Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
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Make A Joyful Noise / Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Guitar Collection - Bach: Sonatas / Nicholas Goluses
Bernstein Century - Bach, Vivaldi /Gould, Stern, Nypo, Et Al
Bach: Three Weimar Cantatas / Rifkin, Bach Ensemble
Bach J.s.: Violin Concertos Bwv 1041-43
Agnus Dei - Classical Music For Reflection And Meditation
Includes pavan(s) by William Byrd.
A Distant Shore - Music of Bach, Weiss & Kellner / McFarlane
The revival of the lute and its repertoire in the later twentieth century has been so thorough that it is difficult now to remember how much a "distant shore" the instrument seemed to musicians even a few generations ago. Like the cornett or the viola da gamba or the harpsichord, it was an instrument - and a repertoire, and a set of performance practices - that was all but dead for many years, that needed to be revived more or less from scratch. As for the lute music of the later Baroque period, it represents an instrument long past its heyday: even late-Baroque musicians themselves considered the lute a distant shore - an anachronism.
What About This Mr. Paganini?
This recording is another one of those gimmick" discs that Tacet is constantly throwing our way, with the end result being some seriously good listening for everyone. The concept here has the violinist, Saschko Gawriloff, playing seven different violins, of different vintages, in a kind of "show-down." All seven violins are used to play the Sarabande movement from Bach's Partita No. 2 in D, and then several of the individual violins are used for a variety of pieces including works from Veracini, Kreisler, Dvorak, Paganini and Webern. It's much more than just an exercise, hearing the seven instruments back-to-back playing Bach, and really interesting how very different they all do sound, indeed! The remaining tracks are all accompanied by Kira Ratner on piano, and all tracks are recorded using vintage tube microphones. The sound quality is uniformly superb, regardless of which layer you choose to listen to, though the SACD tracks get my nod for best overall sound. As with the Bach disc above, the multichannel layer uses the surround channels for additional ambience, which does help provide an improved perception of image depth. The supplied booklet has numerous photos, along with a brief history of each violin's maker. So which of the seven violins is the big winner? That's hard to say ? they all have their own uniquely impressive musical qualities ? but I don't think it's a coincidence that soloist Saschko Gawriloff chose three of the Cremona violins for use in three of the five additional works found on the disc. Whether the Guarneri, Stradivari or Amati was in use, each sang with a beauty and purity of tone that was just unmatched by the rest of the competition. Maybe there was something in the water, or the soil that the trees grew in that provided the wood for these incredible instruments ? whatever, nothing in modern times comes even close. Highly recommended." Tom Gibbs Total playing time: 52'40
Nathan Milstein - The 1946 Library Of Congress Recital
Billboard (11/27/99, p.54) - Recommended
Music For A Sunday Morning / Zukerman, Shanghai Quartet
Milstein, Balsam - The 1953 Library Of Congress Recital
Legendary Treasures - Segovia And His Contemporaries Vol 3
Includes work(s) for guitar by various composers. Soloist: Luise Walker.
Laureate Series, Guitar - Kevin R. Gallagher
Gaspar Cassado - Bach: 6 Suites For Solo Cello
Edition Bachakademie Vol 137 - Klavierbüchlein For W. F. Bach
Includes work(s) by Johann Sebastian Bach. Soloist: Joseph Payne.
Christmas Piano Music / Eteri Andjaparidze
Benedictus - Classical Music For Reflection And Meditation
Includes work(s) by Marc-Antoine Charpentier.
Baroque Guitar Favourites - Vivaldi, Bach / Garcia, Breiner
Bach: Toccatas Bwv 910-916 / Wolfgan Rubsam
Bach: The Works For Organ Vol 2 / Kevin Bowyer
Kevin Bowyer...has chosen to produce a series of carefully planned recitals, using the same Danish organ throughout, rather than grouping works together in their respective genres... Volume 2, a predominantly cheerful programme, brings more examples of Bowyer's lively rhythmic sytle and appealing colours and husky reeds of this fine Danish organ. -- The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs & DVDs
Bach: The Well-tempered Clavier Book 1 / Jenö Jandó
Bach: St. Matthew Passion (Highlights) / Géza Oberfrank
Bach: Six Cello Suites / Richard Hartshorne
Fanfare (7-8/98, pp.81-82) - "..Hartshorne managed, through sheer Yankee ingenuity, to play the suites in the original keys and to preserve not only double, triple, and quadruple stops that traditional tunings render impossible but even resonant pedals based on the cello's open strings....Recommended with reverential urgency."
Bach: Organ Chorales, Etc / Wolfgang Rübsam
Bach J.s.: Art Of Fugue Vol. 2
Bach: Goldberg Variationen; Sweelink: Fantasia "bach"
Bach: From The W.f. Bach Notebook, Etc / Wolfgang Rübsam
Bach: French Suites Nos 3-6 / Wolfgang Rübsam
