The music of Johann Sebastian Bach has played a central role in the illustrious career of Polish-Hungarian pianist Piotr Anderszewski. Born in Warsaw on 4 April 1969, Anderszewski spent part of his childhood in Paris, and then continued his studies

Happy Birthday to Johann Sebastian Bach, again! As we discovered last time, Bach’s birthday falls on either 21 March according to the Julian calendar, or 31 March if you prefer the Gregorian calendar. Bach probably celebrated his birthday on 21

Did you know that Johann Sebastian Bach actually has two birthdays? I think that’s just wonderful, as it gives us the opportunity to celebrate the music of the greatest of all composers twice. There is an explanation, of course. When

Viktoria Mullova’s recordings of Johann Sebastian Bach’s Six Solo Sonatas and Partitas for violin occupy a special place in the discography of Baroque violin performance. Her 2009 Onyx recording, in particular, is widely regarded as a modern benchmark. This isn’t

Rising in stately spirals, J.S. Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 opens in the strings and flute before the keyboard enters. One of the most noble of the Six Brandenburgs, it uses the basic chamber music ensemble of flute, violin, and

Johann Sebastian Bach was one of the most productive composers in classical music history. The size and consistency of his output are all the more extraordinary when you consider how many deaths of loved ones he endured, and how intimately

Olivier Latry, titular organist of the Great Organ of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, brings us an album of the organ music of the greatest of Protestant composers, J.S. Bach, on the Cavaillé-Coll organ of the very Catholic of cathedrals, Notre-Dame

The life of Bach’s music through the ages always comes back to the master. In this new recording by Armenian pianist Hayk Melikyan, he takes the Bach we know and uses transcriptions by Wilhelm Kempff, Alexander Siloti, Ferruccio Busoni, Johannes