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3 reviews
Johann Sebastian Bach, Paul [composer] Dukas, ...

Vox (Classical), 2000

A Wonderful Introduction to the Classics
With total playing time clocking in at 78:04 minutes of music, you'll be paying about 6-cents/minute, which is a better bargain than long distance phone calls, and often more rewarding! This disc is far superior than most other "Classics for Kids"-type recordings I've sampled for a number of reasons: 1) This album was expertly engineered. The production quality on this disc is first-rate from ...

Switched-On Bach II

11 reviews
Johann Sebastian Bach, Wendy Carlos

East Side Digital, 2002

Staggering for the time, holds up well today
Switched-On Bach II (along with The Well-Tempered Synthesizer) really shows what the analogue Moog gear could do in the hands of people who knew what they were doing. The performances hold up and the arrangements make the most of the material. This is Bach, after all, so that's a pretty tall order. Wendy and Rachel's experience on the earlier albums shows. After nearly 40 years Switched-On ...

Bach & Beyond - Gabriela Montero

23 reviews
Johann Sebastian Bach, Gabriela Montero, ...

EMI Classics, 2006

Sublime
This is compositional improvisation at the highest possible level - stunning - with everything that music is or is supposed to have: the highs, the lows, the emotions, the amazingly transparent technical ability. Not only is she a brilliant performer of such composers as Chopin, Bach, Debussy, Granados and some of the modernists like Prokofiev, but she has entirely absorbed the musical idiom of ...

Switched-On Bach

38 reviews
Johann Sebastian Bach, Wendy Carlos

East Side Digital, 2001

Just as I remember
I first heard this groundbreaking recording when it was first released and it turn me on to music of the baroque period. As an 8 year old piano student, I took it to my teacher and told her "I want to learn how to do THIS!" While she did not get the import of Wendy (then Walter) Carlos' work, she did help me learn some of the more accessible pieces and I went on to major in music. This ...

Switched-On Boxed Set

44 reviews
Johann Sebastian Bach, George Frederick Handel, ...

East Side Digital, 1999

A few thoughts on the SOBoxed....
I just happened upon this set of reviews on Amazon (although I had reviewed the original SOB separately years ago), and was delighted at the multitude of very favorable reviews by others. But then came the weeds amongst the fruit, namely those few reviews by people who just did not 'get it'. The Amazon 'editorial reviewer' should get an award for the most ignorant and condescending review ever ...

The Story of Beethoven

1 review
Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, ...

Vox (Classical), 1995

Great value!
Though I haven't listened to all of the CD's in this series which I ordered, I am very impressed with the ones I have listened to. Very enjoyable and informative, and the price couldn't be any lower!!!

The Story of Bach

1 review
Johann Sebastian Bach, Jean-Joseph Cassanea de Mondonville, ...

Vox (Classical), 1995

Excellent!
We are using this series of CDs in our homeschool music program - they are fantastic! We especially love this one about Bach - what an awesome man! The story of his life is told in a way that is very interesting and holds the children's attention while also using various pieces of his music in the narration. It is done VERY well! My children are gaining a tremendous amount of knowlege and ...

Jazz Sebastian Bach

6 reviews
Johann Sebastian Bach, Pierre Michelot, ...

Decca, 2001

I've been looking for this for a LONG time...
I loved listening to this with my Dad in the 60's and 70's and had always wanted a "clean" copy of my own. I have the original LP, but the pops and hisses now mar the recording and let's face it, a CD is a lot easier to listen to. This is NOT the title or album cover of the LP issued in the US, but IS the same recording as the "Bach's Greatest Hits" LP released here in 1963 (or 1964) with the ...

25 Bach Favorites

11 reviews
Hildegard Rutgers, Erich Wenk, ...

Vox (Classical), 1996

Bach
Surely you don't need me to review the guy. You know who he is, you've heard his music, and I hope you own some. So let me turn the podium over to a cat named Picasso, and you can read into that whatever you wish. She's in a chair, near the CD player. She has entered the room specifically for the music. Her eyes are squinted, almost but not quite shut, little face concentrating on just how ...

Perpetual Motion

43 reviews
Bela Fleck, Edgar Meyer, ...

Sony, 2001

Soul Food
This is exquisite! The best of human experience encoded on a simple CD disk.

Perchance to Dream

5 reviews
Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, ...

Delos Records, 1992

"Real" classical music for little ones
I bought this CD for my elder son when he was tiny; he listened to it nightly (and often for afternoon naps), and his little brother is continuing the tradition. What I like best about this compilation is that this is REAL music - real Brahms, Mozart, etc - and not watered-down versions or arrangements of the classics (like the vast majority of "classical" compilations on the market these days). ...

