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Re: All of Bach

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Post by teoruiz »

rspeer wrote: post #29

This is excellent, thank you. I recently found myself wishing there was a website with curated, high-quality performances of Bach, after realizing how big the difference in quality can be. I ended up working on a Spotify playlist for myself, which I've been editing on and off for months, just trying all the recordings of each particular piece until I found a good one. (The only thing making it possible, with Spotify'…

I would absolutely love subscribing to that list, would you be open to share the Spotify link?

Thanks!

Re: All of Bach

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Post by leephillips »

marquis wrote: post #44
hluska wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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…

Glenn Gould is absolutely the definitive source in regards to Bach piano music. For me the beauty in Bach's music is the extreme technical expertise, which, like an extraordinary piece of architecture, unveils a perfect geometry and universal perfection that makes our hearts and minds meet in the same exquisite place. But you need an exacting performance to be able to appreciate it. It gets so personal. Check out thi…

I love everything that you said and have no quarrel with any of it. I just thought it worth pointing out that when you say

"if possible go see some play live"

after extolling Glenn Gould, that he would probably advise not going to live performances. Gould thought that live performances were distracting rituals and that music could be much more easily focused on and appreciated through recordings. Personally, although I understand his point, I think the occasional live concert is worthwhile.

I love Gould because of the way he brings out Bach's counterpoint so clearly, especially the inner lines - his playing is a good argument for using the piano to perform Bach's keyboard works rather than something more authentic to the period. As a fan of period instruments, what do you think about that?

Re: All of Bach

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Post by akuchling »

marquis wrote: post #15
ambler0 wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Fun fact: Paul Simon lifted the basic harmony and melody for his song "American Tune" from that piece, which itself lifted them from an earlier piece. Remixing is not a new phenomenon! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Tune

Until the age of recorded commercial music it was considered completely normal to lift tunes, harmonies, anything recognisable, from other composers. In classical music it's generally considered a complement, more rarely a parody. Copyright has been around for much longer with printed music: as early as the 1500's we see Henry 8th issuing protections. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_music_publishing#Cop...

To illustrate that: here's a video from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation that looks at musical quotation, using the Star Trek:TOS theme. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTaSjS1pwhQ

Re: All of Bach

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Post by panzi »

peeters wrote: post #23

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!

> Can't wait for some of the cello solos.

Me too! Although I have bought a Magnatune lifetime membership and listen to the Bach Cello Suites there: http://my.magnatune.com/search?w=bach%20cello Well, I made me my own player to stream the music: http://greattuneplayer.jit.su/

Re: All of Bach

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Post by oandrei »

It says ``This video can’t be played with your current setup'' I guess must be some super-advanced new audio-codec. Please, recommend me how to get around this restriction!

Re: All of Bach

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Post by raamdev »

I can't seem to find an RSS feed for these... that would be really helpful.

This seems like a great way to consume large volumes of things that one might not otherwise ever get to... 10 minutes a week for 20 years seems a lot more doable than committing several months to consuming all 1080 works. Now I'm thinking about how I can apply this to other large-volume things that I've wanted to consume, like reading the entirety of Tolstoy's War and Peace.

Re: All of Bach

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Post by keithpeter »

peeters wrote: post #23

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!

http://www.gardnermuseum.org/music/listen/music_library?filt...

Might keep you going for a bit. Colin Carr playing four of the six suites. CC licenced, lowish bit-rate mp3s

I can't play the All of Bach at all, suspect flash related (gnash/iceweasel on Debian Sid)

EDIT: yup, flashplayer-nonfree works. This being HN, do we think a flashplayer based solution is sensible for a long term project such as this? Is mass transcoding at some point in the future likely to be a trivial task?

Re: All of Bach

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Post by oxryly1 »

marquis wrote: post #5

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'll see your recording and raise you the violin concertos by Julia Fischer and Academy of St. Martin in the Fields.

http://www.amazon.com/Bach-Violin-Concertos-Johann-Sebastian...

Check out the Allegro Assai of No. 1 in A minor. It'll change your life (couldn't find an open link):

http://open.spotify.com/track/0IarugQduXzlo9SSZyRpuf

Re: All of Bach

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Post by marquis »

leephillips wrote: post #52
marquis wrote: post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Glenn Gould is absolutely the definitive source in regards to Bach piano music. For me the beauty in Bach's music is the extreme technical expertise, which, like an extraordinary piece of architecture, unveils a perfect geometry and universal perfection that makes our hearts and minds meet in the same exquisite place. But you need an exacting performance to be able to appreciate it. It gets so personal. Check out thi…

I love everything that you said and have no quarrel with any of it. I just thought it worth pointing out that when you say "if possible go see some play live" after extolling Glenn Gould, that he would probably advise not going to live performances. Gould thought that live performances were distracting rituals and that music could be much more easily focused on and appreciated through recordings. Personally, although…

I am not a musician the calibre, or even near it, to Gould but I completely, utterly disagree about live music. Maybe he preferred the recording studio, but why would you want to take away live music from the tradition! It's like watching a chef make food on TV instead of being where you should be when it comes to food: in the kitchen and dining room, smelling all the smells.

Edit for those not agreeing: try sitting under or near a grand piano with your eyes closed. Your body experience is completely, utterly different than listening to the same music over even a very good stereo sound system. Being in the same room as an orchestra or even small chamber ensemble gives you a fully physical experience. It's not just your ears being involved, when listening to music.

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