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Piano unless indicated

Keyboard concerto BWV1052

Ramin Bahrami, Leipzig Gewandhaus O/Riccardo Chailly Decca 4782956 review
Francesco Cera (hpsd) I Barocchisti/Diego Fasolis Arts 477298 review
Accademia Bizantina/Ottavio Dantone (hpsd) L'Oiseau Lyre 4759533 review
O of St. Luke's/Vladimir Feltsman Nimbus NI2541/2 review
Edwin Fischer CO/Edwin Fischer EMI 6294992 review
Glenn Gould, Columbia SO/Leonard Bernstein Naxos 8.112049 review review
Glenn Gould, Toronto SOSir Ernest MacMillan IDIS 6614 review
Glenn Gould, Swedish RSO/George Jochum West Hill WHRA6038 review
Hélène Grimaud, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen DG 4777978 review
Angela Hewitt, Australian CO/Richard Tognetti Hyperion CDA67307 review
Mieczyslaw Horszowski, Musica Aeterna/Frederic Waldman Arbiter 145 review
Gustav Leonhardt (hpsd)/Collegium Aureum Deutsche Harmonia Mundi DHM82876 700442 review
Dinu Lipatti, Concertgebouw O/Eduard van Beinum EMI 2073182 review
Joanna MacGregor, Britten Sinf/Jacqueline Shave
Warner 2564 684752 review
ASMF/Murray Perahia Sony 88697 824292 review
Sviatoslav Richter, USSR State SO/Kurt Sanderling Brilliant 9199 review
Andras Schiff, English CO/George Malcolm Dal Segno DSPRCD042 review
Andras Schiff, CO Europe Decca 4782363 review
Francesco Tristano Schlimé, New Bach Players CDAccord ACD1272 review
Christine Schornsheim, Neues Bachisches Collegium Musicum/Burkhard Glaetzner Brilliant 94050 review
Peter Seivewright, Scottish Baroque Soloists/Angus Ramsay Divine Art DDA25030 review
Apollo’s Fire/Jeannette Sorrell Avie AV2207 review
Alexandre Tharaud, Les Violons du Roy/Bernard Labie Virgin 0709132 review

Keyboard concerto BWV1053

Ramin Bahrami, Leipzig Gewandhaus O/Riccardo Chailly Decca 4782956 review
Nick van Bloss, English CO/David Parry Nimbus NI6141 review review
Francesco Cera (hpsd) I Barocchisti/Diego Fasolis Arts 477298 review
Accademia Bizantina/Ottavio Dantone (hpsd) L'Oiseau Lyre 4759533 review
O of St. Luke's/Vladimir Feltsman Nimbus NI2541/2 review
Edwin Fischer CO/Edwin Fischer EMI 6294992 review
Glenn Gould, CBC SO/Nicholas Goldschmidt West Hill WHRA6038 review
Australian CO/Angela Hewitt Hyperion CDA67308 review
ASMF/Murray Perahia Sony 88697 824292 review
Andras Schiff, CO Europe Decca 4782363 review
Francesco Tristano Schlimé, New Bach Players CDAccord ACD1272 review
Christine Schornsheim, Neues Bachisches Collegium Musicum/Burkhard Glaetzner Brilliant 94050 review
Peter Seivewright, Scottish Baroque Soloists/Angus Ramsay Divine Art DDA25030 review

Keyboard concerto BWV1054

Ramin Bahrami, Leipzig Gewandhaus O/Riccardo Chailly Decca 4782956 review
Nick van Bloss, English CO/David Parry Nimbus NI6141 review review
Francesco Cera (hpsd) I Barocchisti/Diego Fasolis Arts 477298 review
O of St. Luke's/Vladimir Feltsman Nimbus NI2541/2 review
Australian CO/Angela Hewitt Hyperion CDA67308 review
ASMF/Murray Perahia Sony 88697 824292 review
Sviatoslav Richter, Moscow State Conservatory O/Yuri Nikolayevsky Brilliant 9199 review
Andras Schiff, CO Europe Decca 4782363 review
Francesco Tristano Schlimé, New Bach Players CDAccord ACD1272 review
Christine Schornsheim, Neues Bachisches Collegium Musicum/Burkhard Glaetzner Brilliant 94050 review
Alexandre Tharaud, Les Violons du Roy/Bernard Labie Virgin 0709132 review

Keyboard concerto BWV1055

Ramin Bahrami, Leipzig Gewandhaus O/Riccardo Chailly Decca 4782956 review
Nick van Bloss, English CO/David Parry Nimbus NI6141 review review
Accademia Bizantina/Ottavio Dantone (hpsd) L'Oiseau Lyre 4759533 review
O of St. Luke's/Vladimir Feltsman Nimbus NI2541/2 review
Edwin Fischer CO/Edwin Fischer EMI 6294992 review
Australian CO/Angela Hewitt Hyperion CDA67308 review
Concerto Copenhagen/Lars Ulrik Mortensen CPO 7772482 review
ASMF/Murray Perahia Sony 88697 824292 review
Andras Schiff, CO Europe Decca 4782363 review
Andras Schiff, English CO/George Malcolm Dal Segno DSPRCD042 review
Peter Seivewright, Scottish Baroque Soloists/Angus Ramsay Divine Art DDA25030 review
Francesco Tristano Schlimé, New Bach Players CDAccord ACD1272 review
Christine Schornsheim, Neues Bachisches Collegium Musicum/Burkhard Glaetzner Brilliant 94050 review

