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Bach: Sacred Masterworks
(more) »rank: 371351from: Decca
: :This is the ultimate Bach choral music collection. All the big works are here: the B-minor Mass; St. Matthew Passion; St. John Passion; Christmas Oratorio; Easter Oratorio; and the Magnificat. Munchinger's performances were those that an entire generation of Bach lovers literally grew up on. Since the advent of the 'authentic instrument' movement, it's become fashionable to treat these versions somewhat condescendingly. Listening to them again, however, I was struck by their freshness and energy. More to the point, Munchinger has a lineup of soloists--including Ely Ameling, Hermann Prey, and Peter Pears--that is second to none. A real bargain. --David Hurwitz
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Bach: Saint Matthew Passion
(more) »rank: 316250from: Channel Classics Nl
: :This is the ultimate Bach choral music collection. All the big works are here: the B-minor Mass; St. Matthew Passion; St. John Passion; Christmas Oratorio; Easter Oratorio; and the Magnificat. Munchinger's performances were those that an entire generation of Bach lovers literally grew up on. Since the advent of the 'authentic instrument' movement, it's become fashionable to treat these versions somewhat condescendingly. Listening to them again, however, I was struck by their freshness and energy. More to the point, Munchinger has a lineup of soloists--including Ely Ameling, Hermann Prey, and Peter Pears--that is second to none. A real bargain. --David Hurwitz
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Bach: 250 Year Celebration (Box Set)
(more) »rank: 534835from: Delta
: :This is the ultimate Bach choral music collection. All the big works are here: the B-minor Mass; St. Matthew Passion; St. John Passion; Christmas Oratorio; Easter Oratorio; and the Magnificat. Munchinger's performances were those that an entire generation of Bach lovers literally grew up on. Since the advent of the 'authentic instrument' movement, it's become fashionable to treat these versions somewhat condescendingly. Listening to them again, however, I was struck by their freshness and energy. More to the point, Munchinger has a lineup of soloists--including Ely Ameling, Hermann Prey, and Peter Pears--that is second to none. A real bargain. --David Hurwitz
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Bach 2000: The Complete Bach Edition - Sampler
(more) »rank: 343728by: Ton Koopman, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Thomas Zehetmair, Robin Gritton, Luca PIanca, Klaus Mertens, Jap Ter Linden, Andreas Staier, Frans Burggen, Leopold Stastny
: :J.S. Bach's fascination with numbers has been taken over by the music world at large as--in alignment with the new millennium--it prepares to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the composer's death, which occurred in July 1750. Though his passing marked the sunset of one of the most glorious eras in music, awareness of the value of Bach's enormous legacy has never been more widespread than in our own time. As evidence, just take the spectrum of recordings scheduled to honor the Bach anniversary. This sampler offers a glimpse of the most ambitious of them all: Teldec's Bach 2000 box set, a 153-CD mountain of ...
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Bach: Matthäus-Passion
(more) »rank: 477166from: Philips
: :J.S. Bach's fascination with numbers has been taken over by the music world at large as--in alignment with the new millennium--it prepares to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the composer's death, which occurred in July 1750. Though his passing marked the sunset of one of the most glorious eras in music, awareness of the value of Bach's enormous legacy has never been more widespread than in our own time. As evidence, just take the spectrum of recordings scheduled to honor the Bach anniversary. This sampler offers a glimpse of the most ambitious of them all: Teldec's Bach 2000 box set, a 153-CD mountain of ...
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Cypriano de Rore: St. John Passion
(more) »rank: 408608from: DHM
: :J.S. Bach's fascination with numbers has been taken over by the music world at large as--in alignment with the new millennium--it prepares to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the composer's death, which occurred in July 1750. Though his passing marked the sunset of one of the most glorious eras in music, awareness of the value of Bach's enormous legacy has never been more widespread than in our own time. As evidence, just take the spectrum of recordings scheduled to honor the Bach anniversary. This sampler offers a glimpse of the most ambitious of them all: Teldec's Bach 2000 box set, a 153-CD mountain of ...
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World Classics: Germany
(more) »rank: 424194from: Columbia River Ent.
: :J.S. Bach's fascination with numbers has been taken over by the music world at large as--in alignment with the new millennium--it prepares to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the composer's death, which occurred in July 1750. Though his passing marked the sunset of one of the most glorious eras in music, awareness of the value of Bach's enormous legacy has never been more widespread than in our own time. As evidence, just take the spectrum of recordings scheduled to honor the Bach anniversary. This sampler offers a glimpse of the most ambitious of them all: Teldec's Bach 2000 box set, a 153-CD mountain of ...
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The Harmonia Mundi Bach Edition (Sampler)/ Herreweghe, Jacobs, et al.
(more) »rank: 379104by: Rene Jacobs, Akademie Fur Alte Musik Berlin, RIAS - Kammerchor, Jaap ter Linden, Paolo Pandolfo, Kenneth Gilbert, Moroney, Davitt
: :J.S. Bach's fascination with numbers has been taken over by the music world at large as--in alignment with the new millennium--it prepares to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the composer's death, which occurred in July 1750. Though his passing marked the sunset of one of the most glorious eras in music, awareness of the value of Bach's enormous legacy has never been more widespread than in our own time. As evidence, just take the spectrum of recordings scheduled to honor the Bach anniversary. This sampler offers a glimpse of the most ambitious of them all: Teldec's Bach 2000 box set, a 153-CD mountain of ...
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Arleen Augér - American Soprano
(more) »rank: 225443from: Delos Records
: :J.S. Bach's fascination with numbers has been taken over by the music world at large as--in alignment with the new millennium--it prepares to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the composer's death, which occurred in July 1750. Though his passing marked the sunset of one of the most glorious eras in music, awareness of the value of Bach's enormous legacy has never been more widespread than in our own time. As evidence, just take the spectrum of recordings scheduled to honor the Bach anniversary. This sampler offers a glimpse of the most ambitious of them all: Teldec's Bach 2000 box set, a 153-CD mountain of ...
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Bach: Famous Choruses (Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring, Christmas Oratorio, St. John Passion, etc)
(more) »rank: 157683from: Polygram Records
: :J.S. Bach's fascination with numbers has been taken over by the music world at large as--in alignment with the new millennium--it prepares to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the composer's death, which occurred in July 1750. Though his passing marked the sunset of one of the most glorious eras in music, awareness of the value of Bach's enormous legacy has never been more widespread than in our own time. As evidence, just take the spectrum of recordings scheduled to honor the Bach anniversary. This sampler offers a glimpse of the most ambitious of them all: Teldec's Bach 2000 box set, a 153-CD mountain of ...
