An extremely expressive and beautiful piece Ave Maria has been a traditional favorite for church performance. This timeless masterpiece is an adaptation of Bach’s famous Prelude No.1 In C by Charles Gounod for Voice. Available here for High Voice with Piano accompaniment.

Bach To The Future for Percussion Duo and Orchestra was composed by Per Nørgård in 1997. Programme Note: For many years I have been specially fascinated by three of the preludes of Bach?s Well-tempered Piano and I wish with this concerto-version for percussion-duo and orchestra to 'highlight' some of the structural aspects of these pieces: It is my belief that there is a tradition in the music history that makes it possible to let certain germs in an earlier period unfold into new but not heterogenious dimensions of a perhaps several hundred years later phase of the tradition.This concerto is a result of several yearscollaboration with Uffe Savery and Morten Friis ('Safri-Duo') as well in original compositions - (Resonances Repercussion Resumé in EchoZone I-III) as in arrangements of the 3 Bach preludes preparing for the enormous stylistic challenges of this work.A few introductory comments to each movement:I Movement: The archetypal sequence of broken chords within C-major has established itself as almost a cultural code allowing the composer of 1996 to tell his tale-in-tones only by stressing and colouring the tones in the original piece without changing the pitches or (relative) durations as a ?palimpsest? containing as well the old as the new musical tale simultaneously. Later in the movement this singleline is multiplied by the till then discrete but permanently pervading proportion - throughout the piece - very close to the ?Golden Section?(= 3:5:8.t.i:8 before repetition 5 before starting anew from the deepest tone 3 as the rest etc. unchanged). The 3 tonal levels as well as the 3 relative speeds are treated according to these proportions for certain passages but even in those the main focal point is directed at the freely invented melody (by me) incarnating itself solely by the unpermutad sequels of the original prelude.II Movement: One feature of the F sharp-prelude pervades all the six minutes-long second movement: A 4 times identical rhythmic

A collection of 27 beautiful solos for acoustic guitar. Peaceful Guitar Playlist presents 27 beautiful solos for acoustic guitar, transcribed in standard notation and tablature. Featuring a range of pieces from Nivana and Bob Marley to Cole Porter and J.S. Bach, there is something for everyone in this stunning collection.

All of Bach?s six authenticated motets were written between 1723 and 1727 for St Thomas? Church Leipzig where Bach was appointed as director of music in 1723. During this period Bach composed most of his cantatas and it seems likely that for ordinary Sunday services he used existing motets from the seventeenth century tradition reserving his own motet compositions for special occasions.Four of his six motets were written for the funeral services of prominent members of the St Thomas? congregation. Jesu Meine Freude (BWV 227) the longest most musically complex and earliest of the six was written in 1723 for the funeralof Johanna Maria Käsin the wife of Leipzig?s postmaster.Jesu Meine Freude BWV 227 is a beautifully constructed motet for five-part mixed choir by J.S. Bach. This Urtext edition provides you with a clear and accurate realisation of the composer?s original intentions and includes thoroughly detailed editorial markings and suggestions as edited by Konrad Ameln.Urtext of the New Bach EditionPerformance material and choral score (BA5132) available for saleComplete edition of the 6 Motets Vocal score with Piano reduction (BA5193-90) choral score (BA5193)

All of Bach’s six authenticated motets were written between 1723 and 1727 for St Thomas’ Church Leipzig where Bach was appointed as director of music in 1723. During this period Bach composed most of his cantatas and it seems likely that for ordinary Sunday services he used existing motets from the seventeenth century tradition reserving his own motet compositions for special occasions. Four of his six motets were written for the funeral services of prominent members of the St Thomas’ congregation. Jesu Meine Freude (BWV 227) the longest most musically complex and earliest of the six was written in1723 for the funeral of Johanna Maria Käsin the wife of Leipzig’s postmaster. Jesu Meine Freude BWV 227 is a beautifully constructed motet for five-part mixed choir by J.S. Bach. This Urtext edition provides you with a clear and accurate realisation of the composer’s original intentions and includes thoroughly detailed editorial markings and suggestions as edited by Konrad Ameln. Urtext of the New Bach Edition Performance material and choral score (BA5132) available for sale Complete edition of the 6 Motets Vocal score with Piano reduction (BA5193-90) choral score (BA5193)

Motet for five-part mixed choir-All of Bach?s six authenticated motets were written between 1723 and 1727 for St Thomas? Church Leipzig where Bach was appointed as director of music in 1723. During this period Bach composed most of his cantatas and it seems likely that for ordinary Sunday services he used existing motets from the seventeenth century tradition reserving his own motet compositions for special occasions.Four of his six motets were written for the funeral services of prominent members of the St Thomas? congregation. Jesu Meine Freude (BWV 227) the longest most musically complex and earliest of the six was written in 1723 for the funeralof Johanna Maria Käsin the wife of Leipzig?s postmaster.Jesu Meine Freude BWV 227 is a beautifully constructed motet for five-part mixed choir by J.S. Bach. This Urtext edition provides you with a clear and accurate realisation of the composer?s original intentions and includes thoroughly detailed editorial markings and suggestions as edited by Konrad Ameln.Urtext of the New Bach EditionPerformance material and choral score (BA5132) available for saleComplete edition of the 6 Motets Vocal score with Piano reduction (BA5193-90) choral score (BA5193)

