In this week's Pipedreams, host Michael Barone presetns varied interpretations, transcriptions, arrangements, and more as we seek to enhance our appreciation of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach.

Music played on this program:

BACH: Preludes & Fugues in g & G, fr Well-tempered Clavier, Book 2, BWV 884 & 883 –Frédéric Desenclos (1860 Naber/St. Martin’s Church, Zaltbommel, The Netherlands) Trito 331104

BACH (arranged by Widor): Prelude in d, BWV 855, fr Well-tempered Clavier, Book I –Christian von Blohn (1899 Didier/Notre Dame Cathedral, Laon, France) IFO 101

BACH: Fughetta, Allein Gott in der Höh, BWV 677; Prelude & Fugue in A, BWV 536 –Cristina Garcia Banegas (2002 Thomas/Notre Dame, Gedine, Belgium) Perro andaluz 2002

BACH: Fantasy & Fugue in c, BWV 537 –Ute Gremmel-Geuchen (1752 König-2000 Verschueren/Paterskirche, Kempen, Germany) Aeolus 10231

BACH: Chorale-prelude, Wachet auf, BWV 645 –Karl Paukert (1972 Holtkamp/Gartner Auditorium, Cleveland Museum of Art, OH) Azica 71248

BACH: Chorale-preludes, Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645; Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659; Allegro moderato, fr Trio Sonata in G, BWV 1027 –Bruno Cocset, cello & gamba; Richard Myron, contrabass; Bertrand Cuiller, chamber organ (Manufacture d’Orgues de Lausanne) Alpha Production 139

BACH (transcribed by De Jong): Cantata Concertato, movements from Cantatas 248, 110 & 171 –Euwe and Sybolt de Jong (1692 Arp Schnitger [plus additions]/Martinikerk, Groningen, The Netherlands) WestraMedia 04

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