Best Bach 100

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1▶CD: The Sacred Genius of Bach
2▼CD: Bach the Church Musician
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1Passion according to St Matthew, BWV 244: Aria "Erbarme dich, mein Gott"
producer:
Étienne Collard
harpsichord:
Emmanuelle Haïm (conductor) (from 2000-12-01 until 2000-12-05)
solo mezzo-soprano vocals:
Stephanie Blythe (mezzo-soprano) (from 2000-12-01 until 2000-12-05)
orchestra:
Ensemble orchestral de Paris (from 2000-12-01 until 2000-12-05)
conductor:
John Nelson (American conductor) (from 2000-12-01 until 2000-12-05)
balance engineer:
Hugues Deschaux
recorded at:
Église Notre‐Dame du Liban in Paris, Île-de-France, France (from 2000-12-01 until 2000-12-05)
recording of:
Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244: Teil II, XXXIX. Aria (Alto) "Erbarme dich, mein Gott" (from 2000-12-01 until 2000-12-05)
orchestrator:
Ton Koopman (conductor, organist and harpsichordist)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
librettist:
Picander
part of:
Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244: Teil II
6:20
2Passion according to St Matthew, BWV 244: Chorale "O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden"
producer:
Gerd Berg (producer) (from 1968-05 until 1968-06)
choir vocals:
Süddeutscher Madrigalchor (from 1968-05-25 until 1968-06-16, from 1968-05-26 until 1968-06-18)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Júlia Hamari (Hungarian mezzo-soprano)
orchestra:
Consortium Musicum (from 1968-05-25 until 1968-06-16)
conductor:
Wolfgang Gönnenwein (conductor) (from 1968-05-25 until 1968-06-16, from 1968-05-26 until 1968-06-18)
performer:
Consortium Musicum (from 1968-05-26 until 1968-06-18)
balance engineer:
Wolfgang Gülich (engineer) and Ernst Rothe (engineer)
recorded at:
Johanneskirche (Kirche Schwaigern, Evangelische Stadtkirche) in Schwaigern, Baden-Württemberg, Germany (from 1968-05-25 until 1968-06-16, from 1968-05-26 until 1968-06-18)
recording of:
Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244: Teil II, LIV. Choral "O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden" (from 1968-05-25 until 1968-06-16)
lyricist:
Paul Gerhardt (17th century hymn writer)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
librettist:
Picander
part of:
Breitkopf 389 Choralgesänge (number: 162)
part of:
Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244: Teil II
recording of:
Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244: Teil II, LIV. Choral "O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden" (from 1968-05-26 until 1968-06-18)
lyricist:
Paul Gerhardt (17th century hymn writer)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
librettist:
Picander
part of:
Breitkopf 389 Choralgesänge (number: 162)
part of:
Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244: Teil II
2:28
3Passion according to St Matthew, BWV 244: Aria "Ich will bei meinem Jesu wachen"
producer:
Gerd Berg (producer) (from 1968-05 until 1968-06)
choir vocals:
Süddeutscher Madrigalchor (from 1968-05-25 until 1968-06-16, from 1968-05-26 until 1968-06-18)
solo tenor vocals [Arien]:
Nicolai Gedda (tenor) (from 1968-05-25 until 1968-06-16)
tenor vocals:
Nicolai Gedda (tenor) (from 1968-05-26 until 1968-06-18)
orchestra:
Consortium Musicum (from 1968-05-25 until 1968-06-16)
conductor:
Wolfgang Gönnenwein (conductor) (from 1968-05-25 until 1968-06-16, from 1968-05-26 until 1968-06-18)
performer:
Consortium Musicum (from 1968-05-26 until 1968-06-18)
balance engineer:
Wolfgang Gülich (engineer) and Ernst Rothe (engineer)
recorded at:
Johanneskirche (Kirche Schwaigern, Evangelische Stadtkirche) in Schwaigern, Baden-Württemberg, Germany (from 1968-05-25 until 1968-06-16, from 1968-05-26 until 1968-06-18)
recording of:
Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244: Teil I, XX. Arie (Tenor) und Chor II "Ich will bei meinen Jesu wachen" (from 1968-05-25 until 1968-06-16)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
librettist:
Picander
part of:
Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244: Teil I
recording of:
Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244: Teil I, XX. Arie (Tenor) und Chor II "Ich will bei meinen Jesu wachen" (from 1968-05-26 until 1968-06-18)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
librettist:
Picander
part of:
Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244: Teil I
6:03
4Passion according to St Matthew, BWV 244: Chorus "Wir setzen uns mit Tränen"
producer:
Gerd Berg (producer) (from 1968-05 until 1968-06)
choir vocals:
Süddeutscher Madrigalchor (from 1968-05-25 until 1968-06-16, from 1968-05-26 until 1968-06-18)
orchestra:
Consortium Musicum (from 1968-05-25 until 1968-06-16, from 1968-05-26 until 1968-06-18)
additional conductor:
Wolfgang Gönnenwein (conductor) (from 1968-05-26 until 1968-06-18)
conductor:
Wolfgang Gönnenwein (conductor) (from 1968-05-25 until 1968-06-16, from 1968-05-26 until 1968-06-18)
balance engineer:
Wolfgang Gülich (engineer) and Ernst Rothe (engineer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012)
recorded at:
Johanneskirche (Kirche Schwaigern, Evangelische Stadtkirche) in Schwaigern, Baden-Württemberg, Germany (from 1968-05-25 until 1968-06-16, from 1968-05-26 until 1968-06-18)
recording of:
Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244: Teil II, LXVIII. Coro "Wir setzen uns mit Tränen nieder" (from 1968-05-25 until 1968-06-16)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
librettist:
Picander
part of:
Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244: Teil II
recording of:
Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244: Teil II, LXVIII. Coro "Wir setzen uns mit Tränen nieder" (from 1968-05-26 until 1968-06-18)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
librettist:
Picander
part of:
Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244: Teil II
7:18
5Easter Oratorio, BWV 249: Chorus "Kommt, eilet und laufet"
choir vocals:
Taverner Choir (in 1993-04)
orchestra:
The Taverner Choir, Consort & Players (in 1993-04) and Taverner Players (in 1993-04)
conductor:
Andrew Parrott (conductor) (in 1993-04)
performer:
The Taverner Consort & Players (in 1993-04)
recorded at:
St Jude‐on‐the‐Hill in Hampstead, Camden (London Borough of Camden), London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1993-04)
recording of:
Oster-Oratorium, BWV 249: III. Coro "Kommt, eilet und laufet" (in 1993-04)
premiered in:
Leipzig, Sachsen (Saxony), Germany (on 1725-04-01)
composed in:
Leipzig, Sachsen (Saxony), Germany (on 1725-04-01)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
part of:
Oster-Oratorium, BWV 249 (Easter Oratorio, BWV 249)
5:10
6"Hunt" Cantata, BWV 208 "Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd": Aria "Schafe können sicher weiden"
recorder:
Eckart Haupt (flutist) and Gudrun Jahn (flutist)
soprano vocals:
Barbara Hendricks (soprano) (in 1989-07)
orchestra:
Kammerorchester Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (in 1989-07)
conductor:
Peter Schreier (German tenor and conductor) (in 1989-07)
recorded at:
Jesus‐Christus‐Kirche (Dahlem) in Berlin, Germany (in 1989-07)
recording of:
Kantate, BWV 208 “Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd!”: IX. Aria (Sopran II) “Schafe können sicher weiden” (in 1989-07)
premiered in:
Weißenfels, Sachsen-Anhalt (Saxony-Anhalt), Germany (in 1713-02)
composed in:
Weimar, Thüringen (Thuringia), Germany
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) (in 1713)
librettist:
Salomon Franck
part of:
Classic 100: Piano (2025) (number: 38)
part of:
Kantate, BWV 208 “Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd!”