Bach: Complete Organ Works Vol. 1 Preludes and Fugues I - with CD-ROM - ed. by David Schulenberg As close as possible to Bach In his ?Preludes and Fugues,? Johann Sebastian Bach made decisive contributions to the development of this genre tradition. The importance of this work group in his own organ oeuvre is confirmed by the many transmitted sources: hardly any autographs, but all the more copies. The genesis of the works and the question of versions associated with it are described at length in the introduction. In his new edition, editor David Schulenberg occasionally makes a new evaluation of the transmitted sources. To do so, he based himself as faithfully as possible on the manuscripts that can be traced back to Bach or to his circle. Here the American Bach expert generally chooses one source as his principal one. Divergences from other sources are documented in the Commentary. On the whole, the new Urtext edition sometimes also emends some long-cherished readings of ornaments, voice leading and notation. Also printed in Volume 1 is, for example, the early version of the C major Prelude BWV 545 as well as the inserted Trio movement of the three-movement version of this work. As with the previously published volumes, the CD-ROM enclosed in Volumes 1 and 2 contains dubious works and secondary versions for comparison with the principal versions. This time, the CD-ROMs are completely in German and English and feature the English version of the Commentary.

With fingerings by Renate Kretschmar-Fischer. The popular work known today as the Italian Concerto was published as Part 2 of Johann Sebastian Bach’s Clavier-Übung in 1735 together with the Overture in B minor (BWV 831). Publications of music were a rarity in those days and it stands to reason that Bach would select only pieces he found superior and representative. Originally written for a two-manual Harpsichord this music with its terrace dynamics alternating between Piano and Forte also reveals its full beauty when played on a modern piano with the soloist vying with an imaginary orchestral tutti. Thisedition presents the Urtext of the »New Bach Edition« at the cutting edge of Bach scholarship. The fingerings have been added by Renate Kretschmar-Fischer an internationally renowned pianist and teacher offering valuable suggestions for study and lessons. Rounding off this volume is an informative introduction discussing the work’s genesis source tradition as well as fingering on the modern Piano. Urtext edition without fingering available as BA5194.

Motet for two four-part mixed choirs-Fürchte dich nicht ich bin bei dir for two four-part mixed choirs A major BWV 228All of Bach’s six authenticated motets were written between 1723 and 1727 for St Thomas’ Church Leipzig where Bach was appointed as director of music in 1723. During this period Bach composed most of his cantatas and it seems likely that for ordinary Sunday services he used existing motets from the seventeenth century tradition reserving his own motet compositions for special occasions.- Urtext of the New Bach Edition.- Performance material and choral score (BA5133) available for sale.-Complete edition of the 6 Motets vocal score with piano reduction (BA5193-90) choral score (BA5193)

Motet for two four-part mixed choirs-Fürchte dich nicht ich bin bei dir for two four-part mixed choirs A major BWV 228All of Bach’s six authenticated motets were written between 1723 and 1727 for St Thomas’ Church Leipzig where Bach was appointed as director of music in 1723. During this period Bach composed most of his cantatas and it seems likely that for ordinary Sunday services he used existing motets from the seventeenth century tradition reserving his own motet compositions for special occasions.- Urtext of the New Bach Edition.- Performance material and choral score (BA5133) available for sale.-Complete edition of the 6 Motets vocal score with piano reduction (BA5193-90) choral score (BA5193)

Motet for two four-part mixed choirs-Fürchte dich nicht ich bin bei dir for two four-part mixed choirs A major BWV 228All of Bach’s six authenticated motets were written between 1723 and 1727 for St Thomas’ Church Leipzig where Bach was appointed as director of music in 1723. During this period Bach composed most of his cantatas and it seems likely that for ordinary Sunday services he used existing motets from the seventeenth century tradition reserving his own motet compositions for special occasions.- Urtext of the New Bach Edition.- Performance material and choral score (BA5133) available for sale.-Complete edition of the 6 Motets vocal score with piano reduction (BA5193-90) choral score (BA5193)

2. Cor Anglais-Lobet den Herrn alle Heiden BWV 230 - Motet for four-part mixed choir.In Bach’s voluminous output of music the motets form a small group of modest proportions particularly as compared to the 200 or so surviving cantatas. In historical perspective however the corpus of motets is especially distinguished being the only part of Bach’s vocal œuvre whose post-1750 tradition has remained unbroken to the present day.- Urtext of the New Bach Edition