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Gospel According to St. Matthew

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from: Intermezzo Media

Release Date September 16, 1997

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Bach 2000: The Complete Bach Edition (Includes Commemorative Book) (Box Set)

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by: Various performers, Various ensembles, Giovanni Antonini, Gustav Leonhardt, Ton Koopman, Harnoncourt, Alice, Gritton, Robin

Release Date September 14, 1999
I believe, as another reviewer has stated, Bach's music may be the best ever written. Also, I think the cantatas are not where Bach placed his heart and soul. He was, after all, employed as a canter and in a position he did not wish for, but was forced to take to feed his large family. (I recommend "Bach and the High Baroque" lecture series by TTC.) What really stands out on this collection are all works in volumes 8 and above. Some of these works are hard to find and having them all in this collection and preformed on original instruments is great. Bach is priceless and so then is this collection.

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The Best of Baroque (Box Set)

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from: Carlton Classics

Release Date March 23, 1999
I believe, as another reviewer has stated, Bach's music may be the best ever written. Also, I think the cantatas are not where Bach placed his heart and soul. He was, after all, employed as a canter and in a position he did not wish for, but was forced to take to feed his large family. (I recommend "Bach and the High Baroque" lecture series by TTC.) What really stands out on this collection are all works in volumes 8 and above. Some of these works are hard to find and having them all in this collection and preformed on original instruments is great. Bach is priceless and so then is this collection.

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Isaac Stern: A Life in Music, Vol. 1 (Box Set)

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from: Sony

Release Date May 16, 1995
I believe, as another reviewer has stated, Bach's music may be the best ever written. Also, I think the cantatas are not where Bach placed his heart and soul. He was, after all, employed as a canter and in a position he did not wish for, but was forced to take to feed his large family. (I recommend "Bach and the High Baroque" lecture series by TTC.) What really stands out on this collection are all works in volumes 8 and above. Some of these works are hard to find and having them all in this collection and preformed on original instruments is great. Bach is priceless and so then is this collection.

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Bach: Violin Concertos; Double Concerto; Concerto for Violin & Oboe

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from: Sony

Release Date May 16, 1995
I have listened to several recordings of these Bach pieces, and this recording by Isaac Stern with the English Chamber Orchestra is outstanding. It ranks as one of the three best, I feel. Which one you like best is a personal preference. I also like the recording by Anne-Sophie Mutter and I can't think of the other one... I think by Gidon Kremer.

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Best Of Bach

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from: Ent. Media Partners

Release Date January 01, 2001
This was a GREAT CD It was so good!

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Bernstein Century: Bach & Vivaldi:Concertos

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from: Sony

Release Date March 31, 1998
The Bach piano concerto recorded by Bernstein and Gould is really the best recording I ever heard. The brightness and virtuosity is heard througout the entire concerto. OK, the concerto is Monoaural, but is much better than the lot of recordings of the concerto available out there. The Bach Violin concerto is excellent (however, the Karajan/Ferras is better, more well balanced...), the sound quality is perfect, considering the analog source.

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Jacques Thibaud, Vol. 3

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from: Enterprise

Release Date May 18, 1999
The Bach piano concerto recorded by Bernstein and Gould is really the best recording I ever heard. The brightness and virtuosity is heard througout the entire concerto. OK, the concerto is Monoaural, but is much better than the lot of recordings of the concerto available out there. The Bach Violin concerto is excellent (however, the Karajan/Ferras is better, more well balanced...), the sound quality is perfect, considering the analog source.

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Thibaud: Baroque Repertoire

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from: Grammofono 2000

Release Date August 17, 1999
In the day of scholastic Baroque playing, these performances may sound very anachronistic. But one thing Thibaud does here and nobody, except Kreisler and Milstein could do is that Thibaud brings these pieces "alive." There is a marvelous lack of "dry academism" in here that is actually really refreshing. Thibaud's sense of rubato and pacing is an art itself(and unfortunately a "lost" art these days). This is a fine example of the fact that Baroque music can be playing with Charm. Not for stuffy academicians or "hi-fi" buffs, but highly recommended for violin enthusiasts.

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Panorama: Johann Sebastian Bach, Vol. 1

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from: Deutsche Grammophon

Release Date September 26, 2000
Bracing Bach! Bouyant and breezy, with lots of air. Tempi are quite rapid, but the secret to their success, I believe, is that Goebel et_al. give a strong beat at the beginnings of measures and are much lighter on the secondary beats, creating the illusion of cutting the pulse of the music "in half", as when shifting to a higher gear a car moves faster but the engine noise lowers to a more relaxed pitch. What might seem at first breathless, as one grows more aware of its charms, feels absolutely right, and as observed in earlier appraisals, the results are "breathtaking", and "very expressive" indeed.