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Johann Sebastian Bach, Die Kunst Der Fuge, Academy of St. Martin-In-The-Fields, conducted by Neville Marriner (Philips 6747 172, 1975)

May 21, 2026 | B, Bach, J.S., Baroque, Recordings, Reviews

This record really kindled my love of Bach and inspired me to study music history. I remember the night my dad brought it home after work in 1975 and then the experience of listening to it for the first time. (You can read the whole story here.) My father was not a...

Johann Sebastian Bach, The Last Keyboard Works; Charles Rosen, Piano (Odyssey 32 36 0020, 1969)

Apr 25, 2026 | B, Bach, J.S., Baroque, Recordings, Reviews

A three-record boxed set is a time commitment, so I don't often listen to this collection of Charles Rosen's late Bach. That's too bad, since there is a lot to recommend it, in fact, this record is a favourite of mine – something that I remember every time I listen to...

Johann Sebastian Bach, the Goldberg Variations (Deutsche Grammophon 4864556, 2023); Víkingur Ólafsson

Apr 11, 2026 | B, Bach, J.S., Baroque, Composers, Recordings, Reviews

I grew up with Glenn Gould’s Goldberg Variations. My father had his 1956 debut recording on Columbia Masterworks (ML 5060) that established the then-24-year-old pianist as a virtuoso of note, and he had it on our Sony Music System all the time. (Gould had recorded a...

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Matthew Friedman

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Johann Sebastian Bach, Die Kunst Der Fuge, Academy of St. Martin-In-The-Fields, conducted by Neville Marriner (Philips 6747 172, 1975)

Johann Sebastian Bach, The Last Keyboard Works; Charles Rosen, Piano (Odyssey 32 36 0020, 1969)

Johann Sebastian Bach, the Goldberg Variations (Deutsche Grammophon 4864556, 2023); Víkingur Ólafsson

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