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 Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

For me, Bach is absolutely the tops! Not only was he a genius playing so many instruments such as clavichord, harpsichord and organ he was a most amazing man as a human being having had two wives and twenty children, many of whom were themselves notable musicians. In his time, according to an obituary notice, reported by The Oxford Companion to Music by Dr Scholes, he was the greatest organ and clavier player that had ever lived. He established order in the musical world regarding the piano and enabled we much lesser mortals access to a predictable system (think about his "well-tempered clavier").
I am always impressed how readily his music is adapted by such diverse media as the "traditional" chamber music in any ensemble of instruments whatsoever, choral works, my humble concertina, the synthesiser à Walter Carlos (later Wendy Carlos) and even recorder music.
For the biographical record he was born in Germany (actually Thuringia, if we want to be precise) in 1685 and died in Leipzig at the age of 65.
Bach has two items from BWV 1 and BWV 245 in Weihnachtliche Musik Alter Meister Für Blockflötenquartett as well as Gavotte, Polonaise, Menuett in Flötenbüchlein Für Kleine Leute (D/d/a) and Flötenbüchlein Für Kleine Leute (D/d).

Sheet Music:

  1. [§] Cantata Nr. 142: "Uns Ist Ein Kind Geboren", D-Recorder Sheetmusicplus.com
  2. [§] Come Sweet Death, Descant/Treble/Tenor/Bass Sheetmusicplus.com
  3. [§] Pastorale, Tenor/Tenor/Tenor
  4. [§] Siciliano From Second Flute Sonata, Descant/Treble/Tenor/Bass
  5. [§] Twenty Passages From Flute Parts in the Church Cantatas, Treble
6. More sheet music at SheetMusicPlus.com
Websites:
J.S. Bach Home Page an extensive Bach website by Jan Handford.
J.S. Bach detailed biography.
Johann Sebastian Bach - Picture Gallery portraits of J.S. Bach by Matt Boynick.
Midi World J.S. Bach midi files, bography, recordings and books.
CCD: J.S. Bach , biography etc.
Books:
[§] Bach by Esther Meynell amazon.com amazon.co.uk
[§] J.S. Bach by Albert Schweitzer amazon.com amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr amazon.ca
[§] J.S. Bach by Charles S. Terry amazon.de
[§] J.S. Bach (Oxford Composer Companions) by Malcolm Boyd amazon.com amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr amazon.ca
[§] J.S. Bach and the German Motet by Daniel R. Melamed amazon.com amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr amazon.ca

