![Bach J.S.: Organ Works [Germany]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/516sJ6gYtzL._SL75_.jpg) | Bach J.S.: Organ Works [Germany] by Bach
Buy new: $18.98 / Used from: $64.37 Walcha is probably the best Bach organist, if not AT LEAST in the top three. Arhiv has reissued this box set at a nice price!
|
 | Organ Works by Johann Sebastian Bach
Buy new: $364.99 / Used from: $124.99 Some prefer Hurford to Walcha. I like Hurford for some pieces but at the price you can't go wrong with Walcha. If you have more to spend you also can't go wrong with Hurford.
|
 | Inventions & Sinfonias - 70th Anniversary Edition by Glenn Gould
Buy new: $9.98 / Used from: $6.59 Love him or hate him (and usually people fall into one of these two camps) at some point every Bach enthusiast has to come to terms with Gould.
If you want a Gould-like performance without the humming...try Joao Carlos Martin (my personal favorite for these pieces).
|
 | Johann Sebastian Bach: The Two-Part and Three-Part Inventions - Kenneth Gilbert
Buy used from: $14.99 For those that prefer HIP (historical instrument performance) this harpsichord version of the inventions and Sinfonia are unsurpassed...
|
 | English Suites 1 2 & 3 - Anniversary Edition by Glenn Gould
Buy new: $9.98 / Used from: $6.85 Gould is amazing here in the first 3 English Suites...
Joao Carlos Martin also recorded these works...however they are difficult to find and scattered across three discs.
|
 | English Suites 4 5 & 6 - 70th Anniversary Edition by Glenn Gould
Buy new: $9.98 / Used from: $6.70 ...the last 3 English Suites
|
 | Bach: The English Suites
Buy new: $45.98 / Used from: $25.00 For those that want a piano version but do not care for Gould, Hewitt is a sane choice. Her piano interpretations are beautiful and the production/recording is superb...
|
 | Bach: English Suites
Buy new: $36.98 / Used from: $18.71 My first HIP choice. Watchorn's Bach is deeply informed and the sound on this recording is absolutely amazing!
|
 | Bach: French Suites Nos 1-6, BWV 812-817 (Edition Bachakademie Vol 114) /Aldwell (piano) by Johann Sebastian Bach
Buy new: $35.98 / Used from: $24.74 If you are looking for a piano version, you need look no further than the late Edward Aldwell. He was an absolute genius Bacherian. He left us too early, but thankfully he made a few recording to share with us.
All of discs are my ALL-TIME favorite Bach!
|
 | Bach: French Suites
Buy used from: $28.32 For the HIP crowd...Moroney on harpsichord is brilliant here. And at the price you can't go wrong!
|
 | Partitas 1 2 & 3 - Anniversary Edition by Glenn Gould
Buy new: $9.98 / Used from: $6.98 Gould's recordings of the Six Partitas are truly great. Some of his best!
|
 | Partitas 4 5 & 6 - 70th Anniversary Edition by Glenn Gould
Buy new: $9.98 / Used from: $13.58 the last 3 Partitas...
|
 | Bach: Partitas for Keyboard
Buy used from: $7.88 Sadly this is OOP. Woolley is peerless in his rendition of the Partitas for harpsichord.
|
 | Bach: The Six Partitas / Angela Hewitt by Johann Sebastian Bach
Buy new: $45.98 / Used from: $28.99 For those that can't stomach Gould...Hewitt is a sane choice for the Partitas. A great disc!
|
 | Bach: Six Partitas, BWV 825-830 (Edition Bachakademie Vol 115) /Pinnock (harpsichord)
Buy new: $35.98 / Used from: $23.95 Pinnock has to get honorable mention here for his Partitas for harpsichord. Being that Woolley is OOP (out of print)...you couldn't go wrong with Pinnock.
|
 | J. S. Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II
Buy new: $30.49 / Used from: $21.99 It is a crime that Aldwell's Well-tempered Clavier Book 1 is OOP. COME ON NONESUCH!!! YOU HAVE THE BEST PIANO RECORDING OF THE WTC AND YOU DECIDE TO RECORD AND PUT OUT ANOTHER ONE INSTEAD OF RE-ISSUING THIS GENIUS!!!
Anyway, This is Aldwell's Book 2 which is still in print as of this writing. Get it while you can.
Aldwell's recordings are truly divinely inspired (as was Bach's music)!
|
 | Glen Gould, Bach Toccatas vo. 1 - 70th Anniversary Edition by Glenn Gould
Buy new: $9.98 / Used from: $8.13 Gould's Toccatas are master works.
|
 | Toccatas 2 - 70th Anniversary Edition by Glenn Gould
Buy new: $9.98 / Used from: $3.55 (see above)
|
 | Bach: Toccatas, BWV 910-916 (Edition Bachakademie Vol 104) /Watchorn (harpsichord) by Johann Sebastian Bach
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $10.98 Watchorn is THE choice for HIP Toccatas.
I wanted to list his recording of WTC Book 1 but can't find it listed here. You can still find it if you do a web search. His WTC Book 1 is sublime!
|
| Das Wohltemperierte Clavier
Buy used from: $3.99 These are not the complete works which are sadly OOP. Moroney's WTC Book 1 & 2 are first rate choices for those looking for a HIP version.
Hard to find, but if you can find them...snatch them up!
|
 | Bach: The Goldberg Variations by Glenn Gould
Buy new: $9.98 / Used from: $3.80 I ONLY PUBLISH GOULD BECAUSE THE RECORDING BY EDWARD ALDWELL IS NOT AVAILABLE ON AMAZON. Released in 1997 on the Biddulph Records label. HUNT IT DOWN! Gould is a VERY distant second choice. The Aldwell performance is desert island material!
|
Listmania!
