Ranked #1
Episode #10: the Goldberg Variations, BWV 988
Episode #10: the Goldberg Variations, BWV 988
The Goldberg Variations were written for solo keyboard, and is most easily realized on a two-manual harpsichord, based o... Read more
21 May 2015
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45mins
Ranked #2
Bachcast 56: Partita no. 3 for violin, BWV 1006/1006a
Bachcast 56: Partita no. 3 for violin, BWV 1006/1006a
Show Notes Bach's third partita is most famous for its gavottes en rondeau and it's opening preludio. Not only is the pr... Read more
23 Jun 2018
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31mins
Ranked #3
Bachcast Episode #25: Sonata in B minor, BWV 1014
Bachcast Episode #25: Sonata in B minor, BWV 1014
Shownotes BWV 1014 is the first in a series of sonatas for violin and keyboard. In the two recordings featured here, a v... Read more
15 Jul 2015
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35mins
Ranked #4
Bachcast Episode 17: BWV 807
Bachcast Episode 17: BWV 807
Shownotes Several of these dances/movements from Bach's second English Suite have to put a big smile on your face. Stand... Read more
4 Jun 2015
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35mins
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Ranked #5
Bachcast 57: Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 538
Bachcast 57: Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 538
The 'Dorian' Toccata and Fugue for organ gets its name from the absence of a key signature in the score. In the first mo... Read more
25 Jun 2018
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44mins
Ranked #6
Bachcast 38: Prelude and Fugue in C major, BWV 846
Bachcast 38: Prelude and Fugue in C major, BWV 846
Shownotes The opening to Bach's Well-tempered clavier is well known for a variety of reasons. In this episode, we compar... Read more
26 Jan 2016
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56mins
Ranked #7
Bachcast 41: Partita for Violin, BWV 1002
Bachcast 41: Partita for Violin, BWV 1002
Shownotes Partita for Solo Violin in B minor, BWV 1002 Allemanda Double Corrente Double Sarabande Double Tempo di Borea... Read more
4 Apr 2016
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48mins
Ranked #8
Bachcast Episode 49: Cantata, BWV 207
Bachcast Episode 49: Cantata, BWV 207
Shownotes Bach parodied himself. He was pragmatic! BWV 207 BWV 207a BWV 1046 - Brandenburg Concerto no. 1 Ton Koopman -... Read more
11 Feb 2018
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31mins
Ranked #9
Bachcast 39: Sonata for solo violin in G minor, BWV 1001
Bachcast 39: Sonata for solo violin in G minor, BWV 1001
Shownotes Chris Thile Gidon Kremer on ECM New Series Monica Huggett on Virgin Veritas Itzhak Perlman Amandine Beyer Hel... Read more
7 Feb 2016
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41mins
Ranked #10
Episode 3: Brandenburg Concerto #2 BWV 1047
Episode 3: Brandenburg Concerto #2 BWV 1047
Show Notes Bach's second Brandenburg Concerto was written for violin, recorder, trumpet, and oboe with a string ensemble... Read more
10 Jan 2015
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18mins
Ranked #11
Bachcast 43: Orchestral Suite in D, BWV 1068
Bachcast 43: Orchestral Suite in D, BWV 1068
Shownotes Bach's Third orchestal suite is for strings, oboes, bassoon, trumpets, and timpani. The piece likely was expan... Read more
19 Feb 2017
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48mins
Ranked #12
Bachcast Episode 23: Italian Concerto, BWV 971
Bachcast Episode 23: Italian Concerto, BWV 971
Show Notes The concerto for keyboard is written in three movements (fast-slow-fast) and has been titled by Bach to be "a... Read more
29 Jun 2015
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1hr 5mins
Ranked #13
Episode 5: Brandenburg Concerto #3, BWV 1048
Episode 5: Brandenburg Concerto #3, BWV 1048
Show Notes In the third concerto, scored for string orchestra, Bach only provides two movements, separated by two chords... Read more
11 Jan 2015
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28mins
Ranked #14
Bachcast Episode 22: Sonata in A minor, BWV 1003
Bachcast Episode 22: Sonata in A minor, BWV 1003
Show Notes This is our first look at one of the six sonatas and partitas for solo violin by J.S. Bach. Bach’s contempora... Read more
29 Jun 2015
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1hr 13mins
Ranked #15
Bachcast Episode 20: Duet, BWV 805
Bachcast Episode 20: Duet, BWV 805
Shownotes Score Ton Koopman, Bach Organ Works All of Bach, BWV 805 Palladian Ensemble, BWV 805 Clavierübung III (Wikipe... Read more
13 Jun 2015
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22mins
Ranked #16
Bachcast 51: Partita no. 6 for Keyboard
Bachcast 51: Partita no. 6 for Keyboard
Shownotes Bach's sixth partita joins my top three favorites from his collection he called Clavier-Übung I (keyboard coll... Read more
2 Mar 2018
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42mins
Ranked #17
Bachcast Episode 24: Cantata, BWV 22
Bachcast Episode 24: Cantata, BWV 22
Shownotes BWV 22, Jesus nahm sich die Zwölfe is a five-movement cantata for SATB written as Bach’s audition piece for th... Read more
14 Jul 2015
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49mins
Ranked #18
Episode 4: Motet, BWV 226
Episode 4: Motet, BWV 226
Show Notes Bach's Motets, recorded by Bach Collegium Japan Translation, BWV 226 in English Musical Score, BWV 226 Revie... Read more
11 Jan 2015
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20mins
Ranked #19
Bachcast 42: Partita for Violin, BWV 1004
Bachcast 42: Partita for Violin, BWV 1004
Shownotes The composer Johannes Brahms, on Bach’s fifth movement of his second partita for solo violin: On one stave, f... Read more
7 Feb 2017
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1hr 23mins
Ranked #20
Bachcast Episode 18: Lute Suite, BWV 997
Bachcast Episode 18: Lute Suite, BWV 997
Show Notes Score, BWV 997, written Score, BWV 997, typeset Information about Bach’s Lute Works What is a lute? The Laut... Read more
6 Jun 2015
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35mins