Recorder Music CDs:
CD tracks/info The English Nightingale by Piers Adams amazon.com amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr amazon.ca
CD tracks/info Dowland, Ortiz, Serocki, et al / Antwerp Recorder Consort by Antwerp Recorder Consort amazon.com amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr amazon.ca
CD tracks/info Bach: Sonaten für Blockflöte by Stefano Bagliano amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr
CD tracks/info Art of the Recorder by Pieter-Jan Belder amazon.com amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr amazon.ca
CD tracks/info Galante Kurzweyl by Irmhild Beutler
CD tracks/info L'Apothéose de Corelli -Triosonaten des Barock by Irmhild Beutler
CD tracks/info Frans Brüggen Edition Vol. 11 (Bach: Kammermusik und Orch.) by Frans Brüggen amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr amazon.ca
CD tracks/info The Art of Recorder by Frans Brüggen amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr amazon.ca
CD tracks/info Le Charme de la Flûte à bec by Frans Brüggen amazon.com amazon.de amazon.fr
CD tracks/info Telemann, Bach, Handel and others by René Clemencic amazon.com amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr amazon.ca
CD tracks/info Handel with Care by Michael Copley
CD tracks/info Micro Classics by Michael Copley
CD tracks/info The Art of the Recorder by David Munrow Ensemble amazon.com amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr amazon.ca
CD tracks/info Abundance by Flanders Recorder Quartet amazon.com amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr amazon.ca
CD tracks/info Armonia di flauti by Flanders Recorder Quartet amazon.com amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr amazon.ca
CD tracks/info Bach: Flanders Recorder Quartet by Flanders Recorder Quartet amazon.com amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr amazon.ca
CD tracks/info Banchetto Musicale by Flanders Recorder Quartet amazon.com amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr amazon.ca
CD tracks/info The Nations by Flanders Recorder Quartet amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr
CD tracks/info Block Flutes, Vol.1 by Walter van Hauwe amazon.com amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr amazon.ca
CD tracks/info Recorder Graffiti by Dan Laurin amazon.com amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr amazon.ca
CD tracks/info Recorder Graffiti by Dan Laurin amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr
CD tracks/info Recorder Graffiti by Dan Laurin amazon.com amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr amazon.ca
CD tracks/info Music for Recorder from Renaissance & Baroque by Hans-Martin Linde amazon.com amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr amazon.ca
CD tracks/info Musik für Blockflöte und Laute by Hans-Martin Linde
CD tracks/info Bach-Trio Sonatas by Judith Linsenberg amazon.com amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr amazon.ca
CD tracks/info Capriccio di flauti by Loeki Stardust Quartet Amsterdam amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr
CD tracks/info Die Kunst der Fuge - J.S.Bach by Loeki Stardust Quartet Amsterdam amazon.com amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr amazon.ca
CD tracks/info Dutch Masters Volume 40 by Loeki Stardust Quartet Amsterdam
CD tracks/info Extra Time by Loeki Stardust Quartet Amsterdam amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr
CD tracks/info Fuge around the clock by Loeki Stardust Quartet Amsterdam amazon.com amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr amazon.ca
CD tracks/info Bach-Brandenburg Concertos by Christian Mendoze amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr
CD tracks/info Sonates pour flute a bec & basse continue by Christian Mendoze amazon.com amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr amazon.ca
CD tracks/info Bach: a due per Flauto e Cambalo by Dorothee Oberlinger amazon.com amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr amazon.ca
CD tracks/info Works for Baroque Flute and Recorders by Clas Pehrsson amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr amazon.ca
CD tracks/info Bach, Telemann, Babell: Flute & Recorder Concertos by Clas Pehrsson amazon.com amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr amazon.ca
CD tracks/info Artists of the Century - Michala Petri - Ultimate Collection by Michala Petri amazon.com amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr amazon.ca
CD tracks/info Bach for Breakfast by Michala Petri amazon.com amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr amazon.ca
CD tracks/info Bach Sonatas by Michala Petri amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr
CD tracks/info Bach Sonatas by Michala Petri amazon.co.uk
CD tracks/info Bach/Telemann-Works for Recorder & Strings by Michala Petri amazon.com amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr amazon.ca
CD tracks/info Bach: Sonatas / Keith Jarrett, Michala Petri by Michala Petri amazon.com amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr amazon.ca
CD tracks/info Bach: The Brandenburg Concertos nos 1, 2 & 3 / Marriner by Michala Petri amazon.com amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr amazon.ca
CD tracks/info Bach: The Brandenburg Concertos nos 4, 5 & 6 / Marriner by Michala Petri amazon.com amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr amazon.ca
CD tracks/info Die virtuose Blockflöte by Michala Petri amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr
CD tracks/info Greensleeves by Michala Petri amazon.com amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr amazon.ca
CD tracks/info Inspired Bach: Music to Enhance Your Spirit by Michala Petri amazon.com amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr amazon.ca
CD tracks/info Recorder Favourites by Michala Petri amazon.com amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr amazon.ca
CD tracks/info Recorder Sonatas by Michala Petri amazon.com amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr amazon.ca
CD tracks/info Souvenir by Michala Petri amazon.com amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr amazon.ca
CD tracks/info Works for Recorder, Guitar and Lute by Michala Petri amazon.com amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr amazon.ca
CD tracks/info Deutsche Barockmusik aus russischer Sicht by Valery Proshutinsky
CD tracks/info Recorder Memories: Quartettino by Quartettino CDs at Ditty Box Enterprises
CD tracks/info Delicacies for Sopranino Recorder & Oboe with Organ by Helmut Schaarschmidt amazon.com amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr amazon.ca
CD tracks/info Bach Edition 6: Brandenburg Concertos I (1, 2, 3 & 6) by Nadja Schubert amazon.com amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr amazon.ca
CD tracks/info Bach Edition 7: Brandenburg Concertos II (4 & 5) by Nadja Schubert amazon.com amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr amazon.ca
CD tracks/info Bach: Multiple Concerti by Nadja Schubert amazon.com amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr amazon.ca
CD tracks/info The Life and Works of Johann Sebastian Bach by Nadja Schubert
CD tracks/info Trios by Nadja Schubert
CD tracks/info Recorder Memories: Schwanewede Recorder Consort by The Schwanewede Recorder Consort CDs at Ditty Box Enterprises
CD tracks/info Intuition - Ratio: Music from 1300-1750 for Recorder &Cimbal by Gerald Stemfel
CD tracks/info Bach: The Concertos for One and Two Harpsichords by Richard Taylor amazon.com amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr amazon.ca
CD tracks/info Bach Trio Ensemble by Pamela Thorby amazon.com amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr amazon.ca
CD tracks/info The Art of the Recorder by Marion Verbruggen amazon.com amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr amazon.ca
CD tracks/info Bach-Three Suites (arr for Recorder) by Marion Verbruggen amazon.com amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr amazon.ca
CD tracks/info Bach-Trio Sonatas by Marion Verbruggen amazon.com amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr amazon.ca
CD tracks/info Bach-Cello Suites transcriptions for Recorder, Vol. 2 by Marion Verbruggen amazon.com amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr amazon.ca
CD tracks/info 18th Century Recorder Sonatas by Marion Verbruggen amazon.com amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr amazon.ca