New & Upcoming Recordings of Bach's Works
July 2017

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Cantatas

Ich ruf’ zu Dir, Herr Jesu Christ - J.S. Bach: Religious and Secular Works [C-1]
Cantata BWV 82; Orchestral Suite No. 2 BWV 1067; Bach-H. Alfeyev: Chorale Prelude BWV 639, arranged for symphony orchestra; Bach-H. Alfeyev: Passacaglia & Fugue BWV 582, arranged for symphony orchestra
Metropolitan Hilarion Alfeyev / Russian National Orchestra / Baritone: Stephan Genz; Alya Vodovozova (Flute)
PentaTone PTC-5186593 | SACD / TT: 65:52 - MP3 / TT: 65:44

Ich armer Mensch, ich Sündenknecht - Cantata, BWV 55 [AB-55]
Cantata BWV 55
Jos van Veldhoven / (OVPP - No Choir) & Nederlandse Bachvereniging / Soprano: Miriam Feuersinger; Alto: Alex Potter; Tenor: Thomas Hobbs; Bass: Stephan MacLeod
Nederlandse Bachvereniging: All of Bach | Video / TT: 13:35 

Sehet, wir gehn hinauf gen Jerusalem - Cantata, BWV 159 [AB-159]
Cantata BWV 159
Jos van Veldhoven / (OVPP - No Choir) & Nederlandse Bachvereniging / Soprano: Miriam Feuersinger; Alto: Alex Potter; Tenor: Thomas Hobbs; Bass: Stephan MacLeod
Nederlandse Bachvereniging: All of Bach | Video / TT: 14:23 

Bachkantaten N°20 (BWV 96, 67, 121)
Rudolf Lutz / Chor & Orchester der J.S. Bach-Stiftung / BWV 96: Soprano: Noëmi Sohn; Alto: Jan Börner; Tenor: Julius Pfeifer; Bass: Wolf-Matthias Friedrich; BWV 67: Alto: Margot Oitzinger; Tenor: Bernhard Berchthold; Bass: Dominik Wörner; BWV 121: Soprano: Julia Neumann; Alto: Jan Börner; Tenor: Johannes Kaleschke; Bass: Stephan MacLeod
J.S. Bach-Stiftung St. Gallen B592 | Oct 2011, Apr 2014, Dec 2014 | CD / TT: 47:20 | MP3 / TT: 47:36 

Other Vocal Works

J.S. Bach: Motets [V-1]
Motets BWV 225-230
René Jacobs / RIAS-Kammerchor & Members of Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin / Sopranos: Sibylla Rubens & Maria Cristina Kiehr; Alto: Bernarda Fink; Tenor: Gerd Türk; Bass: Peter Kooy
Harmonia Mundi HMA-1901589 (Reissue) | CD / TT: 72:35 | MP3 / TT: 72:24 

Works of Other Composers performed by J.S. Bach

Organ Works

Versus: The Garnier Organ, Elgar Concert Hall, University of Birmingham [R-1]
Toccata, Adagio & Fugue BWV 564; Toccata (Prelude & Fugue) BWV 566a
Henry Fairs (Organ)
Regent Records REGCD-516 | TT: 74:17 

J.S. Bach: Fantasias, Preludes & Fugues (Bach Organ Series, Vol. 2) [R-4]
Prelude, Largo & Fugue BWV 545; Fantasia & Fugue BWV 537; Pièce d'orgue (Fantasia) BWV 572; Prelude & Fugue BWV 544; Fugue ("Little") BWV 578; Prelude & Fugue BWV 535; Toccata & Fugue ("Dorian") BWV 538
James Johnstone (Organ)
Metronome METCD-1095 | Nov 2015 | CD / TT: 59:29 

Solo Keyboard Works

J.S. Bach: The English Suites, BWV 806-811 [K-3]
English Suites BWV 806-811 [26:30, 23:09, 17:34, 18:42, 21:43, 26:37]
Alessandra Artifoni (Harpsichord)
Dynamic CDS-7793.02 | 2-CD / TT: 134:31 | MP3 / TT: 134:16 

Bach: Partitas No. 2, 3, 4 [K-1]
Partitas Nos. 2-4 BWV 826-828
Cédric Tiberghien (Piano)
Harmonia Mundi HMA-1901869 (Reissue) | CD / TT: 77:40 

