Bach – Secular Cantatas B.206 & 208 – André Rieu

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750):
Cantata "Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd", BWV 208 "Hunting cantata"
Cantata "Schleicht, spielende Wellen", BWV 206

Erna Spoorenberg - soprano
Irmgard Jacobeit - soprano
Wilhelmine Matthès - contralto
Tom Brand - tenor
Jacques Villisech - bass
Monteverdi-Chor Hamburg
Amsterdamer Kammerorchester
André Rieu - conductor

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J.S. Bach – Köthener Trauermusik – Raphael Pichon

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750):
Köthener Trauermusik, BWV 244a

Sabine Devieilhe - soprano
Damien Guillon - alto
Thomas Hobbs - tenor
Christian Immler - bass
Ensemble Pygmalion [on period instruments]
Raphaël Pichon - conductor

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J.S.Bach – Violin Concertos – Freiburger Barockorchester

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750):
Concerto for two violins in D minor, BWV 1043
Violin Concerto in E major, BWV 1042
Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041
Concerto for three violins in D major

Gottfried von der Goltz - violin & direction
Petra Müllejans - violin
Anne Katharina Schreiber - violin
Freiburger Barockorchester [on period instruments]

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Bach – Variations Goldberg – Pierre Hantaï

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750):
Goldberg Variations, BWV 988

Pierre Hantaï - harpsichord

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Bach – Orchestral Suites – Freiburger Barockorchester

HAPPY 2015

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750):
Orchestral Suite no.4 in D major, BWV 1069
Orchestral Suite no.2 in B minor, BWV 1067
Orchestral Suite no.1 in C major, BWV 1066
Orchestral Suite no.3 in D major, BWV 1068

Freiburger Barockorchester [on period instruments]

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Rameau, J.S.Bach, Couperin – Piano Works – Alexandre Tharaud

HAPPY 2015

CD 1:
Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764):
Suite in A major
Suite in G major
Claude Debussy (1862-1918):
Hommage à Rameau

CD 2:
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750):
Sicilienne from Concerto in D minor BWV 596
Concerto in G minor BWV 975
Aria from Pastorale in C minor BWV 590
Italian Concerto in F minor BWV 971
Concerto in D minor BWV 974
Concerto in C minor BWV 981
Concerto in G major BWV 973
Andante from Concerto in B minor BWV 979

CD 3:
François Couperin (1668-1733):
Les Baricades Mistérieuses
Le Tic Toc Choc ou Les Maillotins
La Couperin
Les Calotines
Les Ombres Errantes
Les Tricoteuses
Le Carillon de Cythère
La Muséte de Taverni
Les Rozeaux
L'Atalante
Passacaille
La Muse Plantine
Les Tours de passe-passe
Bruit de guerre
Le Dodo ou L'Amour au berceau
La Visionnaire
La Logiviére
Les Juméles
Les Chérubins ou l'aimable Lazure
La Pothouïn

Alexandre Tharaud - piano

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J.S.Bach – Mass in B minor – Herreweghe

HAPPY 2015

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750):
Mass in B minor, BWV 232

Barbara Schlick - soprano
Catherine Patriasz - soprano
Charles Brett - alto
Howard Crook - tenor
Peter Kooy - bass
Collegium Vocale Gent [on period instruments]
Philippe Herreweghe - conductor

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Bach – Brandenburg Concertos – Freiburger Barockorchester

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) - Brandenburg Concertos:
Concerto no.1 in F major, BWV 1046
Concerto no.6 in B flat major, BWV 1051
Concerto no.2 in F major, BWV 1047
Concerto no.3 in G major, BWV 1048
Concerto no.5 in D major, BWV 1050
Concerto no.4 in G major, BWV 1049

Freiburger Barockorchester [on period instruments]

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Bach – Das wohltemperierte Klavier – John Butt

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750):
"Das wohltemperierte Klavier" Book I, BWV 846-869
"Das wohltemperierte Klavier" Book II, BWV 870-893

John Butt - harpsichord [copy of instrument by Michael Mielke, 1702-04]

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Bach – Orchestral Suites nos.2 & 3, Triple Concerto – Trevor Pinnock

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750):
Orchestral Suite (Overture) no.2 in B minor, BWV 1067
Orchestral Suite (Overture) no.3 in D major, BWV 1068
Concerto for Flute, Violin, Harpsichord, Strings and B.C. in A minor, BWV 1044

The English Concert [on period instruments]
Trevor Pinnock - conductor

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Various composers – 'Fantasien'-music for harp – Sivan Magen

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788):
Fantasy for Keyboard in E flat major, Wq 58 No. 6
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897):
Fantasies for Piano, Op. 116: No. 2, No.4 (arranged by Sivan Magen)
Intermezzi for Piano, Op. 117: No.1, No.2 (arranged by Sivan Magen)
Ekaterina Walter-Kühne (1870-1930):
Fantasy on themes from Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):
Fantasia for Piano in D minor, K 397 (arranged by Sivan Magen)
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750):
Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D minor, BWV 903a (arranged by Sivan Magen)
Henriette Renié (1875-1956):
Ballade fantastique

Sivan Magen - harp

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Bach – Harpsichord Concertos – Christine Schornsheim, Pieter-Jan Belder

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750):

CD 1:
Harpsichord Concerto in D minor, BWV 1052 *
Harpsichord Concerto in E major, BWV 1053 *
Harpsichord Concerto in D major, BWV 1054 *
Harpsichord Concerto in A major, BWV 1055 *

