Bach around the world [videorecording] / Video producer, Paul Smaczny ; TV directors, Bob Coles ... [et al.] ; production of EuroArts ; coproduced by European Broadcasting Union ; NHK ; ZDF ; MDR/3sat ; PBS.
Narrative by Ton Koopman, Bobby McFerrin, Joshua Rifkin, Robert Levin ... [et al.]; performances by various soloists, choirs, ensembles, orchestras, and conductors.
Contents:
Excerpts from: Brandenburg concerto no. 3 in G major, BWV 1048. Allegro (Freiburg Baroque Orchestra) -- Toccata and fuge in D minor, BWV 565 (Ton Koopman, organ) -- Well-tempered clavier : book I. Prelude no. 1 in C major, BWV 846 (Andrei Gavrilov, piano) -- St. John Passion : BWV 245. Herr, unser Herrscher (Bach Collegium Japan; Masaaki Suzuki, conductor) -- Partita no. 2, BWV 826. Sinfonia (German Brass) -- Coffee cantata : BWV 211. Die Katze lässt das Mausen nicht (musicians of the Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig) -- Orchestra suite no. 3 in D major, BWV 1068. Air (Bobby McFerrin, voice, conductor; Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig) -- Psalm 51. Tilge, Höchster, meine Sünden : BWV 1083 (Nancy Argenta, soprano, Guillemette Laurens, mezzo-soprano, I Barocchisti) -- Mass in B minor, BWV 232. Sanctus ; Dona nobis pacem (St. Thomas Boys Choir; Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig; Georg Christoph Biller, conductor) -- Partita in D minor, BWV 1004. Chaconne (Viktoria Mullova, violin) -- Ich freue mich in dir : BWV 465 (Klaus Mertens, baritone; Ton Koopman, harpsichord) -- Cello suite no. 1 in G major, BWV 1007. Sarabande (Anner Bylsma, cello) -- Partita in E major, BWV 1006. Prelude (Yehudi Menuhin, violin) -- Art of fugue : BWV 1080. Contrapunctus 1 (Keller-Quartet) -- Well-tempered clavier : book II. Prelude no. 8 in D sharp minor, BWV 877 (Nicolai Demidenko, piano).
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