Keyboard concerto BWV1056

Ramin Bahrami, Leipzig Gewandhaus O/Riccardo Chailly Decca 4782956 review
Nick van Bloss, English CO/David Parry Nimbus NI6141 review review
Francesco Cera (hpsd) I Barocchisti/Diego Fasolis Arts 477298 review
Accademia Bizantina/Ottavio Dantone (hpsd) L'Oiseau Lyre 4759533 review
O of St. Luke's/Vladimir Feltsman Nimbus NI2541/2 review
Edwin Fischer CO/Edwin Fischer EMI 6294992 review
Australian CO/Angela Hewitt Hyperion CDA67308 review
Concerto Copenhagen/Lars Ulrik Mortensen CPO 7772482 review
ASMF/Murray Perahia Sony 88697 824292 review
Andras Schiff, English CO/George Malcolm Dal Segno DSPRCD042 review
Andras Schiff, CO Europe Decca 4782363 review
Francesco Tristano Schlimé, New Bach Players CDAccord ACD1272 review
Christine Schornsheim, Neues Bachisches Collegium Musicum/Burkhard Glaetzner Brilliant 94050 review
Apollo’s Fire/Jeannette Sorrell Avie AV2207 review
Alexandre Tharaud, Les Violons du Roy/Bernard Labie Virgin 0709132 review

Keyboard concerto BWV1057

Australian CO/Angela Hewitt Hyperion CDA67308 review
Concerto Copenhagen/Lars Ulrik Mortensen CPO 7772482 review
ASMF/Murray Perahia Sony 88697 824292 review
Andras Schiff, CO Europe Decca 4782363 review
Francesco Tristano Schlimé, New Bach Players CDAccord ACD1272 review
Christine Schornsheim, Neues Bachisches Collegium Musicum/Burkhard Glaetzner Brilliant 94050 review

Keyboard concerto BWV1058

Nick van Bloss, English CO/David Parry Nimbus NI6141 review review
O of St. Luke's/Vladimir Feltsman Nimbus NI2541/2 review
Angela Hewitt, Australian CO/Richard Tognetti Hyperion CDA67307 review
Concerto Copenhagen/Lars Ulrik Mortensen CPO 7772482 review
ASMF/Murray Perahia Sony 88697 824292 review
Sviatoslav Richter, Moscow State Conservatory O/Yuri Nikolayevsky Brilliant 9199 review
Andras Schiff, CO Europe Decca 4782363 review
Francesco Tristano Schlimé, New Bach Players CDAccord ACD1272 review
Christine Schornsheim, Neues Bachisches Collegium Musicum/Burkhard Glaetzner Brilliant 94050 review
Peter Seivewright, Scottish Baroque Soloists/Angus Ramsay Divine Art DDA25030 review
Alexandre Tharaud, Les Violons du Roy/Bernard Labie Virgin 0709132 review

Keyboard concerto BWV1059

Concertante of London/Nicholas Jackson Somm SOMMCD077 review
Les Talens Lyriques/Christophe Rousset Ambroisie AM125 review
Christine Schornsheim, Neues Bachisches Collegium Musicum/Burkhard Glaetzner Brilliant 94050 review

Double keyboard concerto BWV1060

Tini Mathot, Ton Koopman (hpsd), Amsterdam Baroque O Warner 2564 617752 review
Warner 2564 691746 review
Andras Schiff, Peter Serkin, Camerata Bern Decca 4782363 review
Saar CO/Karl Ristenpart High Def'n Tape Transfer HDCD209 review
Not identified Brilliant 94050 review

Double keyboard concerto BWV1061

Tini Mathot, Ton Koopman (hpsd), Amsterdam Baroque O Warner 2564 617752 review
Warner 2564 691746 review
Güher & Süher Pekinel, Zurich CO/Howard Griffiths Warner 2564 619502 review
Andras Schiff, Peter Serkin, Camerata Bern Decca 4782363 review
Christine Schornsheim, Raphael Alpermann (hpsd) Akademie Für Alte Musik Berlin Capriccio 71048 review
Saar CO/Karl Ristenpart High Def'n Tape Transfer HDCD209 review
Not identified Brilliant 94050 review

Double keyboard concerto BWV1062

Gustav Leonhardt (hpsd), Eduard Muller, Leonhard-Consort Warner 2564 694651 review
Tini Mathot, Ton Koopman (hpsd), Amsterdam Baroque O Warner 2564 617752 review
Warner 2564 691746 review
Güher & Süher Pekinel, Zurich CO/Howard Griffiths Warner 2564 619502 review
Andras Schiff, Peter Serkin, Camerata Bern Decca 4782363 review
Not identified Brilliant 94050 review

Concerto for three keyboards BWV1063

Gaby, Robert and Jean Casadesus, RAI Turin O/Fernando Previtali Tahra TAH666-67 review
Edwin Fischer, Ronald Smith, Denis Matthews, Philharmonia O EMI 6294992 review
Güher & Süher Pekinel, Zurich CO/Howard Griffiths Warner 2564 619502 review
Andras Schiff, Peter Serkin, Bruno Canino, Camerata Bern Decca 4782363 review
Saar CO/Karl Ristenpart High Def'n Tape Transfer HDCD209 review
Not identified Brilliant 94050 review

Concerto for four keyboards BWV1065

Tini Mathot, Ton Koopman, Elina Mustonen, Patrizia Marisaldi (hpsd), Amsterdam Baroque O Warner 2564 617752 review
Warner 2564 691746 review
Jeannette Sorrell, Michael Sponseller, Janina Ceaser, Paul Jenkins, Apollo's Fire Avie AV2211 review
Alexandre Tharaud, Les Violons du Roy/Bernard Labie Virgin 0709132 review
Not identified Brilliant 94050 review

Concerto for four keyboards BWV1066

Saar CO/Karl Ristenpart High Def'n Tape Transfer HDCD209 review



 

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