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The Apprentice - Bach in the 1700s

Donald Macleod concentrates on some of Bach's earliest surviving works, including his first published cantata, Gott ist mein Konig.

Donald Macleod concentrates on some of Bach's earliest surviving works, including his first published cantata, Gott ist mein Konig.

Nun ist das Heil und die Kraft, BWV 50
The Monteverdi Choir
The English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)

Capriccio sopra la lontananza del fratello dilettissimo, BWV 992
Kenneth Gilbert (harpsichord)

Prelude in G minor, BWV 535a
Peter Hurford (organ)

Wie schon leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 739
Peter Hurford (organ)

Toccata in D, BWV 912
Andreas Staier (harpsichord)

Gott ist mein Konig, BWV 71
Joanne Lunn (soprano)
William Towers (countertenor)
Kobie van Rensburg (tenor)
Peter Harvey (bass)
The Monteverdi Choir
The English Baroque Soloists
John Eliot Gardiner (conductor).

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