Alina Ibragimova Plays Bach
The Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin by Johann Sebastian Bach date from the early 18th century. They are unusual in being totally played by violin alone, with no accompaniment of any kind; the most …
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Andras Schiff Plays Bach’s BWV 866
J. S. Bach gave the title “Das Wohltemperirte Clavier” to a book of his preludes and fugues in all 24 major and minor keys, dated 1722, composed “for the profit and use of musical youth desirous …
Glenn Gould Plays Bach’s Concerto in F-Minor
J. S. Bach may have been the first to write harpsichord concertos, and even those concertos are more rewritten than written. With only two likely exceptions (including the Fifth Brandenburg), Bach’s 15 concertos for harpsichord …
J. S. Bach’s “English Suites”
Johann Nicolaus Forkel, Sebastian’s first biographer, wrote about the “six great suites” that they “are known by the name of English Suites because the composer composed them for an Englishman of rank. They have all …
Sokolov Plays Bach’s Partita #1
Johann Sebastian Bach’s Six Partitas (BWV 825–830) were the first of a series of works for keyboard instruments that Bach published under the general title of Clavier-Übung(Keyboard Practice). With them Bach effectively engraved his name in …