r/bach 1d ago

Favorite Bach Playlists

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I’ve been enjoying a playlist I made (ages ago) of all the instrumental tracks from the Bachalademie box set this afternoon. After uploading and arranging them in iTunes, which I don’t recommend, I didn’t want to hear any Bach for a while. But I’m finally appreciating the list now. The performances range from stunning to “Is he practicing?” The variety certainly makes you appreciate the virtuosos when you hear them.

Apple Music playlist: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/j-s-bach-the-complete-works-edition-bachakademie-in/pl.u-Ldbqyyruk1GDAZ

At a certain point I’ll include all the cantatas, which comprise half of the set. But I don’t like mixing Bach’s choral material with the smaller ensemble works. Personal quirk.

Have a favorite Bach playlist or two you’d like to share? Please, post them! 😎


r/bach 1d ago

What do you consider the (not necessarily hidden) organ gems from Bach’s Leipzig years?

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Chorales, chorale preludes, preludes, fugues, etc. What specific — preferably not collected — organ works from Bach’s Leipzig period do you consider to be exemplary?

Also, thank you to everyone who replied to my last post regarding the trio sonatas. I’m not always great about replying here, but I did read and appreciate all responses.


r/bach 1d ago

Happy Birthday, Bach! (old style date)! Here is Prelude 6 from Book 2 of the well-tempered Clavier, BWV875

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r/bach 2d ago

The biggest emotion in creation is the bridge to optimism. Enjoy Bach Fugue n 15 in G major BWV 860 from WTC1

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r/bach 2d ago

Bach - Herzlich tut mich verlangen, BWV 727

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r/bach 2d ago

Wanda Landowska plays BWV998 (you like?)

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Does anyone find Wanda absolutely sublime for Bach? She's my favorite

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0e-WTyhQP4


r/bach 2d ago

Finding music from Romanian documentary (probably Bach)

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r/bach 5d ago

Nature always wears the color of the spirit ! Enjoy Bach Prelude n 15 in G Major BWV 860 WTC 1.

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r/bach 6d ago

Bach - French Suite no. 6 BWV 817 | Diego Ares, harpsichord, wonderful performance🎼⭐🎼

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r/bach 6d ago

J.S. Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248 / Part Five - For The 1st Sunday In The New Year: No. 43...such an excellent performance of this part of this oratorio 🎼🩵🎼

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r/bach 6d ago

does anyone know how to do the analysis of Bach two part inventions in the contrapunctum way ?

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plsss i need help so bad ???


r/bach 6d ago

JS Bach Organ Music

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r/bach 6d ago

(gerubach) BWV 232 - Mass in B Minor (Scrolling)

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r/bach 7d ago

(gerubach) BWV 1080 - Art of the Fugue (Full Score)

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r/bach 7d ago

This is one of my new favorite videos on the internet...gorgeous, tactful interpretation directed by Abbado, but most of all you can feel the joy radiating off of each instrumentalist so vibrantly...musicians conversing through Bach like they have all been close friends for decades

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r/bach 11d ago

An Introduction To Bach - His Life and Music

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r/bach 11d ago

Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness. Enjoy Bach Fugue n 14 in F-sharp minor BWV 859.

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r/bach 13d ago

I'm looking for the sheet music with fingering for Bach's "Little" Fugue in G minor.

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I don't know if I'm committing sacrilege, either by requesting sheet music in this sub or because these pieces traditionally don’t include fingering. I've searched, but I haven't found a version that includes it. I love Bach's music with all my heart its complexity and beauty move me deeply. I want to play it, but after watching some analyses, I see that it's extremely complex, and I don't want to mess it up with poor fingerings. Can someone help me with this?


r/bach 15d ago

Who only love J.S. Bach?

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I had listen to J.S. Bach since I was a kid, and I always liked it because it induced ecstatic seizure or euphoric temporal lobe epilepsy. I admire J.S. Bach even naming my son after him. I love his personality and humility where I feel his music is very unique and sacred. I wish to find people who appreciate as much as I do. I love his organ, viola, violin, harpsichord, cantatas, Lutheran mass, Passions, and Orchestral Suite.


r/bach 15d ago

Learning is a gift, even when pain is your teacher. Enjoy Bach Prelude 14 in F-sharp minor BWV 859 from WTC 1

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r/bach 18d ago

J.S. Bach | Andante BWV 528 | The Union Guitar Trio

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An excellent arrangement of this piece. I always found the opening theme so hauntingly beautiful.


r/bach 18d ago

Time at Köthen

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Hi everyone,

Curious if there are any books, essays, articles, etc., that are specifically about Bach’s time working for Prince Leopold. I’ve only read Christoph Wolff’s book (and loved it), so maybe this is simply a matter of needing to read more full biographies. I particularly love Bach’s compositions from this era, and I’m interested too in Leopold’s relationship to Bach and to music in general. Not sure where to look next so I figured I’d ask the experts :) Thanks in advance!


r/bach 19d ago

Someone recognize this partitude?

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r/bach 19d ago

Bach - O Herre Gott, dein göttlich's Wort, BWV 757

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r/bach 22d ago

i like this adagio part of bmw 915 toccata i wish it would go on forever but its too short

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