Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)

Prelude and Fugue in G Minor, BWV 535
Partita diverse sopra: O Gott, du frommer Gott, BWV 767
Trio in G Minor, BWV 584
Fantasia super: Valet will ich dir geben, BWV 736
Prelude and Fugue in G Major, BWV 550
Canzona in D Minor, BWV 588
Wir glauben all' an einen Gott, Vater, BWV 740
Allabreve in D Major, BWV 589

Johann Sebastian Bach was a member of a family that had for generations been occupied in music. His sons were to continue the tradition, providing the foundation of a new style of music that prevailed in the later part of the eighteenth century. Johann Sebastian Bach himself represented the end of an age, the culmination of the Baroque in a magnificent synthesis of Italian melodic invention, French rhythmic dance forms and German contrapuntal mastery.

Born in Eisenach in 1685, Bach was educated largely by his eldest brother, after the early death of