CD 2:
Harpsichord Concerto in F minor,  BWV 1056 *
Harpsichord Concerto in F major, BWV 1057 *
Harpsichord Concerto in G minor, BWV 1058 *
Concerto for 2 Harpsichords in C minor, BWV 1060 #
Concerto für 4 Harpsichords in A minor, BWV 1065 §

CD 3:
Concerto for 2 Harpsichords in C major, BWV 1061 +
Concerto for 2 Harpsichords in C minor, BWV 1062 +
Concerto for 3 Harpsichords in D major, BWV 1063 +
Concerto for 3 Harpsichords in C major, BWV 1064 +

Christine Schornsheim - harpsichord * # §
Armin Thalheim - harpsichord # §
Mechtild Stark - harpsichord §
Violetta Liebsch - harpsichord §
Pieter-Jan Belder - harpsichord +
Menno van Delft - harpsichord +
Siebe Henstra - harpsichord +
Neues Bachisches Collegium Music * # §  [on period instruments]
Musica Amphion + [on period instruments]
Burkhard Glaetzner - conductor * # §
Pieter-Jan Belder - conductor +

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J.S. Bach – Harpsichord Concertos after Vivaldi, Marcello and anonymous – Naoki Kitaya

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750):
Harpsichord Concerto in C major, BWV 594 after Vivaldi
Harpsichord Concerto in F major, BWV 978 after Vivaldi
Harpsichord Concerto in D minor, BWV 974 after A. Marcello
Harpsichord Concerto in G major, BWV 973 after Vivaldi
Harpsichord Concerto in C major, BWV 976 after Vivaldi
Harpsichord Concerto in C major, BWV 977 after anonymous
Harpsichord Concerto in G major, BWV 980 after Vivaldi
Harpsichord Concerto in D major, BWV 972 after Vivaldi
Presto from Concerto in G major, BWV 592a after Johann Ernst Prinz von Sachsen-Weimar

Naoki Kitaya - harpsichord
Continuo Consort [on period instruments]

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J.S. Bach – St.John Passion – Frans Brüggen

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750):
St.John Passion, BWV 245

Markus Schäfer - tenor
Thomas Oliemans - baritone
Carolyn Sampson - soprano
Michael Chance - alto
Marcel Beekman - tenor
Peter Kooij - bass
Cappella Amsterdam
Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century [on period instruments]
Frans Brüggen - conductor

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Various composers – 'Dances' – Benjamin Grosvenor

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750):
Partita no.4 in D major, BWV 828
Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849):
Andante spianato et Grande Polonaise brillante, op.22
Polonaise in F sharp minor, op.44
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915):
Mazurkas op.3 nos.6, 4 & 9
Valse in A flat major, op.38
Enrique Granados (1867-1916):
8 Valses poéticos
Adolf Schulz-Evler (1852-1905):
Arabesques on Johann Strauss's "By the Beautiful Blue Danube"
Isaac Albéniz (1860-1909):
Tango, op.165 no.2 arr.Godowsky
Moron Gould (1913-1996):
Boogie-Woogie Etude

Benjamin Grosvenor - piano

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J.S. Bach – 'Undercover Bach' Orchestral Suites & Concertos – Jürgen Gross

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750):
Ouverture in A minor for Flute and Strings, BWV 822
Partita in D major for Harpsichord and Strings, BWV 1006
Concerto in G major for Strings, BWV Anh. 152
Ouverture in F major for Oboe and Strings, BWV 820
Ouverture in A minor for Violin and Strings, BWV 1067a
Concerto in G major for Strings, BWV 571

Elbipolis Barockorchester Hamburg [on period instruments]
Jürgen Gross - violin and direction

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J.S.Bach – Harpsichord Concertos – Christophe Rousset (Vol.2)

Johan Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) - Harpsichord Concertos (Vol.2):
Harpsichord Concerto in D minor, BWV 1052
Harpsichord Concerto in D major, BWV 1054
Harpsichord Concerto in F minor, BWV 1056
Violin Concerto in E major, BWV 1042

Christophe Rousset - harpsichord
Jaap Schröder - violin
The Academy of Ancient Music [on period instruments]
Christopher Hogwood - conductor

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Jacques Loussier-Bach – 'Bach to the future' – Jacques Loussier Trio

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) / Jacques Loussier (b.1934):
Concerto in C minor
Gavotte in D major
Concerto in D major
Little Fugue in G minor

Jacques Loussier Trio

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Jacques Loussier-Bach – Brandenburg Concerto no.5 – Jacques Loussier Trio

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) / Jacques Loussier (b.1934):
Brandenburg Concerto no.5 in D major *
Air on the G string
Prelude no.2 in C minor

Jacques Loussier Trio
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra *

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Vivaldi – The four seasons; J.S. Bach – Brandenburg concertos – Various Artists

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741):
The four Seasons - concerti grossi op.8
"La primavera" op.8 no.1 *
"L'Estate" op.8 no.2 *
"L'Autunno" op.8 no.3 *
"L'Inverno" op.8 no.4 *
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750):
Brandenburg Concerto no.1 in F major, BWV 1046 +
Brandenburg Concerto no.2 in F major, BWV 1047 +
Brandenburg Concerto no.3 in G major, BWV 1048 +
Brandenburg Concerto no.4 in G major, BWV 1049 +
Brandenburg Concerto no.5 in D major, BWV 1050 +
Brandenburg Concerto no.6 in B flat major, BWV 1051 +

Enrico Casazza - violin *
La Magnifica Comunità * [on period instruments]
Musica Amphion + [on period instruments]
Pieter-Jan Belder - conductor +

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