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1Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565
organ:
Hans-Christoph Becker-Foss (organist and choir leader)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Mediaphon (for copyrights use only – this is the short name used in legal notices by Mediaphon GmbH, aka Mediaphon-Musikproduktion und Verlag GmbH) (from 1982 to present)
recorded at:
Marktkirche St. Nicolai (Beckerath-Organ, Hameln) in Hamelin, Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony), Germany
recording of:
Toccata und Fuge d-Moll, BWV 565
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
part of:
Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (first edition, 1950, BWV¹) (number: BWV 565) and Bach Compendium (number: BC J 37)
48:10
2Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D, BWV 1050: I. Allegro
orchestra:
Camerata Romana (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym), Musici di San Marco (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym), Philharmonia Slavonia (Alfred Scholz pseudonym) and Südwest-Studioorchester (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
conductor:
Karel Brazda (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym), Eugen Duvier (conductor, an Alfred Scholz pseudonym), Francesco Macci (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym), Heribert Münchner (conductor, pseudonym for Alfred Scholz) and Rudolf Pribil (pseudonym for Alfred Scholz)
recording of:
Brandenburgisches Konzert Nr. 5 D-Dur, BWV 1050: I. Allegro (ended)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
version of:
Concerto D-Dur, BWV 1050a: I. Allegro
part of:
Brandenburgisches Konzert Nr. 5 D-Dur, BWV 1050 (Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major, BWV 1050)
9:58
3Air for the "G" String (Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D, BWV 1068: II. Air)
orchestra:
The English Philharmonic Orchestra (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym assocated with Simon Addison, not the orchestra founded in 1998), London Festival Orchestra (Alfred Scholz pseudonym) and Philharmonic Orchestra London (Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
conductor:
Simon Addison (probably an Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
recording of:
Orchestersuite Nr. 3 D-Dur, BWV 1068: II. Air (Orchestral Suite no. 3 in D major, BWV 1068: II. Air, Air on the G string)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) (in 1730)
part of:
Orchestersuite Nr. 3 D-Dur, BWV 1068 (Orchestral Suite no. 3 in D major, BWV 1068)
3:19
4Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067: II. Minuet - III. Badinerie
orchestra:
London Festival Orchestra (Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
recording of:
Orchestersuite Nr. 2 h-Moll, BWV 1067: VI. Menuet (Orchestral Suite no. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067: VI. Menuet)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
part of:
Orchestersuite Nr. 2 h-Moll, BWV 1067 (Orchestral Suite no. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067)
recording of:
Orchestersuite Nr. 2 h-Moll, BWV 1067: VII. Badinerie (Orchestral Suite no. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067: VII. Badinerie)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
part of:
Orchestersuite Nr. 2 h-Moll, BWV 1067 (Orchestral Suite no. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067)
2:49
5Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147: X. Chorale)
brass:
St. Louis Brass Quintet
orchestra:
St. Louis Brass Quintet
recording of:
Kantate, BWV 147 “Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben”: Teil II, X. Choral “Jesus bleibet meine Freude” (Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring; catch‐all for arrangements and unknown orchestrations)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
arrangement of:
Kantate, BWV 147 „Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben“: Teil II, X. Choral „Jesus bleibet meine Freude“ (Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring)
3:55
6Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F, BWV 1047: I. Allegro
violin:
J. Brezina (violinist)
orchestra:
Camerata Labacensis (Slovenian chamber orchestra), Camerata Romana (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym), Hamburger Symphoniker, Musici di San Marco (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym), Philharmonia Slavonia (Alfred Scholz pseudonym) and Südwest-Studioorchester (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
conductor:
Karel Brazda (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym), Eugen Duvier (conductor, an Alfred Scholz pseudonym), Francesco Macci (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym), Heribert Münchner (conductor, pseudonym for Alfred Scholz), Gabor Ötvös and Rudolf Pribil (pseudonym for Alfred Scholz)
recording of:
Brandenburgisches Konzert Nr. 2 F-Dur, BWV 1047: I.
