New & Upcoming Recordings of Bach's Works
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Cantatas

Bach: Erhalt uns Herr, bei deinem Wort - Cantatas BWV 126 & 79 · Missa brevis in G, BWV 236 [C-5]
Cantatas BWV 126, BWV 79 [15:10]; Missa brevis BWV 236
Hans-Christoph Rademann / Gächinger Kantorey / Soprano: Dorothee Mields; Alto: Benno Schachtner; Tenor: Benedikt Kristjansson; Bass: Tobias Berndt
Carus Verlag 83.311 | CD / TT: 59:08 | MP3 / TT: 58:36 

Other Vocal Works

J.S. Bach: The Motets [V-1]
Sigiswald Kuijken / Choir & Orchestra La Petite Bande / Sopranos: Greta de Reyghere & Katelijne Van Laethem; Altos: Martin van der Zeijst [BWV 228, 229] & Sytse Buwalda [BWV 226, 227]; Tenor: Hans Hermann Jansen; Baritone: Johannes-Christoph Happel
Accent Records ACC-24331 (Reissue) | CD / TT: 64:53 

Works of Other Composers performed by J.S. Bach

Organ Works

Jean-Willy Kunz au Grand Orgue Pierre-Béique: Works by J.S. Bach, C.M. Widor, M. Goulet, M. Dupré, J. Alain, L. Vierne, C. Saint-Saëns [R-1]
Toccata & Fugue BWV 565
Jean-Willy Kunz (Organ)
ATMA Classique ACD-22747 | CD / TT: 65:45 | MP3 / TT: 66:15 

The King of Instruments – A Voice Reborn (S. Preston, J.S. Bach, F. Mendelssohn, C. Franck, etc.) [R-2]
Chorale Preludes BWV 680, BWV 684, BWV 671, BWV 615, BWV 622, BWV 630
Stephen Cleobury (Organ)
King’s College KGS-0020 | SACD / TT: 63:37 | MP3 / TT: 63:30 

Bach: Complete Organ Works 1: Clavier Übung III [R-1]
Clavier Übung III: Prelude & Fugue ("St. Anne"), BWV 552; Chorale Preludes 669-689; Duets BWV 802-805; Fantasia & Fugue BWV 537; Trio Sonata No. 5 BWV 529; Allabreve D-dur BWV 589; Chorales
Pieter van Dijk (Organ); Soprano: Elma Dekker
DMP-records DVH-140240 | 2-CD / TT: 157:11 | MP3 / TT: 157:09 

Solo Keyboard Works

The 1991 Grange de Meslay Recital, Parçay-Meslay, France [K-2]
Chromatic Fantasia & Fugue BWV 903; WTC 1: Prelude No. 1 BWV 846; Partita No. 1 BWV 825/5-6; Bach-Brahms: Chaconne from the Partita for solo violin No. 2 BWV 1004, transcribed for piano left hand; Bach-Liszt: Prelude & Fugue BWV 543, transcribed for piano, S462; Bach-Busoni: Toccata, Adagio & Fugue BWV 564, transcribed for piano
György Sebők (Piano)
First Hand Records FHR-40 | CD / TT: 82:54 - MP3 / TT: 88:00

Bach: French Suites [K-4]
French Suites BWV 812-817
Vladimir Ashkenazy (Piano)
Decca 4832150 | CD / TT: 82:52 | MP3 / TT: 82:25

Bach: Suite Françaises [K-1]
French Suites BWV 812-817
Blandine Rannou (Harpsichord)
Alpha Classics ALPHA-328 (Reissue) | 2-CD / TT: 101:13 | MP3 / TT: 100:51 

Bach: Complete Partitas (J.S. Bach: Keyboard Works, Vol. 2) [K-3]
Partitas BWV 825-830
Yuan Sheng (Piano)
Piano Classics PCL-10126 | 2-CD / TT: 145:08

