see what I mean

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The Six Brandenberg Concertos played by the English Concert directed by Trevor Pinnock on DG Archive

I quite a few CD box sets from the English Concert and Trevor Pinnock. All quite enjoyable performances and fine recordings

The Bach Concertos is also on DG archive and very good. This would also go nicely with the Brandenburgs

Regards
Mark

and Rickard, no AH WTC?

I think the Well-tempered Clavier played by Sviatoslav Richter is the best Bach recording I have heard but it is better on Melodia record than on RCA CD.

Ian

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I think the Well-tempered Clavier played by Sviatoslav Richter is the best Bach recording I have heard but it is better on Melodia record than on RCA CD.

Agreed. I have the 2 Melodia-Eurodisc box sets on vinyl and will have a listen today. Thanks for the reminder.

hungryhalibut,

As an alternative to the English Concert/Pinnock recordings of the Brandenburgs, which, incidentally, I find just a little sterile and emotionless. You might want to try and find a recording of the Brandenburgs performed by the ECO conducted by Benjamin Britten (yes, that Benjamin Britten!)

Viewed from another angle you can say, that Brittens interpretation is a little romantic.

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Originally posted by stephenjohn:
and Rickard, no AH WTC?

Ooops, I knew that I'd forgotten one (OK, two)

It's on my shortlist, but some weeks ago I received a bunch of LPs (11 titles, mostly speakers corner, for 400 euros, so the music account is rather "diluted").

Yes, Bach equals lovely music, even works through the Bang&Olufsen that's connected through the Nait5i.

This thread shows what a great asset the Forum is. I looked on Amazon for Bach and the number of recordings is enormous.

I mentioned CPE Bach on my original post - I bought the flute and oboe concertos on Phillips and it's really good - it has Heinz Holliger who according to Radio 3 is the bee's knees. Is this stuff critically lauded, or just OK. Anyway, I like it!

Nigel

Dear nigel,

Heinz Holliger is one of the really great oboe players. Very briefly in 1975, I learned the oboe myself, taught by a guy called Pat Purcell, and I knew of the Leon Goosens and Evelyn Rothwell [Lady Barbirolli, and wife of Sir John], but not Holliger.

My teacher told me that in his view I was right about Lady Barbirolli, but the really great player was Holliger!

I did not continue the oboe as I changed school and music lessons were out!

You have a nice choice there dear Nigel! ATB from Fred

Yes Heinz is really good. I've got at least two albums with him. Vivaldi oboe concertos on phillips with, you guessed it I Musici. A disc on DG with Strauss oboe concerto. Very nice.

Nigel

I assume this is the phillips eloquence CD. I also have bought quite a few of these over the past few months since they are great music and quite cheap.

As Fredrik says, Heinz Holliger is great. Another CD you may enjoy is the bläserkonzerte CD from J. Haydn.

Regards
Mark

Mark

It's a Philips Duo, 1994, number 442 592-2. I bought it from Amazon. I have yet to master how to place pictures of CDs here.

I'm very tentatively buying a few more classical recordings - Mozart and Montiverdi are my favourites. I have recently bought a lovely recording of Beethoven piano sonatas (109, 110 and 111) by Mitsuko Uchida. Much better than the latest Morrissey album!!

Nigel

Dear Nigel!

Careful! Or you will end up like me, and that would never do! [Smiley]. Fredrik

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Originally posted by pe-zulu:
Viewed from another angle you can say, that Brittens interpretation is a little romantic.

Indeed, but I don't think excessively so, at least I didn’t mention Karajan’s interpretation!

Nigel,
for something a little different you could do worse than try Edgar Meyer playing the cello suites arranged for double bass, it seems to be difficult to get hold of now but very worth the effort.

Am quite partial to the violin sonatas and partitas myself - Perlman, Szeryng, Oistrakh, Mullova, Kremer - so many to choose from.

On the cello - Casals and Fournier. More than one, but a delve into JSB can become an expensive and time consuming pre-occupation. It is the only music that can allow me to resolve complex conditional formulae in Excel!

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Originally posted by Huwge:
Nigel,
for something a little different you could do worse than try Edgar Meyer playing the cello suites arranged for double bass, it seems to be difficult to get hold of now but very worth the effort.

Nigel,

Huwe's choice of Edgar Meyer is an excellent choice for something a little different. Stefan Hussong playing English Suites on the accordion is even more out there, but clearly my preference for a different Bach.

Regards,

Haim

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Originally posted by Huwge:
On the cello - Casals and Fournier. More than one, but a delve into JSB can become an expensive and time consuming pre-occupation. It is the only music that can allow me to resolve complex conditional formulae in Excel!

I haven't heard those ones, but, particularly from what I've read of Casals, I wouldn't have thought it was the best place to start. Personally, I don't think one can go too far with Schiff's wonderful set (which is at budget price) and Rostropovich also has a special something.

regards, Tam

Dear Friends,

As a retired bass player I can assure you that, great artist that he is on the bass, Edgar Meyer is never going to do more than make a superb job of representing the Cello Suites. They are technically impossible on the Double bass for reasons that only a seconds thought will clarify, and any performance on the bigger instrument involves missing out notes Bach wrote and also possibly playing others playing others he did not, depending on the arrangement.

In fact most orchestral bass players attempt to play some of it, and I used to have a small amount I could just about play, but it was a real struggle as the music so does not fit bass fingering or tuning in fourths rather than fifths.

I hope no one minds me pointing that out. They are hard enough on the Cello!

Fournier is my favourite set on DG, and very cheap nowadays!

Fredrik

Right then, if we are going to venture into the cello, I have to say that a couple of weeks ago I acquired the Janos Starker (3)LP reissue of the unaccompanied suites and it is stunning both musically and sonically. The cello's tone is so much better captured on vinyl than in digital bits.

Norman