Johann Sebastian Bach is possibly the most influential and sublime composer in history. Everyone from Mozart and Beethoven to the Beatles and Lady Gaga has paid him homage. During his life, however, ...

I’m thrilled to be able to report that my recording of J. S. Bach’s organ trio sonatas—framed by two of the master’s towering preludes and fugues—has just been released by Musica omnia. As a special ...

Bach's six organ trio sonatas BWV 525-530 are among his most imaginative and attractive compositions. Bach's frequent rearrangements of his works as well as the orchestration of the original ...

This historic organ (47/III), tuned at A466 in the original organ builder’s own temperament, was reconstructed in 2004-7 and seems a perfect instrument for these sonatas. The recording is very well ...

Today's Video of the Day is a performance of Bach's Trio Sonata in G Major by flautist Sooyun Kim and harpsichordist Kenneth Weiss. The recording can be found on the duo's new album Confluence, which ...

“A SYMPHONY MUST be like the world,” the Austrian composer Gustav Mahler wrote; “it must contain everything.” Today, however, the world seems remote. Everything might be too much to bear. So put aside ...

It can be argued that a perfect music performance is, to a degree, invisible: a spotless, uncolored window revealing the intentions of the composer. On the other hand, interpretation — a performer’s ...