The Joy of Bach
Tom Service celebrates The Joy of Bach.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Canon cancrizans (Musical Offering, BWV1079)
Performer: Gottried von der Goltz.- HANSSLER CLASSIC.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Die Kunst der Fuge (BWV.1080), no.9; Contrapunctus 9, alla duodecima
Performer: Angela Hewitt.- HYPERION.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
'Herr, unser Herrscher, dessen Ruhm' from Johannespassion BWV.245
Performer: English Baroque Soloists. Performer: Monteverdi Choir. Performer: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.- SDG.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude and Fugue in B flat minor, BWV867
Performer: John Butt.- LINN.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Mass in B minor, BWV 232; Gloria, Et in terra pax
Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner. -
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Magnificat in D, BWV 243
Performer: English Baroque Soloists. Performer: Monteverdi Choir. Performer: Sir John Eliot Gardiner. -
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Piece d'orgue (Fantasia) in G major, BWV 572
Performer: Marie‐Claire Alain.- ERATO.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Fugue In C Minor, BWV 537
Performer: Virgil Fox.- RCA Red Seal.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Gigue Fugue A
Performer: Virgil Fox.- RCA Red Seal.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Komm, Jesu, komm (Come, Jesus, come, BWV 229)
Performer: BBC Singers. -
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Partita for violin solo no. 3 (BWV.1006) in E major, 1. Prelude
Performer: Isabelle Faust. -
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Johann Sebastian Bach
St John Passion
Performer: John Butt. Performer: Dunedin Consort.- BBC Proms 2017.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Christmas Oratorio - Cantata 1 - Chorus
Performer: Dunedin Consort. Performer: John Butt.- Christmas Oratorio.
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Broadcasts
- Christmas Eve 2017 17:00BBC Radio 3
- Sun 29 Dec 2019 17:00BBC Radio 3
- Fri 3 Jan 2020 16:30BBC Radio 3
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