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
part of:
Brandenburgisches Konzert Nr. 2 F-Dur, BWV 1047 (Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major, BWV 1047)
45:37
7Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, BWV 1043: II. Largo ma non tanto
violin:
Joseph Brezina (violinist), Feliz Elias (violinist), Alberto Tozzi and Tomasco Vecchi
orchestra:
Camerata Romana (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym) and Musici di San Marco (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
conductor:
Eugen Duvier (conductor, an Alfred Scholz pseudonym), Francesco Macci (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym) and Alfred Scholz
recording of:
Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor, BWV 1043: II. Largo ma non tanto
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) (from 1730 until 1731)
part of:
Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor, BWV 1043
7:17
8Arioso for Brass (Bist du bei mir, BWV 508)
brass:
St. Louis Brass Quintet
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Alberto Delande (conductor, possibly Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
recording of:
Kantate, BWV 156 "Ich steh mit einem Fuß im Grabe": I. Sinfonia ("Arioso", catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) (in 1729)
arrangement of:
Kantate, BWV 156 “Ich steh mit einem Fuß im Grabe”: I. Sinfonia
3:43
9Prelude and Fugue No. 1 in C, BWV 846
recording of:
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: Prelude and Fugue no. 1 in C major, BWV 846
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) (in 1722)
part of:
Bach Compendium (number: BC L 80) and Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (number: BWV 846)
part of:
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I
3:50
10Violin Concerto in E, BWV 1042: I. Allegro
recording of:
Konzert für Violine und Orchester E-Dur, BWV 1042: I. Allegro (Violin Concerto in E major, BWV 1042: I. Allegro)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
part of:
Konzert für Violine und Orchester E-Dur, BWV 1042 (Violin Concerto in E major, BWV 1042)
8:25
11Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B-flat, BWV 1051: III. Allegro
recording of:
Brandenburgisches Konzert Nr. 6 B-Dur, BWV 1051: III. Allegro
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
part of:
Brandenburgisches Konzert Nr. 6 B-Dur, BWV 1051 (Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B flat major, BWV 1051)
6:00
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1Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048: I. Allegro
violin:
J. Brezina (violinist)
orchestra:
Camerata Labacensis (Slovenian chamber orchestra), Camerata Romana (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym), Collegium Aureum, Hamburger Symphoniker, Members of the Philharmonia Slavonia (Alfred Scholz pseudonym), Musici di San Marco (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym) and Südwest-Studioorchester (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
conductor:
Karel Brazda (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym), Eugen Duvier (conductor, an Alfred Scholz pseudonym), Francesco Macci (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym), Heribert Münchner (conductor, pseudonym for Alfred Scholz), Gabor Ötvös and Rudolf Pribil (pseudonym for Alfred Scholz)
recording of:
Brandenburgisches Konzert Nr. 3 G-Dur, BWV 1048: I. Allegro
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
part of:
Brandenburgisches Konzert Nr. 3 G-Dur, BWV 1048 (Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048)
part of:
Brandenburgisches Konzert Nr. 3 G-Dur, BWV 1048 (Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048, Hillborg version with new 2nd mvt)
6:40
2Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041: I. Allegro
violin:
J. Brezina (violinist) and Alberto Tozzi
orchestra:
Camerata Labacensis (Slovenian chamber orchestra), Camerata Romana (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym) and Musici di San Marco (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
conductor:
Eugen Duvier (conductor, an Alfred Scholz pseudonym) and Francesco Macci (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
recording of:
Concerto for Violin & Oboe in C minor, BWV 1060R: III. Allegro (reconstructed arrangement for violin & oboe of BWV 1060)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
arrangement of:
Concerto in C minor for Two Harpsichords, BWV 1060: III. Allegro
part of:
Concerto for Violin & Oboe in C minor, BWV 1060R (reconstructed arrangement of the concerto for harpsichord and strings)
recording of:
Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041: I. Allegro
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
part of:
Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041
4:10
3Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major, BWV 1047: III. Allegro assai
trumpet:
Rolf Quinque (trumpet player)
violin:
J. Brezina (violinist)
orchestra:
