Bach, CPE: (The) Resurrection and Ascension of Jesus

Advantages: A definite easy listen
Disadvantages: Maybe too easy

...exactly say im 'into' it, i jus fancied a change. Its a good CD if u want to relax or for background music if u have sophisticated dinner parties! Not one of the most used CDs iv bought. In fact i only listen to it about once evry 2 months so it isn't exactly excellent value for money. Below is a list of the tracks incase ur interested. The CD is priced around £19.99 and available from most music stores such as HMV and Virgin Megastore. CD 1 Vivaldi - The Four Seasons Pachelbel: Canon JS Bach - Air 'on the G string' Mozart - Ave verum corpus Handel - Largo JS Bach - Jesus bleibet meine Freude Mozart - Clarinet Concerto Beethoven - 'Emporer' Concerto Mascagni - Intermezzo Bruch - Violin Concerto Rutter - The Lort is my shepherd Saint-Saens - Aquarium Holst - Venus Chopin - Piano Concerto No 1 in E minor Faure - Pie Jesu Shostakovich... Read review

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...really matched this one for sheer brilliance. ~The Review~ Playlist 1) Monkey Business 2) Slave To The Grind 3) The Threat 4) Quicksand Jesus 5) Psycho Love 6) Get The F**k Out 7) Livin´ On A Chain Gang 8) Creepshow 9) In A Darkened Room 10) Riot Act 11) Mudkicker 12) Wasted Time There are NO weak tracks on this album - that is what sets it apart from so many others. From the time it opens with the uproarious 'Monkey Business' until its conclusion with the ultimate rock ballad 'Wasted Time', there is not one single second where you could think to yourself..."hmm, thats an album filler". No single song stands out from the rest as being weak, although some are simply superb, whilst others only make the grade of excellent. The album opens with a bluesy instrumental, Bach's voice almost a whisper over the top... Read review

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Advantages: Great piano playing of a great Bach composition.
Disadvantages: None

...One of Gould's final recordings, this is probably the definitive piano version of Bach's keyboard masterpiece. Gould runs the theme & thirty variations as a unified whole. His playing is characterised by clear fast passages, crisp ornaments and controlled, intense playing of the slow variations (nos.15 & 26). Even his humming along to the music does not detract from a joyous performance. The final section from variation 27 to the slow return to the theme is pianism at its most uplifting. The piano sound is clear without being dry & compares favourably with most up to date piano recordings. This is a disc to convert anyone to Bach & indeed to Gould's pianistic genius.... Read review

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