New & Upcoming Recordings of Bach's Works
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Cantatas

Bach Privat [C-1]
Works: Cantata BWV 158; Selections from Cantatas BWV 82/2+3, BWV 27/3, BWV 21/8, BWV 6/3, BWV 92/2+6, BWV 36/7, BWV 49/5+6; Sacred Songs BWV 505, BWV 504, BWV 478, BWV 460; Chorale Prelude BWV 691; Keyboard Works BWV 936, BWV 813/2; Suite for solo cello No. 5 BWV 1011/4; Sonata for violin & keyboard No. 6 BWV 1019a/1
Performers: Soprano: Anna Lucia Richter; Baritone: Georg Nigl; Petra Müllejans (Violin); Roel Dieltiens (Cello); Andreas Staier (Harpsichord)
Alpha Classics ALPHA-241

J.S. Bach: Du treuer Gott (Leipzig Cantatas BWV 101, 115, 103) [C-24]
Cantatas BWV 101, BWV 115, BWV 103
Philippe Herreweghe / Collegium Vocale Gent / Soprano: Dorothee Mields; Counter-tenor: Damien Guillon; Tenor: Thomas Hobbs; Bass: Peter Kooy
PHI LPH-027 | CD / TT: 62:26 | MP3 / TT: 62:00

J.S. Bach: Solo Cantatas for Bass (BWV 56, 82, 158; Sinfonias from BWV 21, 42, 169) [C-1]
Cantatas BWV 82, BWV 158, BWV 56; Sinfonias from BWV 21/1, BWV 42/1, BWV 169/1
Raphael Alpermann / RIAS-Kammerchor & Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin / Bass: Michael Volle; Soprano: Robin Johannsen
Accentus Music ACC-30410 | CD / TT: 67:36

Bach Mirror: Cantatas BWV 170 & 82 [C-1]
Cantatas BWV 170, BWV 82
Facundo Agudin / Orchestre Musique des Lumières / Bass-Baritone: Lisandro Abadie; Mezzo-soprano: Anna Wall
IBS Classical IBS-102017 | CD / TT: | MP3/ TT: 53:42 

Other Vocal Works

J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion [V-11]
Matthäus-Passion BWV 244, in a choreographed version
Hans-Christoph Rademann / Gächinger Kantorey / Tenor [Evangelist]: Benedikt Kristjansson; Bass [Jesus]: Krešimir Stražanac; Soprano: Gerlinde Sämann; Soprano: Isabel Jantschek; Alto: Benno Schachtner; Tenor: Paul Schweinester; Bass: Peter Harvey
Accentus Music ACC-20408 | Mar 2017 | 2-DVD / TT: 173:16 

Works of Other Composers performed by J.S. Bach

Organ Works

Solo Keyboard Works

Bach: Goldberg Variations [K-1]
Goldberg Variations BWV 988
Kemal Cem Yilmaz (Piano)
Audite Forum 20.035 | CD / TT: 54:38 | MP3 / TT: 54:24 

Bach: Goldberg Variations [K-2]
Goldberg Variations BWV 988
Jean Muller (Piano)
Hänssler Classic HC-17059 | CD / TT: 49:20 | MP3 / TT: 49:03 

Melodies [K-2]
Partita No. 5 BWV 829: Prelude en Rondo; Bach-Petri: Aria for Soprano from Cantata BWV 208/9, transcribed for piano; Trio BWV 584; Badinerie from Orchestral Suite No. 2 BWV 1067
Iwona Karasińska-Schlair (Piano, Organ); Marc Baumann (Organ)
Austrian Gramophone AG-0002 | 2-CD / TT: 114:10 | MP3 / TT: 113:57 

Beethoven: Sonatas; Bach Transcriptions & Toccata [K-1]
Bach-Kempff: Chorale Prelude BWV 659, transcribed for piano; Bach-Kempff: Chorale from Cantata BWV 147/6, transcribed for piano; Toccata No. 3 BWV 912
Pavlos Hatzopoulos (Piano)
Hanssler Classic HC-16021 | CD / TT: 62:42 

