Classical music is speeding up, according to a study using the works of J.S. Bach

New study into performances of Bach reveals classical music is speeding up

Forest xylophone

This handmade xylophone plays Bach in the middle of a serene forest in Japan

bach cantata tim mead

This Bach cantata is so beautiful it's basically from another planet

We Wish You a Merry Christmas fugue

We Wish You a Merry Christmas, in the style of a Bach fugue

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Margarita Balanas cellos

Cellist plays one piece of Bach on 20 historic cellos – and the contrast is fascinating

Bach on marimba

You haven’t heard Bach until you’ve heard it on marimba

Miloš Milivojević

Bach played on an accordion is absolutely stunning

Bach News

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Glenn Gould and the score for the Goldberg Variations

Glenn Gould's score of Bach's Goldberg Variations to be auctioned in New York
Lady Gaga Fugue

The epic Baroque Fugue on a Theme by Lady Gaga

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Bach and wife Anna Magdalena

Did Bach’s wife write some of his best-known works?

Bach Pictures

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Johann Sebastian Bach

Bach: Compositions, children, biography and more facts about the great composer
San Quentin Prison interior

10 of the greatest composers who broke the law

classical music on stamps

The most beautiful classical music postage stamps

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Bach Album Reviews

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New releases 13th July

New releases: Vladimir Ashkenazy plays Bach and Maxim Rysanov plays Schubert
New releases 12th June

New Releases: Bach with Zhu Xiao-Mei and Emmanuel Despax plays Chopin
new releases 22nd may

New releases: 'Bach Stories' and Mozart with the LSO Wind Ensemble

Bach Guides

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Requiem

A guide to JS Bach's incredible Passion music

Lady Gaga Fugue

The Lady Gaga Fugue and other incredible Baroque-inspired arrangements of pop songs

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Scrolling Bach

These scrolling music manuscripts are the internet at its most beautiful