 | Bach: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1-3; Two Oboe Concertos
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $2.96 These pieces are perfect - absolutely perfect. Well played here. Also try Richter.
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 | Bach: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 4-6; Triple Concerto BWV 1044
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $3.96 As above.
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 | Well Tempered Clavier, Part 1 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Buy used from: $26.23 In my opinion, these pieces work best on clavichord. And no one plays these as convincingly as Kirkpatrick
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 | Bach: Well-tempered Clavier, Book II (2 CD Set)
Buy used from: $22.97 As above.
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 | Kempff Plays Bach: English Suite No. 3; Capriccio in B flat; Transcriptions of J.S. Bach, Handel, & Gluck
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $10.48 Some of the best recorded Bach on piano. Very legato - takes some getting used to if you usually listen to Gould.
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 | Bach J.S: the Well Tempered Clavier V.1 by Wilhelm Kempff
Buy used from: $73.99 Three quarters of the first book on one low-price CD, and arguably the best piano performance on record.
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 | Bach: Two- and Three-part Inventions, BWV 772-801
Buy used from: $2.34 The sound is atrocious, but these performances are well worth hearing. Much better than Hewitt's blandness and Schiff's rococo interpretation.
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 | Glenn Gould Edition - Bach: French Suites, Overture
Buy new: $31.98 / Used from: $10.73 One of the best piano albums ever. The pieces themselves are superb, and Gould rhythmic drive in unparalleled.
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 | Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (The Historic 1955 Debut Recording)
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $1.23 A very odd interpretation, but undeniably a great one. Some people find it too frenetic. I'm not one of them.
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 | Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier by Sviatoslav Richter
Buy new: $32.98 / Used from: $20.10 The other contender for best WTK on piano. Very driven. Forget Hewitt's travesty of a recording.
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 | Bach: English Suites Nos. 1, 3 & 6
Buy used from: $3.96 Middle-of-the-road Bach - neither Kempff nor Gould. Amazing sound quality.
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 | Bach: English Suites Nos. 2, 4 & 5 / Perahia
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $5.82 As above.
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 | Bach: Keyboard Concertos Nos. 1, 2 & 4
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $4.83 Very solid recordings with great sound quality.
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 | Bach Goldberg Variations (SACD) by Bach
Buy used from: $30.94 A sensible alternative to the extreme version by Gould.
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 | Bach: 6 Suiten für Violoncello solo
Buy new: $23.98 / Used from: $6.99 Probably the simplest series of pieces Bach ever wrote. Very relaxing.
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 | Bach: Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin
Buy new: $23.98 / Used from: $14.00 It's very refreshing to hear a recording of these that keeps steady rhythm throughout the pieces.
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 | Bach J.S: Favourite Cantatas Bwv 140, 56, 51 by Fischer-Dieskau
Not exactly authentic, but these performances have yet to be surpassed.
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