Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750) was a German composer and organist of the late Baroque. His sacred and secular music for choir, orchestra, organ and solo instruments remains among the foundations of the Western concert and church repertory.
He served Lutheran churches in Arnstadt and Mühlhausen, the courts at Weimar and Köthen, and from 1723 as Thomaskantor in Leipzig, where weekly cantatas and large Passion settings belonged to the work.
German counterpoint meets Italian and French rhythm, form and texture. The surviving catalogue includes the Brandenburg Concertos, the Goldberg Variations, The Well-Tempered Clavier, the Mass in B minor, the St Matthew Passion and St John Passion, the solo violin and cello works, more than two hundred cantatas, and a large organ repertory.
Admired in his lifetime above all as an organist, he was recognised in the nineteenth century as one of the central composers of the Baroque.
Johann Sebastian Bach is featured on the following titles
Bach: The Cello Suites, BWV 1007–12
David Pereira gives a personal view of Bach’s six solo cello suites, works that remain the cornerstone of the cellist’s repertoire. He is only the second Australian to have recorded the complete set.
Bach: Clavierübung III, Schübler Chorales & Canonic Variations
In this special Bach anniversary year, Tall Poppies presents the first of two offerings of his work. Clavierübung III is regarded by many as the pinnacle of Bach's work for organ.
David Stanhope Plays
David Stanhope is known throughout Australia as one of the few resident conductors of note. His talents are much broader: a prolific composer, especially of wind band music (see TP107), and a pianist of formidable technique.
Goldberg Variations, BWV 988
The complete Goldberg Variations by J.S. Bach, played by Nicholas Parle, an Australian harpsichordist who lived in Europe.
Harpsichord Recital
In the mid-1990s Nicholas Parle was living and working in Europe from financial necessity, but returned each year to perform and record in Australia. This was his first CD for Tall Poppies, a popular selection of favourite harpsichord works.
Compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach also appear on
David Pereira Cello Works
Tall Poppies is proud to present the first recording of David Pereira’s compositions for cello. Written over twenty years, these works show a clear understanding of the instrument and often a mischievous side rare in classical music today.
Flash: Marimba Miniatures
Flash is Claire Edwardes’s second Tall Poppies recording: a warm programme of marimba miniatures drawn from her pianist beginnings and life with two young daughters, pairing new Australian works with transcribed children’s piano gems on the five-octave marimba.
Arranger
Bolmimerie: SHE
SHE is the only harp septet in the world, and this is its first recording.
Bach for Christmas
Celebrate this Christmas with Bach. For the first time, all of Bach’s organ music for Christmas is gathered on a single CD, chosen and performed by Australia’s John O’Donnell, a world-renowned Bach specialist.
Virtuoso Transcriptions
These ‘one take’ studio recordings were made for ABC broadcast about a decade before release. That they stand as a finished album is a tribute to David Stanhope’s prodigious musicianship and technique.
Only Cello
David Pereira, Australia's leading cellist, plays three masterworks of the solo cello literature, including Peter Sculthorpe's Threnody, written to commemorate the Australian conductor Stuart Challender.
For Children
Geoffrey Tozer plays piano music by Bach, Tchaikovsky, Mozart, Schubert, Prokofiev, Bartók and Schumann written especially for children.