Bach - Mendelssohn - Metamorphosis [K-1]
Partita No. 1 BWV 825; Notebooks for Anna Magdalena Bach (AMN): Minuet No. 3 BWV Anh. 115, Minuet No. 2 BWV Anh. 114, Musette BWV Anh. 126, March BWV Anh. 124, Polonaise BWV Anh. 125; WTC 1: Prelude & Fugue No. 4 BWV 849
Michael Gees (Piano)
Challenge Classics CC-72751 | CD / TT: 68 min | MP3 / TT: 69:01

J.A. Reincken, J.S. Bach. W.F. Bach, C.P.E. Bach & J.G. Müthel: Kinship [K-1]
Prelude for lute BWV 999; Capriccio on the Departure of a Beloved Brother BWV 992; WTC 2: Prelude & Fugue No. 15 BWV 884; W.F. Bach & J.S. Bach: Prelude BWV 924a
Sigrun Stephan (Clavichord)
Challenge Classics CC-72764 | CD / TT: 72:44 | MP3 / TT: 72:33 

Sonya Bach plays J.S. Bach: Keyboard Concertos; Italian Concerto [K-1]
Concertos for harpsichord, strings & continuo No. 5 BWV 1056, No. 1 BWV 1052, No. 2 BWV 1053, No. 7 BWV 1058, No. 4 BWV 1055, No. 3 BWV 1054; Italian Concerto in F major, BWV 971
English Chamber Orchestra / Sonya Bach (Piano)
Rubicon RCD-1006 | 2-CD / TT: 103:02 

Solo Instrumental Works

J.S. Bach: Sonatas & Partitas [S-5]
Sonatas & Partitas for solo violin, BWV 1001-1006
Christian Tetzlaff (Violin)
Ondine ODE-1299-2D / 2-CD / TT: 130:50 - MP3 / TT: 130:39

J.S. Bach: Sonatas & Partitas BWV 1001-1006 [S-1]
Sonatas & Partitas for solo violin, BWV 1001-1006
Julia Fischer (Violin)
PentaTone PTC-5186682 (Reissue) | SACD / TT: 150:00 | 3-LP / TT: 

Bach & Ysaÿe: Violin solo, Vol. 3 [S-3]
Sonata for solo violin No. 3 BWV 1005; Partita for solo violin No. 1 BWV 1002
Antje Weithaas (Violin)
CAvi-music Cavi-8553648D | Mar 2015 | CD / TT: 71:40; MP3 / TT: 71:34 NEW

Récital Alexis Galpérine: Viotti, Bach, Ysaÿe, Paganini, Méfano [S-1]
Partita for solo violin No. 2 BWV 1004: Chaconne
Alexis Galpérine (Violin)
Forgotten Records FR-1361 | CD / TT: : 46:18 

J.S. Bach: Six Cello Suites BWV 1007-1012 [S-1]
Suites for solo cello, BWV 1007-1012
Richard Narroway (Cello)
Sono Luminus SLE-70010 | 2-CD / TT: 149:22 | MP3 / TT: 146:42

Bach & Cage: Choräle [S-3]
Suites for solo cello, BWV 1007-1012
Julius Berger (Cello)
Solo Musica SM-270 | 3-CD / TT: 165:35 | MP3 / TT: 165:15 

Bill Murray, Jan Vogler & Friends: New Worlds [S-3]
Prelude from Suite for solo cello No. 1 BWV 1007
Jan Vogler (Cello)
Decca Gold 4815791 | CD / TT: 64:55 | MP3 / TT: 64:40 

Enrico Mainardi : The Cello Champion [Box Set] [B-2]
Suites for solo cello, BWV 1007-1012
Enrico Mainardi (Cello)
Documents 600411 | 10-CD / TT: 