Bachbusters

10 reviews
Johann Sebastian Bach, Don Dorsey

Telarc, 1990

A classic!
I first got my hands on this CD in the late 1980's (the 1990 release date listed by Amazon is incorrect) and it ignited a life-long love affair with the music of Bach. Everything on the disc, from the thundering chords of the Fugue in D Minor to the bouncy, almost pop-like beats of the Italian Concerto, is brilliant -- and, incredibly, the choice of instrumentation doesn't sound cheesy or ...

György Ligeti Edition 6: Keyboard Works (Piano, Harpsichord, Organ) - Irina Kataeva / Pierre-Laurent Aimard / ...

6 reviews
Gyorgy Ligeti, Elisabeth Chojnacka, ...

Sony, 1997

More 'sci-fi' inspired music
This 6th installment of the Gyorgy Ligeti Edition contains one (Harmonies) of Ligeti's three pieces used by Stanley Kubrick in the '2001' soundtrack. For that reason alone, this CD is a bit more interesting than some of the others in this series. To me, as a representative of the average listener who happens to like a very broad range of musical styles, this CD is more interesting than Ligeti's ...

100 Best Piano Classics

2 reviews
Johann Sebastian Bach, Tekla Badarzewska, ...

Angel Records, 2006

good selection
my cds were standard recording quality an overall good selection. It is sometimes hard to jump from different composers, but the cds flow well overall, an excellent way to catch a masterpiece you might have missed.

The Classical Child Is Born

3 reviews
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Johann Sebastian Bach, ...

Classical Child, 2002

Classical music that even a teenager could love
I love this CD! My students love this CD! We often use it as background music while working as individuals or as small groups. It presents some of my favorite pieces with a whimsical flair. Even rap and heavy-metal listeners request it. (The complex polyphonic music even helps stimulate brain activity. For how much more can one teacher ask?)

Bach: Greatest Hits

9 reviews
Johann Michael Bach, Johann Sebastian Bach, ...

Sony, 1994

Excellent Introductory CD!
This CD is an excellent introduction to the works of Johann Sebastian Bach. It's certainly not exhaustive, but it's a start. It also includes pieces from Johann Michael Bach, as well as another composer (whose name escapes me at the moment) whose work was once mistakenly attributed to JSB. This entire series of CDs is perfect for those who wish to learn more about the Classical Masters. Start ...

Leigh Howard Stevens plays Bach on Marimba
Johann Sebastian Bach

Resonator Records, 1999

There are several aspects of this Bach recording that make it special, the most obvious of which of course, is the instrument on which it is being performed. While the marimba was probably ot known in Europe at the time that J.S. Bach was composing the works represented on this album, there are severl facets of the marimba's tone and Steven's manner of playing that make it an ideal "neo-baroque" instrument. In particular, the ring time of the ...

Switched-On Bach 2000

24 reviews
Johann Sebastian Bach, Wendy Carlos

Telarc, 1992

In what way inferior?
It's not inconceivable to me that someone who has spent a lifetime listening to a broad range of music could prefer Carlos's debut recording of Switched-On Bach to the collection, but from any objective viewpoint it IS indefensible. Not only has Carlos brought to bear a quarter century's booming tech innovation, but also a quarter century's musical experience from a unique vantage point atop the ...

Bach: Two part Inventions/Three Part Inventions

11 reviews
Johann Sebastian Bach, Andras Schiff

Decca, 1990

What is all this fuss about Gould being better than Schiff?
Schiff plays Bach extremely well with a beautiful tone. I personally think that Schiff plays better than Gould. An eccentric person, Gould mainly does what he wants. In some pieces, he plays them extroadinarily, but most pieces, they are a mess of complete rushing and absolutely no dynamics. In almost every song he plays, Schiff shows a perfection that no one else could have. I enjoy listening to ...

Bach: Fantasia in C minor; Two-Part Inventions; Three-Part Inventions; Chromatic Fantasia & Fugue

5 reviews
Johann Sebastian Bach, Angela Hewitt

Hyperion UK, 1994

Sophisticated, understated Bach
I have several recordings of the Inventions and Sinfonias, both on harpsichord (Gilbert, Koopman) and piano-- but this is easily the most satisfying. Less quirky than Gould's, Hewitt's performance is the furthest thing from flashy or idiosyncratic and really allows the clarity and contrapuntal elegance of Bach's keyboard writing to shine through. The result is the furthest thing from didacticism, ...

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