Bach: Mass in B minor, BWV232-excerpts

Advantages: Wonderful transcriptions of JS Bach's majestic music; sensitive, tender, vivacious, effortless and fluid playing.
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...Variata in A Minor (Italian Variations) BWV 989 7 Gigue from Violin Partita no 3. BWV1006 Trio Sonata in C Major BWV 529 8 Allegro 9 Largo 10 Allegro Concerto in C minor (after Marcello) BWV 974: 11 Allegro 12 Largo 13 Presto 14 Bist du bei mir (from Anna Magdalena Notebook BWV 508) Concerto in A major (transposed to C Major) BWV 1055: 15 Allegro 16 Larghetto 17 Allegro ma non tanto 18 Badinerie from Orchestral Suite no.2 BWV 1067 19 Agnus Dei from Mass in B minor BWV 232 Performers: Alison Balsom (trumpets), Colm Carey (organ), Alina Ibragimova (violin), Alistair Ross (harpsichord & chamber organ), Mark Caudle (viola da gamba) Total running time: 71' 31" List Price: $16.98 GBP13.99 (Of course, it can easily be had for less on many online stores. Just Google the disc name and artist.) ~~~~~~~~~~~ The following information... Read review

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...:39 3 Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov: The Flight of the Bumble-bee 4:24 4 Antonio Vivaldi: Allegro (La primavera (Le Quattro Stagioni)) 3:05 5 Georg Friedrich Handel: Zadok the Priest (Coronation Anthem No. 1, HWV 258) 6:01 6 Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No.3 BWV 1048: Allegro 5:15 7 Ludwig van Beethoven: Allegro con brio (Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67) 6:32 8 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Rondo (Allegro vivace) (Horn Concerto No. 4 in E flat major, K495) 3:32 9 Johann II Strauss: An der schonen, blauen Donau, Op.314 3:45 10 Edvard Hagerup Grieg: Allegro molto moderato (Piano Concerto in A minor, Op.16) 4:25 11 George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue (1924) 4:38 12 Gustav Holst: The Planets: Jupiter - excerpt 4:47 13 Sergei Prokofiev: Montagues and Capulets (Romeo and Juliet, Op.64) 1:50 14 Peter Ilyich... Read review

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...from Carmina Burana HOLST: Mars from The Planets, Op.32 WAGNER: The Ride of the Valkyries from Die Walküre VERDI: Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves from Nabucco COPLAND: Fanfare for the Common Man ELGAR: Pomp and Circumstance March no.1, Op.39/1 (exc.) VERDI: Grand March from Aida VIVALDI: Presto from Summer of The Four Seasons, Op.8 CHARPENTIER: Prelude from Te Deum BRITTEN: Theme from The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op.35 J.S. BACH: Toccata from Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 BEETHOVEN: 1st mvt from Symphony no.5 in C minor, Op.67 KHACHATURIAN: Adagio from Spartacus, Op.82 (exc.) KHACHATURIAN: Sabre Dance from Gayaneh, Op.50 MOZART: 1st mvt from Symphony no.40 in G minor, K.550 HÄNDEL: Zadok the Priest PUCCINI: Nessun Dorma from Turandot CD 2 R. STRAUSS: Opening from Also Sprach Zarathustra, Op.30 PROKOFIEV: Dance... Read review

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