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Music : Switched-On Brandenburgs
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Switched-On Brandenburgs from: East Side Digital |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0021561816329 Format: Enhanced, Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered Label: East Side Digital Manufacturer: East Side Digital Number Of Discs: 2 Publisher: East Side Digital Release Date: May 14, 2002 Studio: East Side Digital Sales Rank: 84215 MPN: 181632 Disc 1:
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 Rating:  - Wendy or WalterA clockwork perfection... the sound track to anyone who grew up in the early 70's Rating: - Wonderful from Beginning to End!Concerto #3 was incredible on the original Switched-On Bach album, and remains one of the best performances in this collection. Concerto #4 is from the Well-Tempered Synth. #5 from Switched-On Bach II. I tried hard to pick up the "glitch" mentioned by the other reviewer, but there is nothing strange to my ear. The tonalities are unusual, but nothing too far out. I got all of the above as part of the Switched-On Boxed Set so perhaps the engineering is different? If you like the Brandenburgs it is likely you will find one or two new favorite movements here! Rating:  - Beautiful, Fascinating, sometimes enthralling, but there's a Glitch. I grew up listening to Wendy. When I was just a boy, I would sit with my father, a Baroque music lover, as he played the Brandenburg Concerti, and to this day they remain my favorite of the genre. The transformation of this old music into the sounds of the modern day is truly fascinating, and one is struck by the flexibility of the concerti, that they still cohere. After a few minutes of listening, I grew frustrated by how quickly the sound ascribed to a given voice part changes. As written, the instruments of the ensemble acquire a kind of personality as a movement develops, and much of this higher order structure is lost when the timbre is changed so radically and so frequently. Also, some of the ... Read More: |
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