Includes a biography by Davinia Caddy. Narrated by Leighton Pugh ; with various performers
Contents:
Introduction (11 s) -- Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F Major, BWV 1047: I. [Allegro] (excerpt) (01 min 11 s) / Bach -- Hurtling through interstellar space... (10 min 23 s) -- Prelude, Fugue and Ciaconna in C Major, BuxWV 137 (excerpt) (01 min 14 s) / Buxtehude -- After the street brawl and the trip to see Buxtehude... (06 min 38 s) -- Toccata and Fugue in F Major, BWV 540 (excerpt) (57 s) / Bach -- Yet Buxtehude and the northern German musical culture... (03 min 23 s) -- Organ Concerto in C Major, BWV 594 (arr. of Vivaldi's Concerto in D Major, RV 208) (excerpt) (49 s) / Bach -- Historians have argued that the lesson Bach learned... (06 min 19 s) -- Concerto for 2 Violins in D Minor, BWV 1043: II. Largo ma non tanto (excerpt) (01 min 34 s) / Bach -- During Bach's nearly six years at �Kthen... (02 min 20 s) -- The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Fugue No. 24 in B Minor, BWV 869 (excerpt) (01 min 27 s) / Bach -- The second �Kthen composition that has come to define... (03 min 07 s) -- Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048: I. -- (excerpt) (35 s) / Bach -- However productive Bach may have been at �Kthen... (06 min 32 s) -- St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part II: Aria: Erbarme dich (excerpt) (01 min 29 s) / Bach -- Bach's musical activities, in the years following... (03 min 20 s) -- Keyboard Concerto in D Minor, BWV 1052: I. Allegro (excerpt) (54 s) / Bach -- As well as its regular weekly concerts... (05 min 41 s) -- Musicalisches Opfer, BWV 1079: Sonata sopra il Soggetto Reale: Allegro (excerpt) (50 s) / Bach -- Despite Bach's travelling and various guest appearances... (01 min 56 s) -- Die Kunst der Fuge (The Art of Fugue), BWV 1080: Canon II, alla Ottava (excerpt) (55 s) / Bach -- As well as exhibiting Bach's penchant for the theoretical aspect... (01 min 07 s) -- Mass in B Minor, BWV 232: Dona nobis pacem: bars 1-14 (53 s) / Bach -- We know of nothing that Bach composed after this movement... (02 min 36 s) -- Mass in B Minor, BWV 232: Dona nobis pacem: bars 34-46 (01 min 03 s) / Bach
Summary:
Johann Sebastian Bach today has a reputation as the Godfather of Western European music, as a fountainhead of classical music theory and the creator of some of the greatest works the world has ever produced. In this biography with musical excerpts, discover how he became so extraordinarily productive, what his influences were, and more.
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