Having started with the period instruments approach to Bach I would imagine that the Big Band treatment might not feel right, it is interesting though.fergus wrote:Seán wrote:It was one of my very early purchases Seán and from a time when I did not know of the Period Instrument approach to this type of music. It is a recording of its time. It is very different in its approach to any of the cycles in your collection. It, as ever, comes down to taste and how you like these things done. I find it "old school" in the sense that it is a "big band" approach to Bach. Now some like this very much but I prefer the (somewhat) leaner approach so that I can hear absolutely everything that is going on there because, as you are finding out yourself, there can be so much happening in Bach's music. It certainly is a good performance and it is interesting from a comparison point of view which is why I have kept it for all of these years. Good but different!!fergus wrote:Christmas Oratorio Part 2....
Fergus, what do you make of that recording? I listened to Part 1 and Part 2 last night. I liked it but it's very difficult to judge the quality of a recording when one is listening to it over the net.
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Yep, just Johann and me!!!Seán wrote:Fergus, I see that you're "holding the fort", good man.
That was some listening session Seán....quite the marathon, even if enjoyable!
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I am afraid to say that I have not heard of Backhaus!!!mcq wrote: Nope, I just have the cycle with Colin Davis. The sonata cycle he recorded for EMI is a modern classic in my opinion, Fergus. One of his biggest influences was the great Wilhelm Backhaus (whose cycle on Decca remains my all-time favourite) and, like Backhaus, he favours a physical, direct approach to the music. Some people find his playing aggressive, but I think it's simply an emotional approach to the music. I have to single out his performance of the Hammerklavier in particular. It's one of the very finest I've ever heard, and second only to Backhaus's masterly recording. It is interesting to note that, in Kovacevich's opinion, Backhaus was the only pianist who ever really understood the Hammerklavier.
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This is lovely music that is beautifully sung.
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Gosh and I have been mulling over my getting his Beethoven piano cycle, I decided against doing so for now:fergus wrote:I am afraid to say that I have not heard of Backhaus!!!mcq wrote: Nope, I just have the cycle with Colin Davis. The sonata cycle he recorded for EMI is a modern classic in my opinion, Fergus. One of his biggest influences was the great Wilhelm Backhaus (whose cycle on Decca remains my all-time favourite) and, like Backhaus, he favours a physical, direct approach to the music. Some people find his playing aggressive, but I think it's simply an emotional approach to the music. I have to single out his performance of the Hammerklavier in particular. It's one of the very finest I've ever heard, and second only to Backhaus's masterly recording. It is interesting to note that, in Kovacevich's opinion, Backhaus was the only pianist who ever really understood the Hammerklavier.
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Two beautiful Cantatas, BWV64 & BWV151 for the Third Day of Christmas....
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JS Bach – Christmas Oratorio Part 3 [Harnoncourt]....
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Piano concerto No. 4....a really very good performance!
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