Bach: Cantatas Nos 82, 159 & 170

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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Advantages: Everything you could ever want from a classical CD
Disadvantages: none

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Advantages: If you are singer, you must hear this
Disadvantages: No disandvantiges

...Great fu##in' balls to the wall HARD rock! In this album, above all, you can hear great singing qualities of one of hair metal's greatest frontmans of all time, mr. Sebastian Bach; but nothing would be in right place, if there were no song writing qualities of Rachel Bolan and Dave "the Snake" Sabo. This five men set standards for hard rock and heavy metal of that time(1989); and if you ask me, they were the last band who brought something new into true hard rock (I am not thinking about grunge and new metal shit, 'cos they are not HARD rock). If you are into nice boys with bad attitude and, above all, great music, than this is a must-have for you; and if you are not into this type of music than this is a must-hear for you. With Love from Pit Snake (the82snake@yahoo.com)... Read review

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