John Eliot Gardiner

Discover the enigma of Johann Sebastian Bach, a composer whose music resonates with unparalleled sublimity, yet whose personal life seems shrouded in ordinariness and mystery. Bach by John Eliot Gardiner offers an enthralling exploration of this duality, delving deep into the life, work, and legacy of one of history’s most revered composers. Gardiner, a renowned conductor and one of Bach's...

Johann Sebastian Bach is one of the most unfathomable composers in the history of music. How can such sublime work have been produced by a man who seems so ordinary, so opaque - and occasionally so intemperate? In this remarkable book, John Eliot Gardiner distils the fruits of a lifetime's immersion as one of Bach's greatest living interpreters. Explaining in...