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Life and Works: BACH, J.S. (Siepmann)
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Life and Works
J.S. Bach
Author and Narrator: Jeremy Siepmann
John Shrapnel as Bach
Other parts taken by Trevor Nichols, Ruth Sillers and David Timson
4 CDs
116-page booklet
Naxos 8.558051-54
ISBN: 1-84379-022-X
Although now beloved and revered by millions as the greatest composer who ever lived, Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) was best known in his lifetime as an organist, and was eclipsed in fame as a composer by two of his 20 children. For the last 27 years of his life he was a schoolteacher and choir director whose duties extended to meal supervision and dormitory inspection. Yet throughout his career he composed a vast body of music, which is amongst the most joyful, dancing and enrapturing ever written. This portrait-in-sound includes many examples of the music that made him immortal.
With compelling narration by Jeremy Siepmann, character portrayals by acclaimed actors, and the interpolation of over 25 substantial musical extracts reflecting the development of one of music's most enduringly awe-inspiring composers, we are transported back three centuries straight into the life of Johann Sebastian Bach. This innovative sense of immediacy is at the heart of this comprehensive audio-biography, depicting the life of a composer whose music is universally admired.
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Disc
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Bach, Johann Sebastian
Life and Works
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Family background and early years
00:08:39
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Music: Capriccio on the Departure of His Beloved Brother
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Bach and the organ
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Music: Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565
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Bach in trouble
00:10:17
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Music: Trio Sonata in E flat, BWV 525
00:04:54
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Bach the husband and father
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Music: Vivaldi / Bach: Concerto in A Minor for Four Harpsichords
00:03:58
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Bach the young composer
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Music: Prelude and Fugue in A Minor, BWV 543
00:12:52
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Bach in Weimar (and in jail)
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Music: Prelude in E - Flat Minor (The Well - Tempered Clavier, Book I)
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Bach leaves Weimar
00:00:28
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Music: Violin Concerto in E Major (Finale)
00:02:39
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Disc
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Bach, Johann Sebastian
Life and Works
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Bach at Cothen
00:02:56
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Music: Concerto for Two Violins (Largo ma non tanto)
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Bach and the Brandenburgs
00:02:35
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Music: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D (first movement)
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From grief to joy though faith
00:01:27
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Music: 'Et Resurrexit' (B Minor Mass)
00:04:38
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New beginnings: Bach remarries and his family grows
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Music: Aria in G
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Goldberg Variations and Anna Magdalena's Notebook
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Music: Stolzel: Bist du bei mir
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Domestic happiness and the move to Leipzig
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Music: Magnificat
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Bach's duties at Leipzig
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Music: Canata No. 80 (Duetto)
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Bach the teacher
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Music: Sinfonia (Three - Part Invention) in E flat
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The great keyboard works with an educational agenda
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Music: Italian Concerto (last movement)
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A letter to the King
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Music: Cantata No. 147 (opening chorus)
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Disc
3
Bach, Johann Sebastian
Life and Works
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Bach takes up the poet's pen
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Music: Partita No. 1 in B flat, BWV 825 (Courante)
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Bach's frustration at Leipzig
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Music: Singet dem Herrn, BWV 225
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Frustrations intensify
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Music: St John Passion (opening chorus)
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Bach's efforts to leave Leipzig
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Music: Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 (first movement)
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The King of Poland's jubilee
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Music: Suite No. 3 in D, BWV 1068
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The Ernesti affair
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Music: Prelude in D Major, BWV 532
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Adolf Scheibe's scathing views on Bach
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Music: Concerto in C for Three Harpsichords (Finale)
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Disc
4
Bach, Johann Sebastian
Life and Works
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Bach and opera
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'Coffee' Cantata (excerpts)
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'Peasant' Cantata (excerpts)
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The twilight years
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Music: The Art of Fugue
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Bach's visit to Frederick the Great
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Music: The Musical Offering
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Decline and death
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Music: Mass in B Minor
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Total Playing Time:
04:34:11
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