Aromatherapy, the quiet moments of classical music. And in the second volume, Romantic Bach, discover why as a Baroque composer his music transcends time, place and genres. This collection offers the quiet moments of Bach’s music – piano transcriptions of his chorale preludes; slow movements from concertos and beloved moments from his Cantatas.
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068: Air
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
Neville Marriner
Beloved Jesu, we are here, BWV 731 (arr. Harriet Cohen)
Alicia de Larrocha, piano
Christmas Oratorio, BWV 24: Sinfonia
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
Karl Munchinger
Oboe Concerto in F major, BWV 1053 (from Keyboard Concerto): Siciliano (ed. Christopher Hogwood)
Neil Black, oboe
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
Neville Marriner
Prelude in E flat minor, BWV 853 (arr. Stokowski)
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Leopold Stokowski
Jesu, joy of man’s desiring (from Cantata BWV 147, arr. Myra Hess)
Julius Katchen, piano
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067:
Sarabande
Minuet & Badinerie
William Bennett, flute
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
Neville Marriner
Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major, BWV 1049: Allegro
Stoika Milanova, violin
Aurele Nicolet, Peter Reidemeister, flutes
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
Karl Munchinger
Sleepers Wake (Wachet au) from Cantata BWV 140, arr. Granville Bantock
New Symphony Orchestra
Raymond Agoult
Sanctify us by Thy goodness from Cantata BWV 22, arr. Harriet Cohen
Alicia de Larrocha, piano
Concerto for Oboe & Violin, BWV 1060: Adagio
Tess Miller, oboe
Carmel Kaine, violin
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
Neville Marriner
Keyboard Concerto in G minor, BWV 1058: Andante
Andras Schiff, piano/conductor
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, BWV 1043: Largo ma non tanto
Granville Jones & Carl Pini, violins
Philomusica of London
Thurston Dart
The Well-tempered Clavier: Prelude in C major, BWV 846
Andras Schiff, piano
Sheep may safely graze from Cantata BWV 208, arr. Munchinger
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
Karl Munchinger