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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.

1 hour

Last on

Tue 21 Dec 2010 22:00

Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Chorale Prelude: Lob sei dem allmächtigen Gott (BWV 602)

    Performer: Wolfgang Rübsam (organ)

    • NAXOS 8.553031.
  • 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.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto no.5 (BWV 1050)

    Performer: Amsterdam Baroque, Ton Koopman (director/harpsichord)

    • ERATO 0630 116164-2.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Violin Concerto in E (BWV 1042)

    Performer: Rachel Podger (violin), Brecon Baroque

    • CHANNEL CLASSICS CCSSA30910.

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