Essential Johann Sebastian Bach (MIDI fikes) [under construction]

PLEASE NOTE that this list is under construction.

"Bach opens a vista to the universe. After experiencing him, people feel there is meaning to life after all." - H.Walcha

"Bach almost persuades me to be a Christian." - Roger Fry

"Music owes as much to Bach as religion does to its founder." - Robert Schumann

"Music is the effort we make to explain to ourselves how our brains work. We listen to Bach transfixed because this is listening to a human mind." - Lewis Thomas

The Music:

From "The Well-Tempered Klavier (Part One)":
Prelude and Fugue No.2
Prelude No.3
Prelude and Fugue No.7

Two-Part Invention No.4
Two-Part Invention No.8
Two-Part Invention No.12
Two-Part Invention No.13
Two-Part Invention No.14

Brandenberg Concerto No.3
Brandenberg Concerto No.4
Brandenberg Concerto No.5, Movements 1 and 3

Aria and Thirty Variations - "The Goldberg Variations"

Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor

Toccata and Fugue in D Minor