Bach: Cantata BWV 36
Bach: Cantata BWV 36, “Schwingt freudig euch empor” — Comparing 2 recordings: Koopman/Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir (2002), Lutz/J.S.Bach-Stiftung St.Gallen (2007, DVD)
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Bach: Cantata BWV 18
Bach: Cantata BWV 18, “Gleichwie der Regen und Schnee vom Himmel fällt” — Comparing 2 recordings: Koopman/Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir (1995), Lutz/J.S.Bach-Stiftung St.Gallen (2009, DVD)
Bach: Cantata BWV 140
Bach: Cantata BWV 140, “Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme” — Comparing 5 recordings: Leppard/English Chamber Orchestra, London Voices (1981), Harnoncourt/Concentus musicus (1984, partial), Gardiner/Monteverdi Choir/English Baroque Soloists (1992), Koopman/Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir (2006), Lutz/J.S.Bach-Stiftung St.Gallen (2008, DVD)
Organ Fascination
(…) once my record collection started featuring organ recordings — though organ recordings took a rather slow and non-systematic start. At least, the beginning was OK — for that time (1970), at least: a box with all of Handel’s organ concertos, played by the Collegium aureum and Rudolf Ewerhart on magnificent organs such as the famous Gabler organ in Weingarten, or the Riepp organs in Ottobeuren…
Encounters with Yulianna Avdeeva
(…) Yulianna at that time had just finished her concert diploma and had since become Prof. Scherbakov’s assistant (which presumably consists of filling in for him when he was away for concerts or for a recording session). This is now 3 years ago, and she has evolved as a pianist quite dramatically since then…
What Tunings Did Bach Use?
People probably regard Bach as being the baroque composer, though in aspects like his preference for traditional polyphonic forms such as fugues and canons (he was a master at writing, even improvising the most complex of fugues) he must have been regarded a rather traditional composer at his time. On the other hand, he did expand into new, previously (almost) unexplored keys on the keyboard and thus may have helped advancing music towards the pre-classical era…