My list of favorite classical composers makes sense to me intuitively but not logically, and I don't know how to continue the list. Can anyone help? [more inside]
posted by quarantine on Jun 5, 2009 - 20 answers

Suggestions for classical guitar tab? [more inside]
posted by starman on May 6, 2009 - 6 answers

Interested to know more about the 'numbers' in JS Bach's music. Sometime ago I heard a radio programme about how some of Bachs music had patterns in which could be viewed as significant outside of what the music sounded like. [more inside]
posted by southof40 on Apr 13, 2009 - 10 answers

I'm looking for some books on music (the playing thereof). One on developing rhythmic skills and then any good recomendations on the performance of classical music. [more inside]
posted by sully75 on Feb 10, 2009 - 9 answers

Help me identify a long-lost piece by J.S. Bach that my orchestra used to play in middle school! Notation excerpt attached. [more inside]
posted by fenwaydirtdog on Feb 9, 2009 - 11 answers

Is there a way to get the extensive liner notes from the ECM Recording Morimur online? [more inside]
posted by sully75 on Jan 9, 2009 - 1 answer

How does the music in the St. Matthew´s Passion by J.S. Bach relate to the lyrics and what effect do they have on each other (lyrics and music)? [more inside]
posted by freddymetz on Feb 18, 2008 - 5 answers

Konzert Fur Orgel No 5 - D-Moll .... What? [more inside]
posted by deeper red on Nov 8, 2007 - 5 answers

Help me find more loud, bombastic choral music. [more inside]
posted by Pontius Pilate on Oct 15, 2007 - 30 answers

help on fugues! im looking for analyses of the fugues in "Well Tempered Clavier" 1 and 2 by J.S. Bach [more inside]
posted by freddymetz on Aug 31, 2007 - 5 answers

Which Bach piece is the Juliet Bravo TV show theme based on? [more inside]
posted by deeper red on Jul 18, 2007 - 9 answers

Which CD release of Bach's Weihnachtsoratorium is the most highly regarded?
posted by obiwanwasabi on Nov 26, 2005 - 4 answers

What recordings of Bach are considered essential? Which ones do you think are the best?
posted by ori on Apr 24, 2005 - 21 answers

BachFilter: I've been listening to John Williams' phenomenal rendition of J.S. Bach's Chaconne. So what other must-have recordings of this masterpiece (not just violin/cello/guitar...) should I seek out?
posted by noius on Mar 12, 2005 - 12 answers

I have spent the last day looking for information in a particular set of records I own. They are in perfect condition, 1968 Bach's Messe in H-Moll. It is first run, original. More inside. [more inside]
posted by Keyser Soze on Apr 19, 2004 - 7 answers