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1Toccata And Fugue In D Minor (Organ) BWV 565
organ:
Fernando Germani (organist)
recording of:
Toccata und Fuge d-Moll, BWV 565
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
part of:
Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (number: BWV 565)
Johann Sebastian Bach9:03
2Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring (Orch/Choir)
producer:
Christopher Bishop (conductor/producer)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
orchestra:
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
balance engineer:
Neville Boyling (engineer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI-owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1972)
recorded at:
King’s College Chapel in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Kantate, BWV 147 „Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben“: Teil II, X. Choral „Jesus bleibet meine Freude“ (Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring)
premiered in:
Leipzig, Sachsen, Germany (on 1723-07-02)
lyricist:
Martin Janus (German Protestant minister, c. 1620–1682) (in 1665)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) (in 1723)
part of:
Kantate, BWV 147 „Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben“
Johann Sebastian Bach3:34
3Air On The G String (From Suite No.3 BWV 1068)
violin:
Yehudi Menuhin (violinist)
orchestra:
The Bath Festival Chamber Orchestra
conductor:
Yehudi Menuhin (violinist)
recording of:
Orchestersuite Nr. 3 D-Dur, BWV 1068: II. Air (Air on the G string) (in 1961)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) (in 1730)
part of:
Orchestersuite Nr. 3 D-Dur, BWV 1068
Johann Sebastian Bach4:25
4Preludio (From Partitia No.3) BWV 1006
violin:
Josef Suk (violinist/conductor, 1929-2011)
recording of:
Violin Partita no. 3 in E major, BWV 1006: I. Preludio
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) (in 1720)
part of:
Violin Partita no. 3 in E major, BWV 1006
Johann Sebastian Bach3:41
5Sheep May Safely Graze
flute:
George Crozier (flautist) and Edward Walker (flutist)
oboe:
Léon Goossens (oboist)
organ:
Sir George Thomas Thalben-Ball
recording of:
Kantate, BWV 208 “Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd!”: IX. “Schafe können sicher weiden” (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
arrangement of:
Kantate, BWV 208 “Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd!”: IX. Aria (Sopran II) “Schafe können sicher weiden”
Johann Sebastian Bach4:10
6Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645
organ:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
recording of:
Sechs Choräle von Verschiedener Art (Schübler-Choräle): Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
part of:
Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (number: BWV 645)
is based on:
Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140: IV. Choral (Tenor) “Zion hört die Wächter singen”
part of:
Sechs Choräle von verschiedener Art
Johann Sebastian Bach4:37
7Brandenburg Concerto No.3 in G BWV 1048
orchestra:
London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO)
conductor:
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor)
recording of:
Brandenburgisches Konzert Nr. 3 G-Dur, BWV 1048
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
dedicated to:
Christian Ludwig (Margrave of Brandenburg)
part of:
Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (number: BWV 1048)
part of:
Six concerts avec plusieurs instruments (Brandenburg concertos)
Johann Sebastian Bach11:40
8Italian Concerto BWV 971
harpsichord:
George Malcolm (English harpsichordist, conductor)
recording of:
Italienisches Konzert F-Dur, BWV 971
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) (in 1735)
part of:
Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (number: BWV 971)
Johann Sebastian Bach12:43
9Ein' Feste Burg Ist Unser Gott (From Cantata No.80)
instruments and orchestra:
Consortium Musicum
choir vocals:
Süddeutscher Madrigalchor (in 1967)
conductor:
Wolfgang Gönnenwein (conductor) (in 1967)
recorded at:
Marbach Stadthalle in Marbach am Neckar, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
recording of:
Kantate, BWV 80 "Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott": VIII. Choral "Das Wort sie sollen lassen stahn" (in 1967-07)
lyricist:
Martin Luther (German theologian of the Reformation)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) (from 1715 until 1730)
part of:
Breitkopf 389 Choralgesänge (number: 76)
part of:
Kantate, BWV 80 "Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott"
Johann Sebastian Bach1:24
10Violin Concerto In E - 1 BWV 1042
violin:
Yehudi Menuhin (violinist) (from 1958-10-07 until 1958-10-08)
orchestra:
Bath Festival Orchestra (from 1958-10-07 until 1958-10-08) and Robert Masters Chamber Orchestra (from 1958-10-07 until 1958-10-08)
conductor:
Yehudi Menuhin (violinist) (from 1958-10-07 until 1958-10-08)
recording of:
Konzert für Violine und Orchester E-Dur, BWV 1042: I. Allegro (from 1958-10-07 until 1958-10-08)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
part of:
Konzert für Violine und Orchester E-Dur, BWV 1042
Johann Sebastian Bach8:54
11Violin Concerto In E - 2 BWV 1042
violin:
Yehudi Menuhin (violinist) (from 1958-10-07 until 1958-10-08)
orchestra:
Bath Festival Orchestra (from 1958-10-07 until 1958-10-08) and Robert Masters Chamber Orchestra (from 1958-10-07 until 1958-10-08)
conductor:
Yehudi Menuhin (violinist) (from 1958-10-07 until 1958-10-08)
recording of:
Konzert für Violine und Orchester E-Dur, BWV 1042: II. Adagio (from 1958-10-07 until 1958-10-08)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
part of:
Konzert für Violine und Orchester E-Dur, BWV 1042
Johann Sebastian Bach7:10
12Violin Concerto In E - 3 BWV 1042
violin:
Yehudi Menuhin (violinist) (from 1958-10-07 until 1958-10-08)
orchestra:
Bath Festival Orchestra (from 1958-10-07 until 1958-10-08) and Robert Masters Chamber Orchestra (from 1958-10-07 until 1958-10-08)
conductor:
Yehudi Menuhin (violinist) (from 1958-10-07 until 1958-10-08)
recording of:
Konzert für Violine und Orchester E-Dur, BWV 1042: III. Allegro assai (from 1958-10-07 until 1958-10-08)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
part of:
Konzert für Violine und Orchester E-Dur, BWV 1042
Johann Sebastian Bach2:59
13Prelude And Fugue No.5 In D (piano) BWV 850
piano:
John Ogdon (pianist and composer)
recording of:
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: Prelude and Fugue no. 5 in D major, BWV 850
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) (in 1722)
part of:
Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (number: BWV 850)
part of:
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I
Johann Sebastian Bach3:02