 in C sharp major, BWV 848, variations for piano [3:56] Bach-E. Djangirov: Air on a G string, arranged for piano [2:58]
Eldar Djangirov (Piano)
Sony Masterworks Jazz 785433-2 =		May 12-13, 2009 & Jul 19, 2010	CD / TT: 75:45 MP3 / TT: 75:45
Recorded May 12-13, 2009, at the Grand Ballroom, Manhattan Center Studios, New York City (May 2009), and at MSR Studios, New York.City (July 2010), New York, USA. Produced by David Lai and Eldar Djangirov. Watch on YouTube: Eldar Djangirov (piano): Solo piano tour live in Munich, Germany. Playing variations on Bach's Prelude in C#major [4:02] Buy this album at: CD (2011): Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de CD (2011): Amazon.com \| Amazon.co.uk \| Amazon.de Music Download: Amazon.de

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The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (March 2011 - June 2013)

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