What's playing today ?

1) Kyrie from Palestrina's Missa Benedicta es - Tallis Scholars

especially the middle part, the Christe eleison

2) Buxtehude praeludium in d BuxWV 140 - Bine Katrine Bryndorf

For me this is one of the best recordings of this piece because she plays the second fugue in a grand manner, and the large Schnitger organ she's playing on has immense gravity. Quite a few organists seem to play the second fugue in an overly fast manner with an excessive emphasis on rhythm. As a result the second fugue ends up sounding trivial.

3) youtube - Chris Bragg - Nicolaus Bruhns praeludium in e

4) youtube - Chris Bragg - Buxtehude praeludium in d BuxWV 140

5) youtube - Chris Bragg - BWV 538
 
opening chorus "Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern" (How beautifully the Morning Star shines) from Bach's cantata BWV 1
 
1) opening chorus "Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern" (How beautifully the morning star shines) from Bach cantata BWV 1

two recordings - Karl Richter, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

2) chorus "Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen" (Weeping, lamenting, worrying, fearing) from Bach cantata BWV 12

Karl Richter

3) chorus "Wir danken dir, Gott, wir danken dir" (We thank you, God, we thank you)

Nikolaus Harnoncourt
 
Grothendieck said:
1) opening chorus "Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern" (How beautifully the morning star shines) from Bach cantata BWV 1

two recordings - Karl Richter, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

2) chorus "Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen" (Weeping, lamenting, worrying, fearing) from Bach cantata BWV 12

Karl Richter

3) chorus "Wir danken dir, Gott, wir danken dir" (We thank you, God, we thank you)

Nikolaus Harnoncourt
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I forgot to write that the chorus "Wir danken dir, Gott, wir danken dir" (We thank you, God, we thank you) is from Bach's cantata BWV 29.
 
two recordings of Contrapunctus XIV 'fuga a 3 soggetti' (unfinished) from Bach's Art of Fugue

Lionel Rogg

Balint Karosi
 

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