Bach: A Musical Offering BWV 1079 133/ Canons BMV 1072-78

Johann Sebastian Bach (Composer), Michael Behringer (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Michael Behringer
• Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
• Audio CD (February 29, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Hanssler Classics
• ASIN: B00004S58O
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #243,905 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #40 in Music > Classical > Forms & Genres > Canons

Track Listings

1. The Musical Offering (Musikalisches Opfer), for keyboard and chamber instruments, BWV 1079: Ricercar a 3

2. The Musical Offering (Musikalisches Opfer), for keyboard and chamber instruments, BWV 1079: Canon perpetuus super Thema Regium

3. The Musical Offering (Musikalisches Opfer), for keyboard and chamber instruments, BWV 1079: Canon 1. a 2 cancrizans

4. The Musical Offering (Musikalisches Opfer), for keyboard and chamber instruments, BWV 1079: Canon 2. a 2 Violin: in unisono

5. The Musical Offering (Musikalisches Opfer), for keyboard and chamber instruments, BWV 1079: Canon 3. a 2 per Motum contrarium

6. The Musical Offering (Musikalisches Opfer), for keyboard and chamber instruments, BWV 1079: Canon 4. a 2 per Augmentationem, contrari

7. The Musical Offering (Musikalisches Opfer), for keyboard and chamber instruments, BWV 1079: Canon 5. a 2 per Tonos

8. The Musical Offering (Musikalisches Opfer), for keyboard and chamber instruments, BWV 1079: Fuga canonica in Epidiapente

9. The Musical Offering (Musikalisches Opfer), for keyboard and chamber instruments, BWV 1079: Ricercar a 6

10. The Musical Offering (Musikalisches Opfer), for keyboard and chamber instruments, BWV 1079: Quarendo Invenietis: Canon a 2

11. The Musical Offering (Musikalisches Opfer), for keyboard and chamber instruments, BWV 1079: Canon a 4

12. The Musical Offering (Musikalisches Opfer), for keyboard and chamber instruments, BWV 1079: Sonata Sopr' Il Soggetto Reale a Traversa

13. The Musical Offering (Musikalisches Opfer), for keyboard and chamber instruments, BWV 1079: Sonata Sopr' Il Soggetto Reale a Traversa

14. The Musical Offering (Musikalisches Opfer), for keyboard and chamber instruments, BWV 1079: Sonata Sopr' Il Soggetto Reale a Traversa

15. The Musical Offering (Musikalisches Opfer), for keyboard and chamber instruments, BWV 1079: Sonata Sopr' Il Soggetto Reale a Traversa

16. The Musical Offering (Musikalisches Opfer), for keyboard and chamber instruments, BWV 1079: Canon perpetuus

17. Canon trias harmonica, for 8 unspecified instruments (or keyboard) in D major, BWV 1072

18. Canon á 4 perpetuus, for 4 unspecified instruments (or keyboard) in A minor, BWV 1073

19. Canon á 4, for 4 unspecified instruments (or keyboard) in A minor, BWV 1074

20. Canon á 2 perpetuus, for 2 unspecified instruments (or keyboard) in D major, BWV 1075

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Customer Reviews

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12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Bach gem-let!, January 13, 2003

By 

K. Mickleson (Fairfax, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bach: A Musical Offering BWV 1079 133/ Canons BMV 1072-78 (Audio CD)

"A Musical Offering" is the name of an early morning radio program here in the Bay Area [KPFA], on which Mary Berg blesses those who listen each Sunday with beautifully chosen Bachian music. She played this CD last week and I went out and bought it. I've listened thrice now, and each time it brings a smile to my face.

I'm no classical officianado, and admit to a preference for the lyrical and melodic over the dramatic and intense. This group of what would, in today's parlance, probably be thought of as "tunes", god forbid, was co-created by Bach with the recipient of his offering, king Frederick II of Prussia, himself a composer and flutist. Bach's son, CPE, was an employed musician in Frederick's court, and was asked by his boss to get his father, "old Bach", to come and play with the king's "band". Bach appeared after a long day's journey, mostly as a kindness to his son, and this music grew from a collaboration between Frederick and Bach.

I like the story and love the music, which offers up a delightful strand of seemingly disconnected melodies landing in my ears as a bounty of joyful whimsy, cast amongst flute, harpsichord/piano, violin, viola de gambo and cello, in spritely contrapunctual Bachian style. The sound quality and instrumentalists are, to my unpolished ear, stunningly sharp and clear.

I'm not sure I understand where the "Canons on the first eight notes of the aria from the Goldberg Variations" fit in to this sweet gem, but to say they seem simply an extension of the lovely, if shortish, pieces which come before. Probably I love this CD because Goldberg Variations are one of my very favorite Bach creations, having been introduced to them from a front-row folding chair in St. Chapelle, Paris.

May these musical offerings of Bach bring you the tickling merriment they brought to me, so pleasant, in fact, that I was inspired to write this first ever music review. Enjoy.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Cavalcade of Canons, August 10, 2003

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John Hartford "jsb1441" (Sherman, CT USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bach: A Musical Offering BWV 1079 133/ Canons BMV 1072-78 (Audio CD)

This CD is a true gem. Where else can one find a collection of canons from those in the Musical offering to the obscure dedication canons Bach wrote for his friends to the 14 canons on the first eight notes of the Goldberg ground? This is the only such collection I know of. The playing is superb throughout and the recorded sound brings the ensemble into your living room. For those interested in canon this is a polished diamond.