Bach: Secular Cantatas, BWV 208 & 209

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... Read review

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Advantages: everything
Disadvantages: nothing

...A cracking cd if you loooovvvveeeee clasical sounds like me I can't get enough! Johann Pachelbel Canon in D major for strings & continuo Johann Sebastian Bach Aria (Goldberg Variations, BWV 988) Toccata und Fuge D minor, BWV565 Brandenburg Concerto No.3 BWV 1048: Allegro Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni Adagio in G minor Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Adagio (Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra in A major, K. 622) Andante (Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K.467) Lacrimosa (Requiem in D minor, K. 626) Ludwig van Beethoven Allegretto (Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastoral") Adagio sostenuto (Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op.27 No. 2 -"Moonlight") Allegro con brio (Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67) Choral: Ode to Joy (Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125) Samuel Barber Adagio for Strings Op.11 Sergei V. Rachmaninov Adagio... Read review

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Advantages: Wonderful transcriptions of JS Bach's majestic music; sensitive, tender, vivacious, effortless and fluid playing.
Disadvantages: Nil.

...Balsom has already had her US debut, performing just this January 2006 with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra (Milwaukee? Not New York City and Carnegie Hall? How did they get to be so lucky in Wisconsin! Methinks Ms Balsom needs a better agent/promoter, no?!). FINAL VERDICT: I give this disc an unqualified, insanely enthusiastic recommendation with all thumbs and great toes up, for all lovers of Bach and/or the trumpet. Total, absolute must-have recording. [For more complete background info on Alison Balsom, please scroll down the page to the BBC Radio 3 article.] CD DETAILS: BACH: WORKS FOR TRUMPET Alison Balsom EMI Classics 5 58047 2 (CD) / 5 58047 5 Concerto in D Major (after Vivaldi) BWV 972: 1 Allegro 2 Adagio 3 Allegro Assai 4 Sarabande (from Cello Suite No.2 BWV 1008) 5 Gigue (from Cello Suite No.2 BWV 1008) 6 Aria... Read review

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