THE LARGEST, MOST COMPLETE, MOST AUTHORITATIVE & ENRICHED COMPOSER SET OF ALL TIME 333 years since the birth of Johann Sebastian Bach, the largest project of its kind in the history of recorded music is presented by Deutsche Grammophon in collaboration with Decca Classics, 30 other labels and the Leipzig Bach Archive. Bach 333 presents every known note from the great master and opens up his world – and his impact on our world – in a uniquely immersive way: through audio, visual, printed and online materials.

Includes...

• Over 280 hours of music from 750 performers and 32 labels

• 10 hours of new recordings including 7 world premieres

• State-of-the-art historically informed performances (Cantatas by Gardiner, Suzuki etc)

• Over 50 CDs of alternative recordings

• Includes the latest research from the Leipzig Bach Archive’s forthcoming BWV3 catalogue

• 16 CDs, 'Bach Interactive' and 'Bach after Bach', explore Bach’s own influences and his unique impact on the world of music

• Limited, individually numbered edition

• 2 hardback books:

Life: Lavishly illustrated biography by Dorothea Schröder (new translation into English), with a Foreword by Sir John Eliot Gardiner; plus 13 new essays by leading Bach scholars

MUSIC: New essay by Christoph Wolff, 222 CDs of musical commentary by Nicholas Kenyon, many facsimiles and guide to online resources

• BWV/index book (each index with specific CD references):

BWV numerical listing and chronology (informed by research for new BWV3 catalogue)

Alphabetical work index

• 222 CDs in four compartments (Vocal, Keyboard, Orchestral and Instrumental)

• Colour-coded for easy navigation and ordered chronologically by genre

• 1 DVD: Bach: A Passionate Life. A 90-minute BBC film written and narrated by Sir John Eliot Gardiner