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Janos Starker, Johann Sebastian Bach, Georg Solti, Iona Brown, Karl Munchinger, Neville Marriner, Raymond Agoult, Raymond Leppard, Seiji Ozawa, Richard Adeney - Essential Bach

Janos Starker, Johann Sebastian Bach, Georg Solti, Iona Brown, Karl Munchinger, Neville Marriner, Raymond Agoult, Raymond Leppard, Seiji Ozawa, Richard Adeney - Essential Bach

Band: Janos Starker, Johann Sebastian Bach, Georg Solti, Iona Brown, Karl Munchinger, Neville Marriner, Raymond Agoult, Raymond Leppard, Seiji Ozawa, Richard Adeney Title: Essential Bach Rating: Release Date: 13 June, 2000 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Toccata And Fugue In D Minor: Toccata in D minor 2: Orchestral Suite No. 3 In D Major: Air 3: Prelude in C major 4: Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 In G Major: Allegro 5: Goldberg Variations: Aria 6: Sleepers Awake: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme 7: Violin Concerto No.1 In A Minor: I Allegro moderato 8: Jesu, joy of man's desiring 9: Keyboard Concerto No.4: Allegro: I Allegro 10: Cello Suite No.3: Bourees I & II: Bourrees I And II 11: Concerto for Oboe & Violin In C Minor: Adagio 12: Mass In B minor: Crucifixus 13: Cello Suite No.1 in G Major: Praeludium 14: French Suite No.5 in G major: Gigue 15: Prelude in D Minor 16: Brandenburg Concerto No.5 In D Major: III Allegro 17: Matthaus-Passion: St Matthew Passion 18: Brandenberg Concerto No.2 In F Major: I Allegro 19: Concerto For 2 Violins In D Minor: II Largo, ma non tanto 20: Lute Suite In E Major: Prelude 21: Cantata: Sheep may safely graze 22: Cello Sonata In G Minor: II Adagio (excerpt) 23: Italian Concerto In F Major: II Allegro 24: Weihnachtsoratorium: Pastoral sinfonia 25: Violin Concerto No.1 In A Minor: II Andante 26: Partita No.1 In B Flat Major: Gigue 27: Orchestral Suite No.2 In B Minor: Menuet 28: Orchestral Suite No.2 In B Minor: Badinerie 29: Oboe Concerto In F Major: Siciliano 30: Brandenberg Concerto No.3 In G Major: I Allegro 31: Violin Partita No.2 In D Minor: Allemande 32: Violin Partita No.2 In D Minor: Gigue 33: Keyboard Concerto No.2 In E Major: I Allegro (excerpt) 34: Cantata: Sanctify us by thy goodness 35: Keyboard Concerto No.5 In F Minor: II Largo 36: Concerto In A Minor: I Allegro

Editoral Review The anthology is clearly aimed at the newcomer, and the absence of booklet notes to put the music in context is disappointing. It is not possible to fit 36 Bach masterpieces on two CDs, so what Essential Bach does is present individual movements from across a range of the composer's work. We are only given titles, performers, and what films the extracts have been featured in, from Rollerball to The English Patient. On the plus side, most if not all of the music is instantly recognizable, by melody if not by name. Everything from the Brandenburg Concertos to "Air on a G String" to the B Minor Mass and St.  Matthew Passion is represented. Performances range from 1960 to 1993, encompassing both early instrument and modern orchestra interpretations by a wide variety of forces, including Sir Neville Marriner with the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields and Raymond Leppard leading the English Chamber Orchestra. Given such diversity the result is unavoidably a patchwork, albeit one made from the finest materials, and as such is perhaps best treated as a sampler to aid exploration of the vast legacy of one of the very greatest composers who ever lived. --Gary S. Dalkin, Amazon. co. uk .. You can see a complete list of all Janos Starker, Johann Sebastian Bach, Georg Solti, Iona Brown, Karl Munchinger, Neville Marriner, Raymond Agoult, Raymond Leppard, Seiji Ozawa, Richard Adeney discography, or go back to the Janos Starker, Johann Sebastian Bach, Georg Solti, Iona Brown, Karl Munchinger, Neville Marriner, Raymond Agoult, Raymond Leppard, Seiji Ozawa, Richard Adeney tabs