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Day Twenty One: Violin Sonatas, Part Two (CD 1-21)

August 17th, 2011 · No Comments · 1717, Bach at 32, BWV 1017, BWV 1018, BWV 1019, BWV 1019 1st version, BWV 1019a, CD 1-21, Harpsichord, Luis Otavio Santos, Pieter-Jan Belder, Three-Instrument Rule, Violin Sonatas

An interesting observation: whereas yesterday’s Violin Sonatas (with its accompanying harpsichord) grated on my nerves, today the music seems more mournful than hurtful. This work definitely violates the Three-Instrument Rule (when a harpsichord is involved, it takes two other instruments to balance out that distinctive-sounding keyboard). And, for my tastes, I think the recording mix […]

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Day Twenty: Violin Sonatas (CD 1-20)

August 16th, 2011 · No Comments · 1717, Bach at 32, BWV 1014, BWV 1015, BWV 1016, CD 1-20, Luis Otavio Santos, Pieter-Jan Belder, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Snakes, Three-Instrument Rule, Violin Sonatas

There’s a line in the movie Raiders of the Lost Ark in which Indy (Harrison Ford) outruns a pack of bloodthirsty natives, jumps into a river full of crocodiles, and climbs aboard a water plane that narrowly outruns the poison darts and spears thrown by his pursuers. As the plane takes to the sky, Indy […]

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