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Complete Bach Edition Progress

In July 2007 I got the Complete Bach Edition, a set of 170 CDs containing all of Bach’s music. I've been going through those CDs and discussing my reactions on my blog. The following list shows all of Bach’s compositions, with links to the posts I’ve made.

The BWV link points to my blog posts, the title links point to Wikipedia articles (if they existed when I made this list).


Works for voice

Cantatas (1–224)

The dates and events in brackets after many of the sacred cantatas are from the lutheran liturgical calendar for December 2007 and 2008.

Motets (225–231)

Liturgical works in Latin (232–243a)

Passions and Oratorios (244–249)

Secular cantatas (249–249)

Chorales (250–438)

Songs and arias (439–518)

Schemellis Gesangbuch
For Anna Magdalena's Notebook

Songs (519–523)

Quodlibet (524)


Works for organ

Trio sonatas for organ (525–530)

Preludes and Fugues, Toccatas and Fugues, and Fantasias for organ (531–581)

Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor (582)

Trios and miscellaneous pieces for organ (583–591)

Concertos for organ (592–598)

Chorale Preludes I: Orgelbüchlein (Little Organ Book) (599–644)

Chorale Preludes II: Schübler Chorales (645–650)

Chorale Preludes III: "Leipzig" Chorale Preludes ("The Great Eighteen" chorales) (651–668)

Chorale Preludes IV: "German Organ Mass", part of Clavier-Übung III (669–689)

Chorale Preludes V: Kirnberger chorale preludes (690–713)

Miscellaneous chorale preludes (714–764)

Partitas and chorale variations (765–771)


Works for harpsichord

Inventions and Sinfonias (772–801)

Four Duets from Clavier-Übung III (802–805)

English Suites (806–811)

French Suites (812–817)

Miscellaneous suites (818–824)

Partitas for keyboard (published as Clavier-Übung I) (825–830)

French Overture, from Clavier-Übung II (831)

Suites and suite movements (832–845)