Revisiting the Past
Donald Macleod concentrates a period of Bach's compositional introspection, when he re-imagined works for different forces.
In his last years, JS Bach undertook an intensified review of his works, sometimes re-imagining them for different forces. In the process he would transform them. With the Mass in B Minor, Bach revisited some of his older works, but expanded upon them hugely, creating a compendium of different styles of music. Donald Macleod looks at JS Bach's music during a period of compositional introspection.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and fugue from Das Wohltemperierte Klavier, bk.2 no. 22 in B flat minor BWV.891
Performer: Glenn GOULD - Piano
- SONY CLASSICAL.
- SM2K-52603.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto no. 4 in A major BWV.1055 for keyboard and string orchestra
Performer: Ton KOOPMAN - Director Performer: Ton KOOPMAN - Harpsichord Performer: Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra
- ERATO.
- 2292-45646 2.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Mass in B minor BWV.232
Conductor: Philippe HERREWEGHE Performer: Collegium Vocale Ghent Performer: La CHAPELLE ROYALE
- HARMONIA MUNDI.
- HMX-2951614.15.
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- Tue 31 Jul 201212:00BBC Radio 3
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