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 Maria Barbara Johann Sebastian wife

Bach's friends, family, and important people in his life

Free Pussy Riot

Pussy Riot: Who is the classical equivalent?

50 best classical love songs

Fifty Shades Of Grey - The Classical Album: a guide

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
Forest xylophone

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

The epic Baroque Fugue on a Theme by Lady Gaga

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Bach Music

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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
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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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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Bach and wife Anna Magdalena

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

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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