J.S. Bach: Little Preludes, Preludes and Fugues, Well-tempered Clavier & French Suites alternate versions, Prelude BWV 999 [K-2]
Applicatio BWV 994; Prelude BWV 924a; PreludeS in C major, BWV 92-932; 6 Little Preludes BWV 933-938; 5 Little Preludes BWV 939-943; Prelude BWV 895; Fughetta BWV 961; Preludes & Fughettas BWV 899-902; Prelude BWV 902a; Preludes BWV 946a, BWV 947a; WTC 2: Prelude BWV 872a; Preludes BWV 950a, BWV 951a, Prelude (alternative BWV 955a); WTC 2 (excerpts) ; French Suites No. 4 , BWV 815a (variante), No. 2 BWV 813a; No. 3 BWV 814a; Prelude for lute BWV 999
Alessandro Deljavan (Piano)
OnClassical OC-1268; OnClassical OC-17101b | 2014-2015 | CD / TT: 59:42; MP3 / TT: 79:12 NEW

Solo Instrumental Works

Kaleidoscope (J.S. Bach, T.T. Tiët, E. Ysaÿe, A. Khachaturian, a. Honegger, I. Albéniz) [S-1]
Partita for solo violin No. 2 BWV 1004
Elsa Grether (Violin)
Fuga Libera FUG-742 | CD / TT: 65:49 | MP3 / TT: 65:43 

Ferdinand - Works for Violin Solo (Alan Ridout, Carl Nielsen, J.S. Bach) [S-1]
Partita for solo violin No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004
Adrian Adlam (Violin)
Eigen Art EIGEN-10530 | CD / TT: 

Chamber Works

J.S. Bach: Sonatas for violin and harpsichord I, III, V; Sonatas for violin and basso continuo in G, e (BWV 1014, 1016, 1018, 1021, 1023) [H-2]
Sonatas for violin & keyboard No. 1 BWV 1014, No. 3 BWV 1016, No. 5 BWV 1018; Sonatas for violin & continuo BWV 1021, BWV 1023
Apollo Ensemble / David Rabinovich (Violin); Marion Boshuizen (Harpsichord); Cassandra Luckhardt (Viola da gamba) [BWV 1021, 1023]
Centaur Records CRC-3527 | Feb & May 2015 | CD / TT: 65:45 | MP3 / TT: 65:35 

J.S. Bach: Sonaten für Flöte (BWV 1013, 1030, 1034, 1035) [H-1]
Partita for solo flute BWV 1013; Sonatas for flute & keyboard/ continuo BWV 1030, 1034, 1035
Takashi Endo (Flute); Maurizio Croci (Harpsichord)
Florestan NWCC-9008 | Sep 2016 | CD / TT: 58:58 

Orchestral Works

Musical Offering & Art of Fugue

Musical offering - J.S. Bach's ‘Musikalisches Opfer’ (BWV 1079) [A-2]
Musical Offering BWV 1079
Nicolette Moonen / The Bach Players / Marion Moonen (Flute); Nicolette Moonen (Violin); Reiko Ichise (Viola da gamba); Silas Wollston (Harpsichord)
Hyphen Press Music HPM-011 | CD / TT: 54:13

J.S. Bach: Die Kunst der Fuge [A-1]
Die Kunst der Fuge BWV 1080
Davitt Moroney (Harpsichord)
Harmonia Mundi HMG-501169.70 (Reissue) | 2-CD / TT: 98:41 

J.S. Bach: The Art of Fugue · Die kunst der Fuge ·A Arte da Fuga [A-1]
Die Kunst der Fuge BWV 1080, arranged for recorder quartet
Quinta Essentia (Recorder Quartet): Renata Pereira, Gustavo de Francisco, Vinícius Chiaroni, Erick Fernandez (Recorders)
Ars Produktion ARS-38230 | SACD / TT: 81 min | MP3 / TT: 81:41 

Bach: The Art of Fugue [T-2]
Die Kunst der Fuge BWV 1080
Duo Stephanie & Saar : Stephanie Ho & Saar Ahuvia (1/2 Pianos)
New Focus Recordings FCR-181 | -CD / TT: 92:40 

Arrangements & Transcriptions

Leff Pouishnoff: The complete 78 rpm and selected Saga LP recordings [B-1]
Bach-Saint-Saëns: Sinfonia from Cantata BWV 29/1, transcribed for piano
Leff Pouishnoff (Piano)
APR (Appian) APR-6022 (Reissue) | 2-CD / TT: 149:21 | MP3 / TT: 148:55 

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The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (February 2017 - January 2021)