Revealed: the violent, thuggish world of the young JS Bach
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J. S. Bach: His Life and Legacy
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Life in the Paris Banlieues
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Bach: Trio Sonata in G BWV 1038 – Moyse Trio
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Bach to his roots, John Eliot Gardiner
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Revealed: the violent, thuggish world of the young JS Bach