J.S. Bach Liebster Gott, wenn werd ich sterben, BWV 8 (1724) A recent poll of Classical music buyers by the BPI (The British Recorded Music Industry) returned an interesting answer: that the favourite composer of an overwhelming majority was Johann

Fuga 11 BWV 880 Sébatien Guillot, harpsichord From Bach: Das Wohltemperierte Klavier – Teil II (2011) Released by Saphir Productions Bach: Fuga 11 BWV 880 First recording of The London autograph score. Official website

Johann Sebastian Bach passed away 326 years ago, in July, so I thought what could have been better than starting my column here with the ‘Father of Music’, a composer with whom I have had a love-hate relationship. When I

Cantata BWV105: Aria “Wie zittern und wenken” Elizabeth Watts, soprano Harry Bicket, conductor The English Concert, chamber ensemble From Bach: Cantatas and Arias (2011) Released by Harmonia Mundi Bach: Cantata BWV105: Aria “Wie zittern und wenken” Elizabeth Watts (Winner of

Contrapuntus 1 Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, chamber ensemble Raphael Alpermann, organ From Bach: Die Kunst der Fuge (2011) Released by Harmonia Mundi Bach: Contrapuntus 1, from Die Kunst der Fuge The monumental Art of Fugue arranged by the musicians

Bach, the composer as intellectual by Marco Moraes   But all at once it dawned on me that this Was the real point, the contrapuntal theme; Just this: not text, but texture; not the dream But topsy-turvical coincidence, Not flimsy

Gloria in excelsis Deo Philippe Herreweghe, conductor Collegium Vocale Gent, Early music ensemble From Bach: Mass in B minor (2010) Released by Harmonia Mundi Bach: Mass in B minor, Gloria in excelsis Deo Bach’s masterpiece performed by one of the

Magdalena Kožená, mezzo-soprano Bach: Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd, Cantata BWV 208 – Aria: Schafe können sicher weiden From Bach Arias (1998) Released by Deutsche Grammophon Bach: Schafe können sicher weiden One of my favorite mezzos, Kožená