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Johann Sebastian Bach

Prism II - Beethoven, Schnittke, Bach
Bach's Fugue in B minor BWV 869 (arr. Förster), Schnittke's String Quartet No. 3 and Beethoven's Op. 130 with the Grosse Fuge as finale, played by the Danish String Quartet; recorded May 2017 at the Reitstadel, Neumarkt, produced by Manfred Eicher.
Prism I - Beethoven, Shostakovich, Bach
Bach's Fugue BWV 876 in Mozart's arrangement, Shostakovich's String Quartet No. 15 and Beethoven's Op. 127, played by the Danish String Quartet; recorded November 2016 at the Reitstadel, Neumarkt, produced by Manfred Eicher. First volume of the Prism…
Bach, Busoni, Beethoven
Yuuko Shiokawa (violin) and András Schiff (piano) play sonatas by Bach (BWV 1016), Busoni (No. 2, Op. 36a) and Beethoven (No. 10, Op. 96); recorded in December 2016 at the Auditorio Stelio Molo RSI, Lugano.
Canto Oscuro
Russian pianist Anna Gourari's ECM debut: Bach chorale preludes, the Chaconne and a prelude in transcriptions by Busoni and Siloti, with Gubaidulina's Chaconne and Hindemith's Suite 1922, recorded in May 2011 at the Reitstadel, Neumarkt.
Britten / Bach / Ligeti
Solo cello recital by Miklós Perényi: Britten's Third Suite op. 87, Bach's Suite No. 6 BWV 1012 and Ligeti's Sonata. Recorded November 2009 at the RSI Auditorio in Lugano, produced by Manfred Eicher.
Inventionen und Sinfonien / Französische Suite V
Till Fellner plays Bach's two-part Inventions, three-part Sinfonias and French Suite No. 5 in G major, BWV 816, on piano; recorded in July 2007 at the Mozartsaal, Wiener Konzerthaus, and produced by Manfred Eicher.
Towards Silence
Swiss violinist Paul Giger (violin, violino d'amore) and harpsichordist Marie-Louise Dähler alternate Bach's Sonata BWV 1018 and the Goldberg Aria with their own pieces and improvisations. Recorded October 2006 at Propstei St. Gerold.
Morimur
Bach's Partita in D minor BWV 1004 played by Christoph Poppen on baroque violin, interleaved with chorales sung by The Hilliard Ensemble after Helga Thoene's analysis; recorded September 2000 at Propstei St. Gerold, Austria.
Játékok
György and Márta Kurtág play 30 pieces from his piano cycle Játékok (Games) and four of his Bach transcriptions, for two and four hands. Recorded July 1996 in the Mozart-Saal, Wiener Konzerthaus, produced by Manfred Eicher.
J.S. Bach / B.A. Zimmermann
Thomas Demenga's fourth ECM New Series pairing of Bach and the 20th century: Bach's Cello Suite No. 2, BWV 1008, with Bernd Alois Zimmermann's solo sonatas for violin (Thomas Zehetmair), viola (Christoph Schiller) and cello, recorded in 1995 in Sandh…
In memoriam Haydée / Játékok - Games and Transcriptions for piano solo and four hands
Concert film by Isabelle Soulard: Márta and György Kurtág play pieces from Játékok and Kurtág's Bach transcriptions for piano four hands, Cité de la musique, Paris, 22 September 2012, in memory of Haydée Charbagi.