Weimar
Donald Macleod accompanies JS Bach on his travels from place to place throughout his life, today arriving at the city of Weimar.
Donald Macleod draws alongside JS Bach as he travels from place to place throughout his life, today arriving at the city of Weimar.
Bach first worked in Weimar as a court musician at the age of 18. He moved on again after seven months, to take up a church appointment in nearby city of Arnstadt, but he returned to Weimar again five years later, as court organist and later also concertmaster. It was in Weimar that Bach would write most of his organ music. But his time there was compounded by the fact that he found himself in the uncomfortable position of being a servant to two antagonistic Dukes. Bach had his work cut out trying to keep his two Dukes happy.
Komm, Jesu, Komm
Monteverdi Choir
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
Toccata and Fugue in D minor
Marie-Claire Alain, organ
Violin Partita No. 2 in D minor
Chaconne
Itzhak Perlman, violin
Tritt auf die Glaubensbahn
4. Aria: 鈥淪tein, der 眉ber alle Sch盲tze
5. Recit: 鈥淓s 盲rgre sich die kluge Welt鈥�
6. Duet: 鈥淲ie soll ich dich, Liebster der Seelen, umfassen?鈥�
The Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
The Art of Fugue
Keller Quartet
Andras Keller, violin
Janos Pilz, violin
Zoltan Gal, viola
Otto Kertesz, cello
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Komm, Jesu, Komm, BWV 229
Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.- Soli Deo Gloria SDG716.
- Soli Deo Gloria.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565
Performer: Marie鈥怌laire Alain.- ERATO : 2292--45732-2.
- ERATO.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Chaconne (Partita No 2 in D minor)
Performer: Itzhak Perlman.- EMI CDC 7 49483 2.
- EMI.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Tritt auf die Glaubensbahn, BWV 152
Singer: Gillian Keith. Singer: Peter Harvey. Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.- SDG 137.
- SDG.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Die Kunst der Fuge, BWV 1080
Ensemble: Keller Quartet.- ECM 1652.
- ECM.
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