Chamber Works

J.S. Bach: Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord BWV 1014-1019 [H-1]
Sonatas for violin & keyboard, BWV 1014-1019
Mark Fewer (Violin); Hank Knox (Harpsichord)
Leif Music LM-216 | 2-CD / TT: 89 min | MP3 / TT: 89:45 

Orchestral Works

J.S. Bach: Keyboard Concertos BWV 1052-1054 [O-2]
Concertos for harpsichord, strings & continuo No. 3 BWV 1054, No. 1 in BWV 1052, No. 2 BWV 1053
Deutsches Kammerorchester Berlin / Schaghajegh Nosrati (Piano)
Genuin GEN-17482 | CD / TT: 59:37 | MP3 / TT: 59:31 

Musical Offering & Art of Fugue

Arrangements & Transcriptions

Bach/Busoni: Chaconne aus Partita BWV 1004; Beehthoven: Sonate No. 3 C-Dur op. 2/3 (Salzburger Festspiele 1965) [T-5]
Bach-Busoni: Chaconne (Mvt. 5) from Partita for solo violin No. 2 BWV 1004, transcribed for piano
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (Piano)
Orfeo d'Or C-943171B | CD / TT: 39:21 

J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations [T-1]
Goldberg Variations BWV 988, arranged for recorder quintet by María Martínez Ayerza
Seldom Sene (Recorder Quintet): Stephanie Brandt, Ruth Dyson, Eva Gemeinhardt. Hester Groenleer, María Martínez Ayerza
Brilliant Classics 95591 | CD / TT: 75:00 | MP3 / TT: 74:42

Bach: Concertos [T-5]
Concerto for harpsichord, strings & continuo No. 1 BWV 1052, Concerto for 2 harpsichords, strings & continuo No. 2 BWV 1061, Concerto for 2 harpsichords, strings & continuo No. 3 BWV 1062, Concerto for 4 harpsichords, strings & continuo BWV 1065, arranged for marimbas & orchestra by Bogdan Bácanu
Michi Gaigg / L'Orfeo Barockorchester / The Wave Quartet (marimba quartet), Bogdan Bácanu (Marimba), Christoph Sietzen (Marimba), The Wave Quartet & guests
Sony Music 88985436462 | CD / TT: 58 min | MP3 / TT: 58:25 

Michael Denhoff: Bach-Variationen op. 114 für klavier [T-2]
M. Denhoff: Bach-Variationen (on Sarabande (Mvt. 4) from Suite for solo cello No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011), Op. 114
Birgitta Wollenweber (Piano)
Cybele Records SACD-161.702 | SACD / TT: 60:22 

Home - Works for solo harp: Bach, Debussy & Sting [T-1]
5. WTC 1: Prelude No. 2 BWV 847 & Prelude No. 1 BWV 846, arranged for harp by Henriette Renie; Prelude BWV 926 (WFN 4); Bach-Saint-Saëns: Largo (Mvt. 1) from Sonata for violin & keyboard No. 5 BWV 1018, arraneged for solo harp; Praeambulum from Partita No. 5 BWV 829, arranged for solo harp by Henriette Renie
Elizabeth Hainen (Harp)
Avie Records AV-2378 | CD / TT: 55:31 | MP3 / TT: 55:25 

Immortal Bach - Works by Bach, Bocca, Boccadoro, Nystedt, Xenakis, Cage [T-1]
Suite for solo cello No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009, arranged for marimba by Eduardso Egüez; Knut Nystedt: Immortal Bach for 4 marimbas
Simone Rubino (Percussion); Guests [K. Nystedt: Immortal Bach: Third Construction]: Sergey Mikhaylenko & Christian Felix Benning (Members of the ESEGESI Percussion Quartet), Patrick Stapleton
Genuin GEN-17479 | CD / TT: 56:55 | MP3 / TT: 56:47 

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