Life and Works: Bach, J.S. - CD

CD - 1

Johann Sebastian Bach

Life and Works

 

1. Family background and early years

00:08:39

 

2. Music: Capriccio on the Departure of His Beloved Brother

00:03:32

 

3. Bach and the organ

00:02:02

 

4. Music: Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565

00:10:04

 

5. Bach in trouble

00:10:17

 

6. Music: Trio Sonata in E flat, BWV 525

00:04:54

 

7. Bach the husband and father

00:04:11

 

8. Music: Vivaldi / Bach: Concerto in A Minor for Four Harpsichords

00:03:58

 

9. Bach the young composer

00:02:12

 

10. Music: Prelude and Fugue in A Minor, BWV 543

00:12:52

 

11. Bach in Weimar (and in jail)

00:03:46

 

12. Music: Prelude in E-Flat Minor (The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I)

00:03:19

 

13. Bach leaves Weimar

00:00:28

 

14. Music: Violin Concerto in E Major (Finale)

00:02:39

CD - 2

Johann Sebastian Bach

Life and Works

 

1. Bach at Cothen

00:02:56

 

2. Music: Concerto for Two Violins (Largo ma non tanto)

00:06:47

 

3. Bach and the Brandenburgs

00:02:35

 

4. Music: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D (first movement)

00:09:20

 

5. From grief to joy though faith

00:01:27

 

6. Music: 'Et Resurrexit' (B Minor Mass)

00:04:38

 

7. New beginnings: Bach remarries and his family grows

00:02:09

 

8. Music: Aria in G

00:03:46

 

9. Goldberg Variations and Anna Magdalena's Notebook

00:00:51

 

10. Music: Stolzel: Bist du bei mir

00:02:25

 

11. Domestic happiness and the move to Leipzig

00:04:16

 

12. Music: Magnificat

00:03:15

 

13. Bach's duties at Leipzig

00:04:48

 

14. Music: Canata No. 80 (Duetto)

00:03:44

 

15. Bach the teacher

00:07:00

 

16. Music: Sinfonia (Three-Part Invention) in E flat

00:02:46

 

17. The great keyboard works with an educational agenda

00:00:16

 

18. Music: Italian Concerto (last movement)

00:03:28

 

19. A letter to the King

00:02:26

 

20. Music: Cantata No. 147 (opening chorus)

00:04:25

CD - 3

Johann Sebastian Bach

Life and Works

 

1. Bach takes up the poet's pen

00:02:45

 

2. Music: Partita No. 1 in B flat, BWV 825 (Courante)

00:03:01

 

3. Bach's frustration at Leipzig

00:04:01

 

4. Music: Singet dem Herrn, BWV 225

00:04:50

 

5. Frustrations intensify

00:03:25

 

6. Music: St John Passion (opening chorus)

00:08:30

 

7. Bach's efforts to leave Leipzig

00:06:12

 

8. Music: Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 (first movement)

00:03:52

 

9. The King of Poland's jubilee

00:02:07

 

10. Music: Suite No. 3 in D, BWV 1068

00:06:18

 

11. The Ernesti affair

00:09:05

 

12. Music: Prelude in D Major, BWV 532

00:05:30

 

13. Adolf Scheibe's scathing views on Bach

00:03:05

 

14. Music: Concerto in C for Three Harpsichords (Finale)

00:04:26

CD - 4

Johann Sebastian Bach

Life and Works

 

1. Bach and opera

00:02:29

 

2. 'Coffee' Cantata (excerpts)

00:07:40

 

3. 'Peasant' Cantata (excerpts)

00:15:42

 

4. The twilight years

00:04:57

 

5. Music: The Art of Fugue

00:03:00

 

6. Bach's visit to Frederick the Great

00:10:33

 

7. Music: The Musical Offering

00:06:07

 

8. Decline and death

00:08:04

 

9. Music: Mass in B Minor

00:02:21