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Léon Berben
Bach's Instrumental Works

Contents

Recordings of Solo Keyboard Works
Recordings of Chamber Works
Recordings of Orchestral Works
Recordings of Musical Offering & Art of Fugue
Box Sets
Recordings of Vocal Works

Léon Berben - Short Biography

Discography

Recordings of Solo Keyboard Works


K-1

Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, Part 1

WTC 1: Preludes & Fugues Nos, 1-12, BWV 846-857

Léon Berben (Harpsichord) [Copy after Couchet, by Willem Kroesbergen]

Brilliant Classics

1999

CD / TT: 56:21

Recorded at Maria Minor, Utrecht, Holland. Included in Box Sets [B-1], [B-2].
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K-2

Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, Part 2

WTC 1: Preludes & Fugues Nos, 13-24, BWV 858-869

Léon Berben (Harpsichord) [Copy after Couchet, by Willem Kroesbergen]

Brilliant Classics

1999

CD / TT: 56:41

Recorded at Maria Minor, Utrecht, Holland. Included in Box Sets [B-1], [B-2].
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K-3

Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Part 1

WTC 2: 12 Preludes & Fugues Nos. 1-12, BWV 870-881

Léon Berben (Harpsichord) [Copy after Couchet, by Willem Kroesbergen]

Brilliant Classics

1999

CD / TT: 69:19

Recorded at Maria Minor, Utrecht, Holland. Included in Box Sets [B-1], [B-2].
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K-4

Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Part 2

WTC 2: 12 Preludes & Fugues Nos. 13-24, BWV 882-893

Léon Berben (Harpsichord) [Copy after Couchet, by Willem Kroesbergen]

Brilliant Classics

1999

CD / TT: 79:01

Recorded at Maria Minor, Utrecht, Holland. Included in Box Sets [B-1], [B-2].
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K-5

J.S. Bach: Toccatas

Toccatas BWV 910-916 [] *
Toccata in A major, BWV Anh. 178 [] +
Adagio from Toccata BWV 916 [] +
Prelude & Fugue in D major ("Little"), BWV 532 [] +
Toccata & Fugue in D minor ("Dorian"), BWV 538 [] +
Toccata & Fugue in F major, BWV 540 [] +
Toccata, Adagio & Fugue in C major, BWV 564 [] +
Toccata & Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 [] +
Prelude & Fugue in E major, BWV 566 [] +

Léon Berben (Harpsichord*; Organ+) [Schnitger Organ, Alkmaar]

Ramee

2008

2-CD

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Recordings of Chamber Works


H-1

J.S. Bach: Die Authentischen Flötensonaten · The Authentic Flute Sonatas [H-1]

 

Partita for solo flute in A minor, BWV 1013 [15:21]
Sonata for flute & keyboard No. 1 in B minor, BWV 1030 [14:02]
Sonata for flute & keyboard No. 3 in A major, BWV 1032 [11:49]
Sonata for flute & continuo No. 5 in E minor, BWV 1034 [12:18]
Sonata for flute & continuo No. 6 in E major, BWV 1035 [10:15]

Verena Fischer (Transverse Flute) [Martin Wenner, 2010, nach Carlo Palanca, um 1760 Turin]; Léon Berben (Harpsichord) [Keith Hill, 2001, nach Christian Zell, 1728 Hamburg]

Oehms Classics OC-424
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2011

SACD / TT: 64:22
MP3 / TT: 64:00

Recorded at…
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Recordings of Orchestral Works


O-1

Bachiana - Music by the Bach Family and their Circle [V-1]

 

Concerto in D major after Oster-Oratorium BWV 249 for 3 trumpets, timpani, 2 oboes, bassoon, strings & basso continuo [1. Sinfonia: 3:51; 2. Adagio: 3:00; 3. Allegro: 4:47 = 11:38]

Reinhard Goebel

Musica Antiqua Köln (on authentic instruments)

Violins: Reinhard Goebel, Stephan Schardt, Maren Flies, Isabel Schau, Sebastian Griewisch, Hauko Wessel, Karin Gutsche; Violas: Volker Möller, Johannes Platz, Christophe Robert; Violoncellos: Ariane Spiegel, Joachim Fiedler; Violone: Michael Neuhaus; Oboes: Saskia Fikentscher, Wolfgang Dey; Bassoon: Yukiko Murakami; Trumpets: Hannes Kothe, Ute Hartwich, Almut Flux; Timpani: Stefan Gawlick; Harpsichord/ clavecin: Léon Berben

Archiv Produktion 471150-2
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Sep 2000

CD / TT: 74:35
MP3 / T: 75:21

This recording is a co-production with DeutschlandRadio, Köln. Recorded at Koln, Sendesaal, DeutschlandRadio, Köln, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Executive Producers: Marita Prohmann (DGG)/Ludwig Rink (DeutschlandRadio); Recording Producer: Helmut Burk; Balance Engineer: Hans-Ulrich Bastin; Recording Engineers: Hans-Ulrich Bastin/Reinhard Lagemann; Editing: Helmut Burk.
See: Bachiana - by Reinhard Goebel & Musica Antiqua Köln
Listen on YouTube:
Oster-Oratorium BWV 249: Concerto [11:39]
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Recordings of Musical Offering & Art of Fugue


A-1

Bach: Musikalisches Opfer [A-1]

 

Musical Offering BWV 1079 (1st edition of 1747) []
Trio Sonata for flute, violin & continuo in G major, BWV 1038 []

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Concerto Melante

Raimar Orlovsky (Baroque Violin); Ulrich Wolff (Viola da gamba); Verena Fischer (Transverse Flute); Léon Berben (Harpsichord)

Deutsche Harmonia Mundi (Sony Classical) 88765446602

Jan 21-24, 2013

CD / TT:

Recorded at Jesus-Christus-Kirche,. Berlin-Dahlem, Germany.
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Box Sets


B-1

Bach Edition Vol. 3 - Keyboard Works Vol. 1 [Box Set]

Includes: [K-1], [K-2], [K-3], [K-4]

V/A, including Léon Berben (Harpsichord)

Brilliant Classics

1999

11-CD

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B-2

Complete Bach Edition

 

Includes: [K-1], [K-2], [K-3], [K-4]

V/A

V/A

V/A, including Léon Berben (Harpsichord)

Brilliant Classics

1999

155-CD

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The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (December 2006 - July 2013)

Léon Berben: Short Biography | Recordings of Instrumental Works


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