All of Bach
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All of Bach
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#2So you don't have to do the math yourself... it will take 20.71 years to complete the project.
Pretty neat.
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#3The duration of the project implies that not all those that are recording today will be alive when the project is completed. Incredible how productive Bach was.
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#4Another remarkable projet regarding Bach is the Open Goldberg Variation ( http://www.opengoldbergvariations.org/ ), a project that freely offer a high-quality version (they hired a world-class musician, rent a world-class piano and studio) of the Goldberg Variations. (I have no stakes in that project; I do enjoy listening to the album as work music though)
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#5As 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
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#6This is probably like the experience of the people who attended the Thomaskirche and heard a new work by Bach every week. I could take 21 years of this!
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#7Many thanks.
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#8If you really like Bach and are interested in his complete works, you should definitely check out the Hännsler Bach Edition. (http://www.haenssler-classic.de/en/series-and-editions/johan...)
Its 199 Euros which is really not a lot if you consider its 172 CDs. And its not just a cheaply thrown together compilation but it was curated (and in large parts conducted) by Helmuth Rilling who is one of the premier Bach experts of our day. The quality of performance and recording is very good throughout. You certainly find superior recordings for some of Bachs works but I have yet to find a real disappointment in the set (I'm only about half way through).
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#9If you really like Bach and are interested in his complete works, you should definitely check out the Hännsler Bach Edition. ( http://www.haenssler-classic.de/en/series-and-editions/johan... ) Its 199 Euros which is really not a lot if you consider its 172 CDs. And its not just a cheaply thrown together compilation but it was curated (and in large parts conducted) by Helmuth Rilling who is one of the premier Bach exp…
Too bad there is not an online version of this. Hardly any device in my home is able to play CDs.
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#10This is probably like the experience of the people who attended the Thomaskirche and heard a new work by Bach every week. I could take 21 years of this!
I like to think about those people. I'm imagining a bored little boy kicking the pew in front of him, not realizing he's hearing some of the greatest music that will ever be written.