I thought for my first blog of 2011 I'd present a list of ten Bach recordings which are among my favourites. It's simply a personal list, and on another day I may have chosen a different set of recordings (though some recordings here are unlikely ever not to be in my list), and among some undisputed greats of the catalogue I've also added a few recordings that may be less familiar to some of you. But if anyone wishes to explore them, I can guarantee some wonderful and profound listening.

The Cello Suites Steven Isserlis (Hyperion) Amazon

St Matthew Passion Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Concentus Musicus Wien / Nikolaus Harnoncourt (Teldec) Amazon

Goldberg Variations Richard Egarr (Harmonia Mundi) Amazon

Mass in B Minor The Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists / John Eliot Gardiner (Archiv) Amazon

Brandenburg Concertos Concerto Italiano / Rinaldo Alessandrini (Naïve) Amazon

David Russell plays Bach (Telarc) Amazon

Partitas Nos 1, 3, 6 Richard Goode Bach (Nonesuch) Amazon

Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin Julia Fischer (Pentatone) Amazon

St John Passion Choir of New College, Oxford / Edward Higginbottom (Naxos) Amazon

Keyboard Concertos Nos 3, 5, 6, 7 Murray Perahia, Academy of St Martin in the Fields (Sony) Amazon

I'd be interested to know if any of these recordings would have made a Bach listening list you might put together? If not, what would?