Fingerprints [K-1]
Chromatic Fantasia & Fugue in BWV 903
Haiou Zhang (Piano)
Hänssler Classic HC-17022 | Jun 2016 | CD / TT: 76:57; MP3 / TT: 76:59 

Kit Armstrong performs Bach's Goldberg Variations and its predecessors [K-2]
Goldberg Variations BWV 988
Kit Armstrong (Piano)
C Major Entertainment//Unitel 741608 | C Major Entertainment/Unitel 741704 | DVD / TT: 126 min | Blu-ray Disc / TT: 126 min 

Walter Gieseking: Complete Bach Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon [B-1]
Partitas BWV 825-830; French Overture BWV 831; Toccata No. 2 BWV 911; WTC 1: 24 Preludes & Fugues BWV 846-869; WTC 2: 24 Preludes & Fugues BWV 870-893; Italian Concerto BWV 971; Chromatic Fantasia & Fugue BWV 903; Fantasia & Fugue in C minor, BWV 906; Capriccio on the Departure of a Beloved Brother BWV 992; 10 Little Preludes: BWV 924-925, BWV 927-928, BWV 933, BWV 935-938, BWV 999; Fantasia & Fugue BWV 944; Two-Part Inventions (15), BWV 772-786; Three-Part Inventions (Sinfonias) (15), BWV 787-801
Walter Gieseking (Piano)
Deutsche Grammophon 4797362 (Reissue) | 7-CD / TT: | MP3 / TT: 7:18:47 

Solo Instrumental Works

Gioconda De Vito: Her complete recorded masterworks for violin (Works by Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Corelli, Franck, Handel, etc.) [B-7]
Sonata for solo violin No. 2 BWV 1003; Concerto for violin, strings & continuo No. 2 BWV 1042; Concerto for 2 violins, strings & continuo BWV 1043; Chaconne from Partita for solo violin No. 2 BWV 1004; Partita for solo violin No. 2 BWV 1004
BWV 1042: Rafael Kubelík; BWV 1043: Anthony Bernard / BWV 1042: London Symphony Orchestra; BWV 1043: Philharmonia Orchestra / Gioconda de Vito (Violin) [All]; Yehudi Menuhin (Violin) [BWV 1043]
Documents 600409 (Reissue) | 10-CD / TT: 

The Art of Gioconda De Vito (1941-1959); Handel, Purcell, Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Viotti, Spohr, Mendelssohn [B-8]
Concerto for violin, strings & continuo No. 2 BWV 1042 (1949); Concerto for violin, strings & continuo No. 2 BWV 1042 (1959); Partita for solo violin No. 2 BWV 1004; Concerto for 2 violins, strings & continuo BWV 1043
Anthony Bernard, Rafael Kubelík / London Chamber Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra / Gioconda de Vito (Violin); Yehudi Menuhin (Violin); Geraint Jones (Harpsichord); Basil Lam (Harpsichord Continuo)
Scribendum SC-808 (Reissue) | 10-CD / TT: 

J.S. Bach: Partita No. 2 D Minor; Ciaccona and it’s References [S-1]
Partita for solo violin No. 2 BWV 1004; Chorales from BWV 188/6, BWV 245/, BWV 272, BWV 358, BWV 277, BWV 4/3, BWV 245/26, BWV 389,BWV 5/7, BWV 159/5; Bach/F. Mendelssohn: Chaconne (Mvt. 5) from Partita for solo violin No. 2 BWV 1004, arranged for violin & Piano
Maria Jürgensen (Chorus Master) / Norddeutscher Kammerchor / Gertrud Schilde (Violin); Jan Philip Schulze (Piano)
Musikproducktion Dabringhaus und Grimm MDG-9032004-6 | SACD / TT: 56:24 

Chamber Works

J.S. Bach: Flute Sonatas (transcribed for recorder) [H-1]
Sonata for flute & continuo No. 5 BWV 1034; Sonata for flute & continuo No. 6. BWV 1035; Sonata for flute & keyboard No. 2 BWV 1031; Sonata for flute & keyboard No. 3 in BWV 1032; Sonata for flute & keyboard No. 1 in BWV 1030
Kristine West (Recorder); Stina Petersson (Baroque Cello); Marcus Mohlin (Harpsichord)
Daphne 1058 | CD / TT: 69:44 

Orchestral Works

Bach: Concerto in D minor; Chopin: Concerto No. 2 in F minor [O-1]
Concerto for harpsichord, strings & continuo No. 1 in D minor, BWV 1052
David Zinman / London Symphony Orchestra / Vladimir Ashkenazy (Piano)
Decca 4832252 (Reissue) | LP / TT: 55 min | MP3 / TT: 55:08 