4:17
7Cantata, BWV 140 "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme": Chorus "Watchet auf"
choir vocals:
Süddeutscher Madrigalchor (in 1967-07)
orchestra:
Consortium Musicum (from 1967-07-15 until 1967-07-20)
conductor:
Wolfgang Gönnenwein (conductor) (from 1967-07-15 until 1967-07-20)
recorded at:
Marbach Stadthalle in Marbach am Neckar, Baden-Württemberg, Germany (from 1967-07-15 until 1967-07-20)
recording of:
Kantate, BWV 140 “Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme”: I. Coro “Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme” (in 1967-07)
premiered in:
Leipzig, Sachsen (Saxony), Germany (on 1731-11-25)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) (in 1731)
is based on:
Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme
part of:
Kantate, BWV 140 “Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme”
8:08
8Chorale, BWV 659: "Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland"
organ:
Lionel Rogg (organist)
recording of:
Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659.2 (Chorale Prelude for organ in G minor, BWV 659 “Nun komm’ der Heiden Heiland”, former BWV 659)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
part of:
Choräle von Verschiedener Art (Leipzig-Choräle) (number: 9), Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (abbreviated second edition, 1998, BWV²ᵃ) (number: BWV 659), Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (third edition, 2022, BWV³) (number: BWV 659.2), Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (second edition, 1990, BWV²) (number: BWV 659), Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (first edition, 1950, BWV¹) (number: BWV 659) and Bach Compendium (number: BC K 82)
revision of:
Nun komm der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659.1 (former BWV 659a)
4:21
9Toccata & Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 (attrib. Bach): Toccata
organ:
Lionel Rogg (organist) (from 1975-11-25 until 1975-12-04)
recorded at:
Cathédrale Saint-Pierre de Genève in Genève (Geneva), Genève (Canton of Geneva), Switzerland (from 1975-11-25 until 1975-12-04)
recording of:
Toccata und Fuge d-Moll, BWV 565: I. Toccata (from 1975-11-25 until 1975-12-04)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
part of:
Classic 100: Piano (2025) (number: 30)
part of:
Toccata und Fuge d-Moll, BWV 565 (Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565)
2:26
10Toccata & Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 (attrib. Bach): Fugue
organ:
Lionel Rogg (organist)
recorded at:
Cathédrale Saint-Pierre de Genève in Genève (Geneva), Genève (Canton of Geneva), Switzerland
recording of:
Toccata und Fuge d-Moll, BWV 565: II. Fuge (from 1975-11-25 until 1975-12-04)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
part of:
Toccata und Fuge d-Moll, BWV 565 (Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565)
5:45
11Concerto in A minor after Vivaldi, BWV 593: I. Allegro
organ:
Lionel Rogg (organist) (from 1972-09-11 until 1972-09-16)
recorded at:
St. Nicolai in Aabenraa, Region of Southern Denmark, Denmark (from 1972-09-11 until 1972-09-16)
recording of:
Concerto a-Moll (nach A. Vivaldi, op. 3 Nr. 8), BWV 593: I. (Allegro) (from 1972-09-11 until 1972-09-16)
composer:
Antonio Vivaldi (Italian baroque composer and violinist)
arranger:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
part of:
Concerto a-Moll (nach A. Vivaldi, op. 3 Nr. 8), BWV 593
4:06
12Concerto in A minor after Vivaldi, BWV 593: II. Adagio
organ:
Lionel Rogg (organist) (from 1972-09-11 until 1972-09-16)
recorded at:
St. Nicolai in Aabenraa, Region of Southern Denmark, Denmark (from 1972-09-11 until 1972-09-16)
recording of:
Concerto a-Moll (nach A. Vivaldi, op. 3 Nr. 8), BWV 593: II. Adagio senza pedale à due Clav. (from 1972-09-11 until 1972-09-16)
composer:
Antonio Vivaldi (Italian baroque composer and violinist)
arranger:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
is based on:
Concerto Pour Orgue, BWV 593: II. Adagio (Arr. Pour Flutes) (Recorder consort arrangements)
part of:
Concerto a-Moll (nach A. Vivaldi, op. 3 Nr. 8), BWV 593
3:28
13Concerto in A minor after Vivaldi, BWV 593: III. Allegro
organ:
Lionel Rogg (organist) (from 1972-09-11 until 1972-09-16)
recorded at:
St. Nicolai in Aabenraa, Region of Southern Denmark, Denmark (from 1972-09-11 until 1972-09-16)
recording of:
Concerto a-Moll (nach A. Vivaldi, op. 3 Nr. 8), BWV 593: III. Allegro (from 1972-09-11 until 1972-09-16)
composer:
Antonio Vivaldi (Italian baroque composer and violinist)
arranger:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
part of:
Concerto a-Moll (nach A. Vivaldi, op. 3 Nr. 8), BWV 593
3:53
14Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582
organ:
Lionel Rogg (organist) (from 1962-02 until 1962-08)
pipe organ:
Lionel Rogg (organist)
recorded at:
Domkirche Arlesheim in Arlesheim, Basel-Landschaft (Basel-Land), Switzerland, Vor Frelsers Kirke in Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark and Grossmünster in Zurich (Zürich), Zürich (Canton of Zürich), Switzerland (in 1962)
recording of:
Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582 (in 1962)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) (from 1708 until 1712)
part of:
Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (first edition, 1950, BWV¹) (number: BWV 582)
recording of:
Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582 (in 1970)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) (from 1708 until 1712)
part of:
Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (first edition, 1950, BWV¹) (number: BWV 582)
recording of:
Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582: I. Passacaglia (from 1976-01-13 until 1976-02-20)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
part of:
Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582
13:29
3▶CD: Bach the Impressario
4▶CD: The Dazzling Concertos of Bach
5▶CD: Bach the Chamber Musician
6▶CD: Bach the Virtuoso

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