Camerata Labacensis (Slovenian chamber orchestra), Camerata Rhenania (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym), Camerata Romana (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym), The English Philharmonic Orchestra (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym assocated with Simon Addison, not the orchestra founded in 1998), Hamburger Symphoniker, Musici di San Marco (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym), Philharmonia Slavonia (Alfred Scholz pseudonym) and Südwest-Studioorchester (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
conductor:
Simon Addison (probably an Alfred Scholz pseudonym), Karel Brazda (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym), Eugen Duvier (conductor, an Alfred Scholz pseudonym), Hanspeter Gmür (fictitious conductor, Alfred Scholz pseudonym), Francesco Macci (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym), Heribert Münchner (conductor, pseudonym for Alfred Scholz) and Gabor Ötvös
recording of:
Brandenburgisches Konzert Nr. 2 F-Dur, BWV 1047: III. Allegro assai
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
part of:
Brandenburgisches Konzert Nr. 2 F-Dur, BWV 1047 (Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major, BWV 1047)
3:26
4Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068: I. Overture
orchestra:
London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO; The Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra)
recording of:
Orchestersuite Nr. 3 D-Dur, BWV 1068: I. Ouverture
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
part of:
Orchestersuite Nr. 3 D-Dur, BWV 1068 (Orchestral Suite no. 3 in D major, BWV 1068)
9:31
5Violin Concerto in E major, BWV 1042: III. Allegro Assai
violin:
Joseph Brezina (violinist)
orchestra:
Camerata Romana (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
conductor:
Eugen Duvier (conductor, an Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
recording of:
Konzert für Violine und Orchester E-Dur, BWV 1042: III. Allegro assai (Violin Concerto in E major, BWV 1042: III. Allegro assai)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
part of:
Konzert für Violine und Orchester E-Dur, BWV 1042 (Violin Concerto in E major, BWV 1042)
2:41
6Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major, BWV 1049: I. Allegro
orchestra:
Camerata Romana (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym), Musici di San Marco (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym) and Philharmonia Slavonia (Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
conductor:
Karel Brazda (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym), Eugen Duvier (conductor, an Alfred Scholz pseudonym), Francesco Macci (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym) and Rudolf Pribil (pseudonym for Alfred Scholz)
recording of:
Brandenburgisches Konzert Nr. 4 G-Dur, BWV 1049: I. Allegro (ended)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
part of:
Brandenburgisches Konzert Nr. 4 G-Dur, BWV 1049 (Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major, BWV 1049)
7:36
7Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248: X. Sinfonia
orchestra:
Stuttgart Radio Symphony (Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
Garcia Navarro (conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Mediaphon (for copyrights use only – this is the short name used in legal notices by Mediaphon GmbH, aka Mediaphon-Musikproduktion und Verlag GmbH) (from 1986 to present)
recording of:
Weihnachts-Oratorium, BWV 248: Teil II, X. Sinfonia
premiered in:
Leipzig, Sachsen (Saxony), Germany (on 1734-12-26)
composed in:
Leipzig, Sachsen (Saxony), Germany (from 1734 until 1735)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
part of:
Weihnachts-Oratorium, BWV 248 (Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, "Christmas Oratorio")
6:10
8Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C major, BWV 1066: I. Overture
orchestra:
Camerata Romana (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
conductor:
Eugen Duvier (conductor, an Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
recording of:
Orchestersuite Nr. 1 C-Dur, BWV 1066: I. Ouverture (Suite for Orchestra No. 1 in C major, BWV 1066: Ouverture)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
part of:
Orchestersuite Nr. 1 C-Dur, BWV 1066 (Orchestral suite no. 1 in C major, BWV 1066)
12:06
9Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048: III. Allegro
violin:
J. Brezina (violinist)
orchestra:
Camerata Labacensis (Slovenian chamber orchestra), Camerata Romana (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym), The English Philharmonic Orchestra (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym assocated with Simon Addison, not the orchestra founded in 1998), Musici di San Marco (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym), Oregon Bach Festival Chamber Orchestra, Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra, Philharmonia Slavonia (Alfred Scholz pseudonym) and Südwest-Studioorchester (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