Bach & Mendelssohn: Concertos [O-1]
Concerto for harpsichord, strings & continuo No. 4 BWV 1055; Concerto for harpsichord, strings & continuo No. 5 BWV 1056
Berliner Camerata / Sabine Weyer (Piano); Olga Pak (Violin)
Ars Produktion ARS-38223 | SACD / TT: | MP3 / TT: 61:51 

Yevgeny Mravinsky Edition, Vol. III [Box Set] [O-1]
Orchestral Suite No. 2 BWV 1067
Yevgeny Mravinsky | Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra
Profil PH-17019 (Reissue) | 6-CD / TT: 

Musical Offering & Art of Fugue

Arrangements & Transcriptions

Horn Fusion - Works by Strauss, Beethoven, Bach, Bruckner, Weber, Wagner, etc. [T-1]
Suite for Orchestra No 3 BWV 1068, arranged for horn ensemble
China Horn Ensemble
Oehms Classics OC-1870 | CD / TT: 53:41 | MP3 / TT: 53:25 

J.S. Bach: Works for flute [Box Set] [B-4]
Partita for solo flute BWV 1013; Suite for solo cello BWV 1007, arranged for solo flute; Suite for solo cello No. 2 BWV 1008, arranged for solo flute; Suite for solo cello No. 3 BWV 1009, arranged for solo flute; Trio Sonata No. 3 BWV 527; Trio for organ BWV 583: Adagio; Trio Sonata No. 1 BWV 525; Trio Sonata No. 4 BWV 528;
Aria for organ BWV 587; Trio Sonata No. 2 BWV 526 - all transcriptions by Wilbert Hazelzet
Wilbert Hazelzet (Baroque Transverse Flute); Jacques Ogg (Harpsichord)
Glossa GCDC-80804 (Reissue) | 2-CD / TT: 132:33 | MP3 / TT: 132:21 

Boyd Meets Girl [T-1]
Two-part Inventions: No. 8 BWV 779, No. 10 BWV 781, No. 6 BWV 777, No. 13 BWV 784, arranged for guitar & cello by Boyd Meets Girl
Rupert Boyd (Guitar); Laura Metcalf (Cello)
Sono Luminus DSL-92217 | CD / TT: 61:03 | MP3 / TT: 61:03 

Hypersuites Reloaded [T-2]
Bach-Kempff: Siciliano from Sonata for flute & keyboard No. 2 BWV 1031/2, transcribed for piano, Remix by Marina Baranova; Bach-Kempff: Siciliano from Sonata for flute & keyboard No. 2 BWV 1031/2, transcribed for piano, Remix by Raz Ohara; Bach-Siloti: Prelude for piano, BWV 855a, Remix by Anton Berman
Marina Baranova (Piano)
Neue Meister 0300990-NM | LP / TT: 42:17 

Fritz Kreisler: The Complete Solo Recordings, Vol. 7 (1921-1925): Bach, Beethoven, Kozeluch, Wagner, Dvorak, Kreisler
Minuet No. 4 BWV Anh. 116 (AMN II/7), arranged by Felix Winternitz for violin & piano
Fritz Kreisler (Violin); Carl Lamson (Piano)
Naxos Historical 8.111406(Reissue)  | CD / TT: 74:32 

Viola Music of the Bach Family [T-1]
Aria for Tenor (Mvt. 3) from Cantata BWV 5, arranged for viola & harpsichord
Roger Myers (Viola), Céline Frisch (Harpsichord)
Notos NOTOS-001 | CD: TT: 59:45 | MP3 / TT: 59:39 

Charles-Marie Widor: Solo Organ Works [T-1]
C. M. Widor: Bach's Memento (transcriptions for organ of works by J.S. Bach)
Joseph Nolan (Organ)
Signum Classics SIGCD-438 | May 2014 | 2-CD / TT: 82:39 | MP3 / TT: 82:27 

Around Goldberg variatons [T-1]
Goldberg Variations BWV 988: 10 mvts. 10 of which are arrangements by David Patrois
Remi Masunaga (Piano); David Patrois (Vibraphon, Marimba, Percussion)
Art & Spectacles ASCD-161204 | Dec 2016 | CD / TT: 50:47; MP3 / TT: 50:45 

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