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Trio Sonata in D minor, BWV 527 - Robert Quinney, organ (Frobenius organ at The Queen's College, Oxford, England)

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Cantata No. 12, and Brandenburg Concerto No. 4

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Harvard University's Christoph Wolff describes Bach's approach to transforming works by other composers.

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Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G, BWV 1049 - Daniel Stepner, violin;  Christopher Krueger and Roy Sansom, recorders;  Boston Baroque, Martin Pearlman, conductor

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Lost and Found Bach

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Harvard University's Christoph Wolff tells the story of a work of Bach's discovered in 2005.

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Allein Gott in der Höh' sei Ehr', BWV 662 (Leipzig) - Jacob Street, organ (Richards, Fowkes, & Co. organ at First Lutheran Church, Boston)

Cantata BWV 112 Der Herr ist mein getreuer Hirt - Katharine Fuge, soprano;  William Towers, alto;  Norbert Meyn, tenor;  Stephen Varcoe, bass;  Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, conductor

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Prelude and Fugue in C, BWV 846, from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I - Edward Aldwell, piano

Cantata BWV 79 Gott der Herr ist Sonn und Schild (translation) - Sandrine Piau, soprano;  Bogna Bartosz, alto;  Klaus Mertens, bass;  Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir, Ton Koopman, conductor (pictured)

Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F, BWV 1046 - American Bach Soloists, Jeffrey Thomas, conductor

Preludes and Fugues in C minor, BWV 847, and E-flat, BWV 852, from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I - Edward Aldwell, piano

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