Leipzig
Donald Macleod travels alongside JS Bach to some of his working locations. Arriving today in Leipzig, his home for 27 years, where he composed the bulk of the work that lives on.
Donald Macleod travels alongside JS Bach to some of his working locations, arriving today in Leipzig.
He was a public servant again, faced with having to satisfy a plethora of different bodies and individuals. And, although Bach’s time in Leipzig was peppered with disputes and discontent, it was his home for 27 years and it is where he composed the bulk of the work that lives on.
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
Monteverdi Choir
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
Sonata No.1 in G minor
i.Adagio
Gidon Kremer, violin
Orchestral Suite No.4 in D major
Munich Bach Orchestra
Karl Richter, conductor
Musical Offering
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Sir Neville Marriner, conductor
Mass in B minor
Gloria in excelsis Deo
Et in terra pax
Laudamus te
The Sixteen
The Symphony of Harmony and Invention
Harry Christophers, conductor
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (Cantata No 147)
Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.- Archiv 439 885-2.
- Archiv.
- 1.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Violin Sonata No 1 in G minor, BWV 1001
Performer: Gidon Kremer.- Philips 416 651-2.
- Philips.
- 1.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestral Suite No 4 in D major
Orchestra: Munich Bach Orchestra. Conductor: Karl Richter.- DG 0289 479 5384 5.
- DG.
- 1.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Musikalisches Opfer (Musical Offering), BWV 1079
Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.- Philips 442556-2.
- Philips.
- 18.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Gloria (Mass in B minor, BWV 232)
Choir: The Sixteen. Orchestra: Symphony of Harmony and Invention. Conductor: Harry Christophers.- Coro Cor16044.
- Coro.
- 4.
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