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As a complete Bach nerd may I recommend this as the ultimate recording of one of his greatest works: http://www.amazon.com/Bach-Matthaus-Passion-Bostridge-Colleg... A search for Herreweghe+Matthaus on Youtube brings up a 'preview' for those interested to listen immediately.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_Ai171EQeU
I'm finding this impossible to navigate. The pages are basically frozen in Firefox and Chrome. Anybody else have this problem?
As a complete Bach nerd may I recommend this as the ultimate recording of one of his greatest works: http://www.amazon.com/Bach-Matthaus-Passion-Bostridge-Colleg... A search for Herreweghe+Matthaus on Youtube brings up a 'preview' for those interested to listen immediately.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_Ai171EQeU
I just checked the preview you mentioned on Youtube and it's absolutely incredible. I'm definitely adding that album to my collection, but I wonder if I could ask for some more help? I don't have much experience with Bach, or even classical music outside of the really famous pieces. It's a genre that, though I've always been interested in, I've never invested the time to gain a real understanding. Recently, I got int…
It gets so personal. Check out this thread just on Violin sonatas: http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php?topic=20...
You just have to listen to a few of the best and listen and listen, and if possible go see some play live, and you'll start to know what you love and what you are looking for. I am a fan of period instruments and technical performances, rather than the more mainstream recordings by someone like Yo Yo Ma.
So some great performances that I personally love:
Anner Bylsma, Cello Suites on a Baroque cello http://www.amazon.com/Bach-Suites-Cello-BWV-1007-1012/dp/B00...
Jordi Savall and Hesperion, The Art of Fugue http://www.amazon.com/Die-Kunst-Fugue-Art/dp/B00005NTKF (I love all their recordings and Savall does a mean Sainte-Colombe)
For Bach's Musical Offering I have a hard time saying which is the best: I have too many favourites. Maybe just hit up Youtube until you find one that grabs you, but try and avoid anything that isn't in HD quality. https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Musical+Offerin... Savall does a fine version here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4lwV3IMHMQ
For fellow non-flash-users, this seems to work ok with the get-flash-videos package.
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Even if I had a bunch of CD players around, the idea of swapping between 172 discs doesn't sound great.
There are CD ripping services around. In the UK they charge around ~60p/CD (gets cheaper at ~500 CDs). Some will rip lossless, which is what I was after for the 800 or so CDs I stupidly ripped at 192Kbps over the years.
Man, am I going to love this. Can't wait for some of the cello solos. If anybody from the website is reading this, I have a tiny criticism: clicking anywhere on the page while the video is running closes the video. I don't know if I'm representative, but I often click in empty space to make sure my keyboard focus isn't in the video. I was disappointed when the organist was so abruptly cut off!
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Too bad there is not an online version of this. Hardly any device in my home is able to play CDs.
There is the http://www.naxosmusiclibrary.com , which is a streaming service with tons of classical. Currently 96,609 albums with 1,403,008 tracks, the vast majority of which is classical. They have 3620 albums of J.S. Bach music (and quite a few more of the rest of the Bach family). It is a little pricey, but I've always been tempted to subscribe.