Partita for solo violin No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004: Gigue
St. John Passion (Johannespassion), BWV 245 (BC D2): Opening Chorus, "Herr unser Herrscher"
Die Kunst der Fuge (The Art of the Fugue), for keyboard (or other instruments), BWV 1080: Contrapunctus I a 4
St. Matthew Passion (Matthäuspassion), for soloists, double chorus & double orchestra, BWV 244 (BC D3b): Opening Chorus, "Kommt, ihr Töchter, helft mir klagen"
Trio Sonata for organ No. 1 in E flat major, BWV 525 (BC J1): Allegro
Cantata No. 26, "Ach wie flüchtig, ach wie nichtig," BWV 26 (BC A162): Opening Chorus, "Ach wie flüchtig, ach wie nichtig"
Cantata No. 177, "Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ," BWV 177 (BC A103): Aria No. 4, "Laß mich kein Lust noch Furcht"
Don't worry about investing $1700 in one conductor. Helmut Rilling is well-seasoned. Not a proponent of the period instrument movement, he adopts a spirited modern approach toward Bach. His orchestral pace is swift, his performers creative. The performances range from the extraordinary to the acceptable with very few clunkers. Bach's resplendent choral works--the St. Matthew and St. John Passions, the Christmas Oratorio, and the Mass in B Minor--shake the room with baroque jubilance and anguish. Rilling's St. John Passion ...
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Don't worry about investing $1700 in one conductor. Helmut Rilling is well-seasoned. Not a proponent of the period instrument movement, he adopts a spirited modern approach toward Bach. His orchestral pace is swift, his performers creative. The performances range from the extraordinary to the acceptable with very few clunkers. Bach's resplendent choral works--the St. Matthew and St. John Passions, the Christmas Oratorio, and the Mass in B Minor--shake the room with baroque jubilance and anguish. Rilling's St. John Passion contains the alternate versions for five sections. He infuses the eight volumes of the Bach chorale books with a refreshing humanism, unclogged by the usual solemnity. Hanssler has organized this collection imaginatively. For example, rather than group the solo organ works by one category, it does so by theme (e.g., New Ideas in Weimar; Influences of Cantata, Concerto, and Chamber). The Edition Bachakademie also includes unauthenticated and spurious works, perhaps one reason why it...
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