Where to start when you want to get to know the music of Bach, one of the leading figures in the late Baroque era? Here are 10 pieces which represent a good place to start if one wants to get familiar with Bach’s music.
Tag: Bach
Review: Cantatas of the Bach Family – Benjamin Appl, Reinhard Goebel
Baritone Benjamin Appl performs Bach’s “Ich habe genug” and other Cantatas by members of the Bach family. Goebel conducts two world premieres orchestral pieces.
Editor’s Choice: The Best New Classical Music Albums, July 2020
The choices of the best classical music albums we covered on The Classic Review the past month.
Review: Bach – Lute Suites – Sean Shibe, Guitar
Sean Shibe performs two of Bach’s Lute Suites and the “Prelude, Fugue and Allegro” on classical guitar.
Review: Bach – Complete Keyboard Edition Vol.3 – Benjamin Alard
Benjamin Alard continues his odyssey through Bach’s complete keyboard works, playing both the organ and the harpsichord.
Review: Bach – The 6 Cello Suites – Alisa Weilerstein
Alisa Weilerstein presents the complete Cello Suites for unaccompanied cello, in a new recording for Pentatone.
Review: “Italian Inspirations” – Alessio Bax, Piano
Pianist Alessio Bax presents a recital of pieces by Bach, Rachmaninov, Liszt and Dallapiccola, all influenced by Italian culture.
Review: Bach – Johannes Passion – Herreweghe (2020)
Philippe Herreweghe and the Collegium Vocale Gent return to Bach’s Johannes passion in their third recording of the piece.
Review: Bach – St. Matthew Passion – Bach Collegium Japan – Suzuki (2020)
Masaaki Suzuki and the Bach Collegium Japan return to the St. Mathew Passion, 20 years after their first recording.
Review: Bach – Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin – Thomas Zehetmair
In this new survey for ECM, Thomas Zehetmair returns to the complete Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin, this time on period instruments (2019).
