Johann Sebastian Bach

Thu Le Plays Bach, Aguado, and Arrangements

Vietnamese guitarist Thu Le graduated from the Hanoi National Conservatory of Music in the year 2001. I’ve been following her videos on her YouTube and was particularly impressed both with her performances of traditional classical rep such as the Introduction and Rondo…

Bach Cello Suite No.1, BWV 1007 (PDF)

Prelude from Cello Suite No. 1, BWV 1007 by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) – PDF sheet music for classical guitar with free video lesson and performance. Includes both a notation-only edition and a tab edition. Prelude edited for guitar in…

Jeffrey McFadden: Prelude & Gigue BWV 1010 by Bach

Canadian guitarist Jeffrey McFadden performs his arrangement of the Prelude & Gigue from the 4th Cello Suite BWV1010 by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). Recorded by Canadian guitarist/producer Drew Henderson at Church of St. Mary Magdalene in Toronto. This comes via McFadden’s fantastic Youtube channel. Canada’s…

Goran Krivokapić Plays Bach – Allegro, BWV1003

Goran Krivokapić plays the Allegro from Violin Sonata No.2 (BWV1003) by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). This comes via PARTITA Studio in Seoul, Korea on their YouTube. Although the sound is a little bright and close it only gives you a better idea of how…

Ana Vidovic plays Sarabande BWV 1007

Ana Vidovic plays from the Sarabande from Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major BWV 1007 by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). This comes via Siccas Guitars and their great YouTube Channel. Nice expansive tempo and musical expression by Vidovic. Sheet music:…

Stephanie Jones Plays Adagio BWV 1001 by Bach

Stephanie Jones plays Adagio from Violin Sonata No. 1 BWV 1001 by J.S. Bach (1685-1750). This comes via Siccas Guitars and their great YouTube Channel and played on a 2012 Michel Brück guitar. Jones also plays in a quartet with some other great young…

Henderson-Kolk Duo Play Marcello / Bach

Canadian guitarists Drew Henderson and Michael Kolk as the Henderson Kolk Guitar Duo play Henderson’s arrangement of Concerto for Oboe and Strings in D minor with the movements Andante e spiccato, Adagio, and Presto by Alessandro Marcello (1673-1747) with the arrangement based on J.S.…

Ana Vidovic plays Cello Prelude No. 1 by Bach

Ana Vidovic plays the Prelude from from the Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major BWV 1007 by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). “This video was recorded during a concert in November 2016 at the Asamsal in Ettlingen, Germany.” This comes…

Kang Min Ji (10yo) plays Prelude BWV 1006a by Bach

10-year-old Kang Min Ji plays the Prelude from Lute Suite No. 4, BWV 1006a by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). This comes via the Guitar Salon International showroom in Santa Monica, CA and their Youtube Channel. I like featuring youth on the site…

Sanel Redžić Plays Complete Bach Partita BWV 1004

Bosnia- Herzegovina guitarist Sanel Redžić plays Partita II, BWV 1004 in d minor [all 33 minutes] by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). This comes via Redžić’s YouTube. Nice video, directed by Augustin Pesnon, guitar by Otto Vowinkel. The monumental second violin…

Piotr Pakhomkin Plays Bach’s Chaconne

Piotr Pakhomkin plays the Chaconne (Ciaccona) from Partita in D minor for solo violin (BWV 1004) by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). This comes via his YouTube Channel. Player’s often over-Romanticize the rhythms and gestures in this work but I like how Pakhomkin…

Jason Vieaux plays Gigue BWV 996 by Bach

American guitarist and recent Grammy winner Jason Vieaux plays  Gigue (6th mvt.) from Lute Suite No.1 in E minor, BWV 996 by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). This comes via Colorado Public Radio and their YouTube. It’s a thick piece which makes his technique look…