J.S. Bach, Volume 2: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

J.S. Bach, Volume 2, credited to Albert Schweitzer, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of J.S. Bach, Volume 2 by Albert Schweitzer. (Translated by Ernest Newman.) Read in English by LibriVox Volunteers. Second volume of an analysis of Johann Sebastian Bach's life and musical compositions, and of the artistic, philosophical, and religious world in which he acted. (Summary by Krista Zaleski) Musical segments provided by: Devorah Allen, Jake Malizia, and Krista Zaleski.

Recording facts

• Recording title: J.S. Bach, Volume 2
• Author credits: Albert Schweitzer
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 38
• Listed recording duration: 17:12:08

Catalogue topics

• music
• Bach
• classical music
• baroque
• composer

Opening tracks: first 24 of 38

1. 01 - Ch 19 - Bach and Aesthetics — 15:14
2. 02 - Ch 20 - Poetic Music and Pictorial Music — 42:09
3. 03 - Ch 21 Part 1 - Word and Tone in Bach — 16:54
4. 04 - Ch 21 Part 2 - Word and Tone in Bach continued — 33:51
5. 05 - Ch 21 Part 3 - Word and Tone in Bach continued — 16:02
6. 06 - Ch 22 Part 1 - The Musical Language of the Chorales — 17:20
7. 07 - Ch 22 Part 2 - The Musical Language of the Chorales continued — 18:21
8. 08 - Ch 23 Part 1 - The Musical Language of the Cantatas — 24:56
9. 09 - Ch 23 Part 2 - The Musical Language of the Cantatas continued — 26:27
10. 10 - Ch 23 Part 3 - The Musical Language of the Cantatas continued — 31:28
11. 11 - Ch 23 Part 4 - The Musical Language of the Cantatas continued — 16:34
12. 12 - Ch 24 Pt 1- The Arnstadt, Muhlhausen, Weimar, and Cothen Cantatas — 29:35
13. 13 - Ch24 Pt2 - The Arnstadt, Muhlhausen, Weimar, and Cothen Cantatas continued — 29:52
14. 14 - Ch 25 Pt1 - The Leipzig Cantatas of 1723 and 1724 — 13:57
15. 15 - Ch 25 Pt2 - The Leipzig Cantatas of 1723 and 1724 continued — 20:53
16. 16 - Ch26 Pt1 - The Magnificat and the St. John Passion — 23:46
17. 17 - Ch26 Pt2 - The Magnificat and the St. John Passion continued — 20:33
18. 18 - Ch27 Pt1 - The Cantatas of the years 1725-1727 — 20:08
19. 19 - Ch27 Pt2 - The Cantatas of the years 1725-1727 — 19:50
20. 20 - Ch28 Pt1 - The Trauerode and the St. Matthew Passion — 14:05
21. 21 - Ch28 Pt2 - The Trauerode and the St. Matthew Passion — 23:34
22. 22 - Ch28 Pt3 - The Trauerode and the St. Matthew Passion — 22:35
23. 23 - Ch 29 Pt1 - The Cantatas of the Years 1728-1734 — 30:35
24. 24 - Ch29 Pt2 - The Cantatas of the Years 1728-1734 continued — 27:39

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