{"id":105,"date":"2011-07-31T20:59:38","date_gmt":"2011-08-01T00:59:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.155dayswithbachandme.com\/?p=105"},"modified":"2011-07-31T21:03:12","modified_gmt":"2011-08-01T01:03:12","slug":"day-four-orchestral-suites-3-4-cd-1-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.155dayswithbachandme.com\/?p=105","title":{"rendered":"Day Four: Orchestral Suites 3 & 4 (CD 1-4)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Bach<\/a>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.<\/p>\n

I like it.<\/p>\n

Of the two Orchestral Suites on this CD, I prefer Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, although I like the sprightly Bouree I & II from Orchestral Suite No. 4, and the rousing Rejouissance (track 11) from Orchestral Suite No. 4. Some people may say this type of music is busy. But I like music that’s intricate. That’s why I love progressive rock, even complicated and technical music like that performed by Zero Hour<\/a>, a guitar-laden progressive metal band that boasts so many labyrinthine twists and turns that it’s virtually impossible go keep up. Yet, I enjoy it. Those guys are massively talented musicians.<\/p>\n

Ditto for Primus<\/a>, a bass-driven three-piece band that’s as avant-garde (some say just plain weird) as they come. But Primus plays tricky, clever music that takes active listening to appreciate.<\/p>\n

So complicated, “busy” Classical music doesn’t phase me. In fact, I thrive on it.<\/p>\n

Which is why I dig fugues and the Baroque period. The complexity of music from that period — of which Johann Sebastian Bach was a prime example — is among my favorite compositions in the whole world.<\/p>\n

There’s not much I can say about Orchestral Suites 3 & 4, or the tiny Sinfonia from Cantata (BWV 146<\/a>) that’s sandwiched in between them on this CD. It’s fine music, but not particularly memorable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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