What are you listening to?

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Johann Sebastian Bach
Num Komm, der Heiden Helland BWV 62

Collegium Vocale Gent
Phillippe Herreweghe - conducting.


Num Komm, der Heiden Helland: Now come, Saviour of the heathen. This is lovely music, beautifully played, this heathen is hooked.
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Jared wrote:
Diapason wrote:Not catholic, so no need for fish on a Friday in this house. ;)
I wasn't poking at your heritage, I just thought it was a good joke, given the limited material I had to work with...
That's okay Jared, just don't poke fun at his organ.
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Nun Komm was surely one of Bach's favourite chorales, he has so many brilliant settings of the tune in various guises. Lovely stuff.

And yes, hands off my organ!
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Seán wrote:
Num Komm, der Heiden Helland: Now come, Saviour of the heathen. This is lovely music, beautifully played, this heathen is hooked.

A very easy thing to happen LOL!!!
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fergus wrote:
Seán wrote:
Num Komm, der Heiden Helland: Now come, Saviour of the heathen. This is lovely music, beautifully played, this heathen is hooked.

A very easy thing to happen LOL!!!
Yes, it is. The Herreweghe makes an interesting comparison with the Freiburger Barackorchester/Collegium Vocale Gent performance broadcast before last Christmas.
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Seán wrote: Yes, it is. The Herreweghe makes an interesting comparison with the Freiburger Barackorchester/Collegium Vocale Gent performance broadcast before last Christmas.
Yes, I would imagine that they would be very different in tone and presentation.
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A beautiful disc of Purcell songs framed by the centrepiece of Bach's cantata, Mein Herze Schwimmt Im Blut (BWV 199). A profoundly moving performance by Dawn Upshaw which just cries out for the repeat button on your CD player.
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Mstislav Rostropovich - Bach cello suites 1,4& 5 on EMI classics...

Beautiful performance and recording (a great test of low freq reproduction- my reference)

only wish I had a portable head phone amp as I'm on the train and my iPhone struggles to drive my akg studio headphones.... :-(
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Very civilised.

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Shostakovich - Symphony No.5 (Neeme Jarvi, Scottish National Orchestra, Chandos)

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