Johann Sebastian Bach

"Widely accepted as a leading authority on Baroque music, Ton Koopman introduces and conducts five of J.S. Bach's religious cantatas (composed between 1707 and 1731) and his famous secular Kaffee kantate. Performed by the Amsterdamn Baroque Orchestra and Choir, the ensemble aptly illustrates the enormous skill and diversity in J.S. Bach's music."--Container.

Notated on four staves, as though intended for some unspecified set of instruments (or even voices), these thirteen erudite contrapuncti, four canons, and an unfinished triple fugue-incorporating the letters of Bach's name-are often considered to be his musical testament. Shrouded in myths traceable to it's very origins, this is a puzzle for the performers and for the listeners alike, but when a brilliant string quartet takes up the challenge, a solution...