155 Days With Bach and Me

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Day Four: Orchestral Suites 3 & 4 (CD 1-4)

July 31st, 2011 · No Comments · Andrew Manze, Bach at 40-54, Baroque, Bouree, BWV 1068, BWV 1069, BWV 146, CD 1-4, Christoph Lehmann, Fugue, La Stravaganza Koln, Les Claypool, Orchestral Suites 3 and 4, Period Instruments, Primus, Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Zero Hour

This CD sounds like a movie score to me, something like Erich Wolfgang Korngold would have written to add flair to an Errol Flynn swashbuckler. It is majestic and triumphant and boisterous. I like it. Of the two Orchestral Suites on this CD, I prefer Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, although I like […]

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Day Three: Orchestral Suites 1 & 2 (CD 1-3)

July 30th, 2011 · No Comments · Andrew Manze, Bach at 40-54, Baroque, BWV 1066, BWV 1067, CD 1-3, Christoph Lehmann, Fugue, La Stravaganza Koln, Leipzig, Masahiro Arita, Mozart, Musica Amphion, Orchestral Suites 1 and 2, Period Instruments, Transverse Flute

When this CD began to play, my mind couldn’t find the melody in the music. “Are we listening to an orchestra tuning up?” I asked my wife. “I can hear a melody there,” she said. Of course, she’s a musician who plays the French horn. So her ears are probably sharper than mine. Or maybe […]

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