Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer: Jeremy Siepmann, John Shrapnel
Number of Discs: 4
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Naxos
Catalogue: 8558051-54
Release: 2002
Size: 0.98 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
CD 01
01. Family background and early years
02. Music: Capriccio on the Departure of His Beloved Brother
03. Bach and the organ
04. Music: Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565
05. Bach in trouble
06. Music: Trio Sonata in e flat, BWV 525
07. Bach the husband and father
08. Music: Vivaldi / Bach: Concerto in A Minor for Four Harpsichords
09. Bach the young composer
10. Music: Prelude and Fugue in A Minor, BWV 543
11. Bach in Weimar (and in jail)
12. Music: Prelude in E-Flat Minor (the Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I)
13. Bach leaves Weimar
14. Music: Violin Concerto in E Major (Finale)
CD 02
01. Bach at Cothen
02. Music: Concerto for Two Violins (Largo ma non tanto)
03. Bach and the Brandenburgs
04. Music: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D (first movement)
05. From grief to joy though faith
06. Music: ‘Et Resurrexit’ (B Minor Mass)
07. New beginnings: Bach remarries and his family grows
08. Music: Aria in G
09. Goldberg Variations and Anna Magdalena’s Notebook
10. Music: Stolzel: Bist du bei mir
11. Domestic happiness and the move to Leipzig
12. Music: Magnificat
13. Bach’s duties at Leipzig
14. Music: Canata No. 80 (Duetto)
15. Bach the teacher
16. Music: Sinfonia (Three-Part Invention) in e flat
17. The great keyboard works with an educational agenda
18. Music: Italian Concerto (last movement)
19. A letter to the King
20. Music: Cantata No. 147 (opening chorus)
CD 03
01. Bach takes up the poet’s pen
02. Music: Partita No. 1 in B flat, BWV 825 (Courante)
03. Bach’s frustration at Leipzig
04. Music: Singet dem Herrn, BWV 225
05. Frustrations intensify
06. Music: St John Passion (opening chorus)
07. Bach’s efforts to leave Leipzig
08. Music: Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 (first movement)
09. The King of Poland’s jubilee
10. Music: Suite No. 3 in D, BWV 1068
11. The Ernesti affair
12. Music: Prelude in D Major, BWV 532
13. Adolf Scheibe’s scathing views on Bach
14. Music: Concerto in C for Three Harpsichords (Finale)
CD 04
01. Bach and opera
02. ‘Coffee’ Cantata (excerpts)
03. ‘Peasant’ Cantata (excerpts)
04. The twilight years
05. Music: The Art of Fugue
06. Bach’s visit to Frederick the Great
07. Music: The Musical Offering
08. Decline and death
09. Music: Mass in B Minor
