Monday 10 March 2014

Bach Greatest Hits, Baroque Masterpieces

I think that since the beginning of this blog, I've posted works for deep connoiseurs of the baroque, works that are not always easy to digest, so, I felt like an impel to prsent some music for amateurs baroque listeners. 

The firs cd compiles some of the most famous Bach's melodies. Without going so far, it presents them in a very pleasant way to be listened, starting from two allegros of his famous concertos of Brandenburg No 2 and 3, passing through some symphonies  and the orchestral version of the so dazing "Jesu, joy of man's desiring". The other works, the selection of the main movements of the Bach's orchestral suites No 1 and 2 (BWV 1066 and 1067 respectively), and  the violin concerto BWV 1043 are being performed with mastery and profundity, caring for the subtles parts, which in baroque can mean everything.

Enjoy the baroque!  :)

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The second cd (Baroque Masterpieces) is alike an anthology of the most excelent compositions of late baroque. Here, not all works are recueable, due to exist nowadays much better interpretations, and plus, interpreted on period instruments. But leaving aside the instrumentation issue, and if we focuse on the musicality, we'll be able to apreciate this works as landmarks of the baroque interpretations. Just to point out the works that I believe are rescuable, are: Albinoni's adagio, Bach's Oboe concerto (Do not remmember the number of the cathalog BWV), and the Corelli's concerto for grosso in G minor Op 6 for Christamas. Im sure that the other pieces will like you, I was just remarking thoso that I believe are better interpreted in comparision with much moder ones.

Enjoy the baroque!  :)

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3 comments:

  1. you may also like this video of Lorenzo Ghielmi playing Bach:
    http://youtu.be/ghNA23e9y-w

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  2. Thank you for the video. Great playing :)

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