Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Classical composers plays Johann Sebastian Bach.
** Piano
00:00 (Unreleased) Sergei Rachmaninoff - Bach (arr. Rach), Prelude from BWV 1006 (this unpublished recording is probably from 1935 and differs from the 1942 recording)
03:32 Ferruccio Busoni - Bach, Prelude & Fugue BWV 846 (1922)
07:28 Alfredo Casella - Bach/Casella, Trio from The Musical Offering (1936)
12:03 Donald Tovey - Bach/Tovey, Contrapunctus XVI from The Art of Fugue BWV 1080, completed by Tovey (1935)
15:35 Dmitri Shostakovich - Bach, Alla Siciliana from 3 Piano Concerto BWV 1063 (1950, Live performance in Leipzig St. Thomas Church to mark the 200th anniversary of Bach's death) with Pavel Serebriakov (Piano), Isaiah Braudo (Piano), Karl Eliasberg (Conductor)
21:19 Bela Bartok - Bach, Allegro [fragment] from Piano Concerto No. 4 BWV 1055 (1939? live) with Ernő Dohnànyi (Conductor)
24:42 Erno Dohnanyi - Bach, Mov. II from Italian Concerto (1955 Live)
** Violin
28:56 George Enescu - Bach, Fugue & Chaconne (excerpts) from BWV 1004 (This is a different recording from Enescu's officially released recordings; it consists of short excerpts he played in Gavoty's 1952 interviews.)
30:40 Joseph Joachim - Bach, Bourree from BWV 1002 (1903)
32:34 Pablo de Sarasate - Bach, Prelude from BWV 1006 (1904)
35:18 Jeno Hubay - Bach, Air from BWV 1068 (1929), arr. Hubay
39:12 Fritz Kreisler - Bach, Largo ma non tanto from BWV 1043 with Efrem Zimbalist (Violin) (1915)
** Flute
44:13 Philippe Gaubert - Bach, Badinerie from BWV 1067 (1919)
** Organ
45:37 Louis Vierne - Bach, Fantasia BMW 542 (1928)
51:22 Marcel Dupre - Bach, Passacaglia and Fugue (1929)
** Conducting
01:04:16 Igor Stravinsky - Bach/Stravinsky, Chorale Variations on "Vom Himmel hoch da komm' ich her" - Variation IV
1:06:54 Paul Hindemith - Bach, "Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied" BWV 225 (1953)
1:18:53 Nadia Boulanger - Bach, "Christ lag in Todesbanden" BWV 4 (1937 Live)
1:21:16 Ralph Vaughan Williams - Bach, "Kommt ihr Töchter helft mir klagen" from St. Matthaus Passion (1958 Live)
1:30:20 Bruno Maderna - Bach, "Quia respexit" from Magnificat BWV 243a (1971)
1:34:46 Pierre Boulez - Bach, Allegro from Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 (1971 Live)
1:38:54 Heitor Villa-Lobos - Bach/Lobos, Prelude No 22 From WTC I BWV 867 (1958)
1:42:45 George Benjamin - Bach/Benjamin, Contrapunctus 7 (Live 2023)
Classical composers plays Johann Sebastian Bach.
** Piano
00:00 (Unreleased) Sergei Rachmaninoff - Bach (arr. Rach), Prelude from BWV 1006 (this unpublished recording is probably from 1935 and differs from the 1942 recording)
03:32 Ferruccio Busoni - Bach, Prelude & Fugue BWV 846 (1922)
07:28 Alfredo Casella - Bach/Casella, Trio from The Musical Offering (1936)
12:03 Donald Tovey - Bach/Tovey, Contrapunctus XVI from The Art of Fugue BWV 1080, completed by Tovey (1935)
15:35 Dmitri Shostakovich - Bach, Alla Siciliana from 3 Piano Concerto BWV 1063 (1950, Live performance in Leipzig St. Thomas Church to mark the 200th anniversary of Bach's death) with Pavel Serebriakov (Piano), Isaiah Braudo (Piano), Karl Eliasberg (Conductor)
21:19 Bela Bartok - Bach, Allegro [fragment] from Piano Concerto No. 4 BWV 1055 (1939? live) with Ernő Dohnànyi (Conductor)
24:42 Erno Dohnanyi - Bach, Mov. II from Italian Concerto (1955 Live)
** Violin
28:56 George Enescu - Bach, Fugue & Chaconne (excerpts) from BWV 1004 (This is a different recording from Enescu's officially released recordings; it consists of short excerpts he played in Gavoty's 1952 interviews.)
30:40 Joseph Joachim - Bach, Bourree from BWV 1002 (1903)
32:34 Pablo de Sarasate - Bach, Prelude from BWV 1006 (1904)
35:18 Jeno Hubay - Bach, Air from BWV 1068 (1929), arr. Hubay
39:12 Fritz Kreisler - Bach, Largo ma non tanto from BWV 1043 with Efrem Zimbalist (Violin) (1915)
** Flute
44:13 Philippe Gaubert - Bach, Badinerie from BWV 1067 (1919)
** Organ
45:37 Louis Vierne - Bach, Fantasia BMW 542 (1928)
51:22 Marcel Dupre - Bach, Passacaglia and Fugue (1929)
** Conducting
01:04:16 Igor Stravinsky - Bach/Stravinsky, Chorale Variations on "Vom Himmel hoch da komm' ich her" - Variation IV
1:06:54 Paul Hindemith - Bach, "Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied" BWV 225 (1953)
1:18:53 Nadia Boulanger - Bach, "Christ lag in Todesbanden" BWV 4 (1937 Live)
1:21:16 Ralph Vaughan Williams - Bach, "Kommt ihr Töchter helft mir klagen" from St. Matthaus Passion (1958 Live)
1:30:20 Bruno Maderna - Bach, "Quia respexit" from Magnificat BWV 243a (1971)
1:34:46 Pierre Boulez - Bach, Allegro from Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 (1971 Live)
1:38:54 Heitor Villa-Lobos - Bach/Lobos, Prelude No 22 From WTC I BWV 867 (1958)
1:42:45 George Benjamin - Bach/Benjamin, Contrapunctus 7 (Live 2023)
