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The Best of Bach?
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Robert Peters <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Wed, 19 Jul 2000 20:08:12 +0200
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The German magazine on classical music, crossover and jazz I use to buy
(SCALA) gives the following recommendations for the Bach beginner.  Any
suggestions on this? Anything missing? Recording tips wrong or right?

Bach Works and Recordings you must have:

1) Cantatas BWV 140 "Wachet auf" and 147 "Herz und Mund" (Gardiner)
2) Cantatas BWV 51 "Jauchzet Gott", 202 "Weichet nur" and 209 "Non sa
che" (Giebel with Leonhardt 1965)
3) Cantatas BWV 56 "Ich will den Kreuzstab tragen", 82 "Ich habe genug"
and 158 "Der Friede" (Baer with Schreier)
4) Cantatas BWV 211 "Coffee Cantata" and 212 "Peasants' Cantata"
(Harnancourt)
5) Motets BWV 225 - 229 (Bernius)
6) Magnificat BWV 243 (Schaefer, Verebics, Danz, Taylor and Quasthoff
with Rilling)
7) Mass in b-minor BWV 232 (Rilling's third recording OR Gardiner)
8) St Matthew's Passion BWV 244 (Bonney, Monoyios, von Otter, Chance,
Rolfe-Johnson, Crook, Baer, Hauptmann and Schmidt with Gardiner,
follow-ups: Ramin,Harnancourt, Rilling, Herreweghe and others)
9) Christmas Oratorio BWV 248 (Pregardian with Otto, follow-ups:
Gardiner, Harnancourt, Rilling)
10) Organ Works BWV 564, 565, 582, 590, 645 - 650 (Koopman)
11) The Well-Tempered Clavier BWV 846 - 893 (Gulda)
12) Italian Concert BWV 971 (Brendel OR Schuster, follow-up: Gould)
13) Goldberg Variations BWV 988 (Gould 1955, follow-up: Gould 1981)
14) Sonatas and Partitas for Violin solo BWV 1001 - 1006 (Milstein
1973/74)
15) Works for Flute BWV 1013, 1020, 1030 - 1035, 1038, 1039 (Gerard)
16) Brandenburg Concertos BWV 1046 - 1051 (Il Giardino Armonico with
Antonini OR La Stravaganza with Rampe)
17) Violin Concertos BWV 1041, 1042, 1056 (Mullova with The Mullova
Ensemble)
18) Orchestral Suites BWV 1066 - 1069 (Brueggen with The Orchestra of
the Age of Enlightenment)
19) Suites for Cello BWV 1007 - 1012 (Casals 1936 - 1939)
20) Harpsichord resp. Piano Concerts BWV 1052 - 1958 (Rousset with
Hogwood OR Gould with Bernstein)
21) Musical Offering BWV 1079 (Leipziger Bach-Collegium)
22) Art of the Fugue BWV 1080 (Keller Quartett)

Robert Peters
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