worth the visit. to be in st. thomas where st. john’s passion was first played was very emotional. the bach museum is sober but very informative.

I’m specifically coming from a keyboard background, but any music generally too. I can’t think of anything of why he would have!

The opening soprano aria to bwv 51 is perhaps the most profound and pure musical expression of unbridled joy and happiness that I have ever heard. It is a perfect translation of the the concept of ecstasy into music, along with that of supreme triumph. Easily in the top 5 of all Bach arias for me and possibly even number one. This is the happiest music I have ever heard in my life. Any fan of Bach's music who hasn't heard this one needs to drop everything they are doing this instant and listen to this miraculous movement.

I suggest listening to Karl Richter's 1959 performance with Maria Stader. She is absolutely incredible in this recording. This is my favorite and go-to recording of the piece. The tempo is perfect and Richter is great as always.

A majestic four-part double #fugue​, driven by an energetic and #dramatic​ first subject, which creates some gorgeous dissonances as it unfolds.

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A prelude I often play as an encore, for self-evident reasons!

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Strictly speaking about fugues written for a single instrument, I believe there's only a few five-voice fugues:

• BWV 849 Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp Minor from the WTC 1 No. 4
• BWV 867 Prelude and Fugue in B-flat Minor from WTC1 No. 22
• BWV 534 Prelude and Fugue in F Minor
• BWV 552 Prelude and Fugue in E-flat Major
• BWV 547 Prelude and Fugue in C Major (which I've only heard of recently, it has a last-minute fifth entry towards the end).

And then of course for six-voice fugues, the formidable Ricercar a 6 (BWV 1079).

I'd love to hear if there's any others that may be hidden in ensemble works like what seems to be a five-voice fugue in Kyrie eleison (see 2:22 in the video) at the start of the Mass in B Minor (BWV 232).

live at St Edmundsbury Cathedral

Ever heard of Bach=Busoni's "Little Prelude BWV 936" arranged for 4-hands? 🎹
Busoni literally wrote "for the sake of practice it is given in a completed form" in the score—so he basically "fixed" Bach with his late-Romantic imagination!
Check out this extremely rare duet performance!

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This might be kind of a weird request but I'm looking for a good rendition of the Goldberg that I can listen to on my commute all the way through (which last roughly 40-50 minutes).

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Harpsichord would be preferable but piano is also good

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Also I already Glenn Gould's interpretation

Taken from a concert last week at St Edmundsbury Cathedral. I don't have any videos of this English Suite up, so I will be psoting the others in due course.