Main Performer: Bernarda Fink (Contralto (Female alto)); Gerd Türk (Tenor); Maria Cristina Kiehr (Soprano); Peter Kooy (Bass); Sibylla Rubens (Soprano)
Orchestra / Ensemble(s): Berlin RIAS Chamber Choir; Berlin Academy for Ancient Music Choir
Date of Release: 03/1997
Label / Distributor: Harmonia Mundi / Harmonia Mundi
Pieces in Set: 1
Running Time: 1 hour 13 minutes
Genre(s): Vocal and choral
SPAR Code: DDD
EAN: 794881372621
Work 1
Work Title: (6) Motets, BWV225-30
Excerpt(s): 1. Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, BWV225 2. Der Geist hilft unsrer Schwachheit auf, BWV226 3. Du heilige Brunst 4. Jesu, meine Freude, BWV227 5. Fürchte dich nicht, BWV228 6. Komm, Jesu, komm!, BWV229 7. Lobet den Herrn, BWV230
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
Genre: Vocal & Choral
Date Recorded: 1995
Conductor: René Jacobs
Orchestra / Ensemble: Berlin RIAS Chamber Choir
Orchestra / Ensemble: Berlin Academy for Ancient Music Choir
Main Performer: Bernarda Fink (Contralto (Female alto)), Gerd Türk (Tenor), Maria Cristina Kiehr (Soprano), Peter Kooy (Bass), Sibylla Rubens (Soprano)
Opera Part(s): Bernarda Fink, Gerd Türk, Maria Cristina Kiehr, Peter Kooy, Sibylla Rubens
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....
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...I sallute to Bach.
Bach can be very romantic, calm or even agitated (sometimes agressive) in his compositions. I like most of his composition especially his piano work. In his fourty eight Preludes and Fugues, if you played them all, you can experience a mixture of emotions that he has implanted in this particular set of work. I like to play Bach's Preludes and Fugues when I feel very down, very angry even when I am very happy. I will definitely find a piece that suit my emotion and mood, and feel much more better after playing them. Some of my...
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Bach in the USA Review ofBach: Concertos for 2 Harpsichordsby
Rogerbyname
Advantages: Light, clear, could be played over and again Disadvantages: Perhaps lacks a bit of magic or sparkle
...of the mundane into the enjoyable.
For those of you who like details, well here goes:
This is 1 CD containing 3 Concertos for Two Harpsichords and Strings, BWV1060-62 by J. S. Bach (1685 - 1750)
Date Recorded: 1999
Conductor: Helmuth Rilling
Orchestra / Ensemble: Oregon Bach Festival Chamber Orchestra
Main Performers: Jeffrey Kahane & Robert Levin...
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