conductor:
Simon Addison (probably an Alfred Scholz pseudonym), Karel Brazda (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym), Eugen Duvier (conductor, an Alfred Scholz pseudonym), Francesco Macci (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym), Heribert Münchner (conductor, pseudonym for Alfred Scholz), Rudolf Pribil (pseudonym for Alfred Scholz) and Helmuth Rilling (conductor)
recording of:
Brandenburgisches Konzert Nr. 3 G-Dur, BWV 1048: III. Allegro
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
part of:
Brandenburgisches Konzert Nr. 3 G-Dur, BWV 1048 (Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048)
part of:
Brandenburgisches Konzert Nr. 3 G-Dur, BWV 1048 (Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048, Hillborg version with new 2nd mvt)
3:23
10Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major, BWV 1050: III. Allegro
trumpet:
Rolf Quinque (trumpet player)
orchestra:
Camerata Rhenania (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym), Camerata Romana (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym), Musici di San Marco (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym), Philharmonia Slavonia (Alfred Scholz pseudonym) and Südwest-Studioorchester (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
conductor:
Karel Brazda (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym), Eugen Duvier (conductor, an Alfred Scholz pseudonym), Hanspeter Gmür (fictitious conductor, Alfred Scholz pseudonym), Francesco Macci (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym), Heribert Münchner (conductor, pseudonym for Alfred Scholz) and Rudolf Pribil (pseudonym for Alfred Scholz)
recording of:
Brandenburgisches Konzert Nr. 5 D-Dur, BWV 1050: III. Allegro (ended)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
version of:
Concerto D-Dur, BWV 1050a: III. Allegro
part of:
Brandenburgisches Konzert Nr. 5 D-Dur, BWV 1050 (Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major, BWV 1050)
5:35
11Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645 "Sleepers Wake"
organ:
Philip Brunelle (organist and conductor)
recording of:
Sechs Choräle von Verschiedener Art (Schübler-Choräle): Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
part of:
Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (number: BWV 645)
is based on:
Kantate, BWV 140 "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme": IV. Choral (Tenor) “Zion hört die Wächter singen”
part of:
Sechs Choräle von verschiedener Art
recording of:
Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140: IV. Choral “Zion hört die Wächter singen” (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
arrangement of:
Kantate, BWV 140 "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme": IV. Choral (Tenor) “Zion hört die Wächter singen”
4:21
12Prelude and Fugue No. 2 in C minor, BWV 847
harpsichord:
Christiane Jaccottet (harpsichord) (in 1989)
recording of:
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: Prelude and Fugue no. 2 in C minor, BWV 847.2/847 (in 1989)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) (in 1722)
part of:
Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (abbreviated second edition, 1998, BWV²ᵃ) (number: BWV 847), Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (third edition, 2022, BWV³) (number: BWV 847.2), Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (second edition, 1990, BWV²) (number: BWV 847), Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (first edition, 1950, BWV¹) (number: BWV 847) and Bach Compendium (number: BC L 81)
part of:
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I
recording of:
Präludium und Fuge c-Moll, BWV 546: I. Präludium
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
part of:
Präludium und Fuge c-Moll, BWV 546
recording of:
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: Prelude and Fugue no. 2 in C minor, BWV 847: Prelude
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) (in 1722)
part of:
Klavierbüchlein für Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (number: 15)
part of:
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: Prelude and Fugue no. 2 in C minor, BWV 847.2/847
3:32
13Violin Concerto in D minor, BWV 1043: I. Vivace
violin:
Joseph Brezina (violinist), Feliz Elias (violinist), Alberto Tozzi and Tomasco Vecchi
orchestra:
Camerata Labacensis (Slovenian chamber orchestra), Camerata Romana (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym), London Symphony Orchestra and Musici di San Marco (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
conductor:
Eugen Duvier (conductor, an Alfred Scholz pseudonym) and Francesco Macci (an Alfred Scholz pseudonym)
recording of:
Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor, BWV 1043: I. Vivace
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) (from 1730 until 1731)
part of:
Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor, BWV 1043
3:56