Johann Sebastian Bach

1685 - 1750

Titles on this disk:

• author: Bach’s Chorals, vol. 1 The Hymns and Hymn Melodies of the “Passions” and Oratorios
• author: Bach’s Chorals, vol. 3 The Hymns and Hymn Melodies of the Organ Works
• author: Bach’s Chorals, vol. 2 The Hymns and Hymn Melodies of the Cantatas and Motetts

Quotation:

• (3 December, 2007) J.S. Bach and Martin Luther on how God (the “feste Burg”) helps us gain our freedom (1730)

About this person:

Bach was one of the most prolific and original composers in the Western classical tradition. His cantatas, passions and oratorios played an important part in Lutheran church music.