Essential Bach
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Essential Bach
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As of Dec 3 6:36 EST (details)
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| Studio | Decca |
| Release Date | June 13, 2000 |
| UPC Code | 028946646526 |
| Buy this item | $10.99 at Amazon.com
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About Essential Bach
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. The anthology is clearly aimed at the newcomer, and the absence of booklet notes to put the music in context is disappointing. 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 Amazon.com
Tracks
Disc 1
- Toccata
- Air
- Mvt. 1, Allegro
- Aria
- Mvt. 1, Allegro Moderato
- Jesus bleibet meine Freude (Jesu, joy of man's desiring)
- Mvt. 1, Allegro
- Bourée I & Bourée II
- Mvt. 2, Adagio
- Crucifixus
- Praeludium
- Gigue
- Allegro
- Wir setzen uns mit Tränen nieder
Disc 2
- Mvt. 1, Allegro
- Mvt. 2, Largo, ma non tanto
- Prelude
- Schafe können sicher weiden (Sheep may safely graze)
- Mvt. 2, Adagio (excerpt)
- Mvt. 1, Allegro
- Pastoral sinfonia
- Mvt. 2, Andante
- Menuet
- Badinerie
- Siciliano
- Mvt. 1, Allegro
- Allemande
- Gigue
- Ertöt' uns durch dein' Güte (Sanctify us by thy goodness)
- Mvt. 2, Largo
- Mvt. 1, Allegro
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User Reviews
Average user review: 
(7 reviews)
 |  | Excellent compilation , great quality |  |
This really has the best of Bach on one CD (compared to 150 for his total works).
August 26, 2007I love this kind of playing. this is my favorite classical cd.
June 14, 2006This is a good basic primer. A true Bach lover might find a better selection/orchestra.
September 29, 2005| | | Excellent collection of mostly recognizeable music | |
LOVE LOVE LOVE this 2-CD set. I bought I a awhile back and have enjoyed it very much. My toddler likes it too. I think it's a great value for the money and may have to get another copy if this one wears out.
March 17, 2005Value and exquisite sampler of Bach on two CD's at an affordable price. Recorded by the likes primarily of Academy of the St. Martin-in-the-fields, Chicago Sympony, Boston Symphony, English Chamber Orchestra and with virtuoso performers as William Bennett, Heinz Hollinger, Pepe Romero, and Wolfgang Rubsam, one gets treated to wonderful Bach exerpts of all his fantastic breath and depth of chamber, symphony and choral works.
One will have to go to other places to find background on these marvelous compositions as the liner notes only list perfomer and date recorded.
January 31, 2005More reviews at Amazon.com ...
