Various Artists

Best of Bach (CD)

A compilation that offers unbeatable value-for-money, in great performances from the Deutsche Grammophon and Archiv catalogues of Bach favourites - orchestral, instrumental and vocal.

TRACK LIST

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major: Allegro
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor: Menuet
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor: Badinerie
Munich Bach Orchestra
Karl Richter

Concerto for Two Violins & Strings in D minor: Largo
David & Igor Oistrakh, violins
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Eugene Goosens

Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D minor: Affettuoso
Lucerne Festival Strings
Rudolf Baumgartner

Concerto for Violin & Strings in A minor: Allegro assai
Zino Francescatti, violin
Lucerne Festival Strings
Rudolf Baumgartner

Christmas Oratorio: ‘Shepherd’s Pastorale’
Munich Bach Orchestra
Karl Richter

Toccata & Fugue in D minor
Helmut Walcha, organ

St Matthew Passion: ‘Kommt, ihr Tochter’ Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major: Air Canata No. 14: ‘Jesu, joy of man’s desiring’
Mass in B minor: ‘Gloria in Excelsis’
Munich Bach Orchestra & Choir
Karl Richter