Episode 2
With an easy-going new employer Bach is free to make the most of the stunning instrumentalists around him, as Donald Macleod discovers.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Chorale Prelude: Lob sei dem allmächtigen Gott (BWV 602)
Performer: Wolfgang Rübsam (organ)
- NAXOS 8.553031.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Flute Sonata in C major, BWV 1033
Performer: Andrea Oliva. Performer: Angela Hewitt.Performer: Barthold Kuijken (flute), Ewald Demeyere (harpsichord)
- ACCENT ACC22150.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto no.5 (BWV 1050)
Performer: Amsterdam Baroque, Ton Koopman (director/harpsichord)
- ERATO 0630 116164-2.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Violin Concerto in E (BWV 1042)
Performer: Rachel Podger (violin), Brecon Baroque
- CHANNEL CLASSICS CCSSA30910.
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