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Wow! Each recording is better than the other! As a non-musician sometimes I have difficulty on following Bach's contrapunctus, particularly on orchestral and o
by diego_moita 1y ago
Wow! Each recording is better than the other!
As a non-musician sometimes I have difficulty on following Bach's contrapunctus, particularly on orchestral and organ works.
I like how most recordings here slow down the tempo, allowing us, the ignoramus, to follow the melodic lines.
If you like this approach I highly recommend a few recordings of the Brandenburg Concertos with slower tempo made by an orchestra in St. Petersburg under a maestro called Alexander Titov.
- treetalker 1y agoFor the last week I've been listening to the recordings by The Academy of Ancient Music under Egarr, and by the Concerto Italiano under Alessandrini. The latter is fun and raw and jaunty — it feels much more alive than the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Mariner recordings. Will check out the St. Petersburg Opera Orchestra / Titov recordings today — thanks for the recommendation!
- tgv 1y agoYou can enjoy them either way: you can try to follow the individual voices, or listen to the overall texture, and you can switch too. It's all about enjoying the music as deeply as you can. Listen to it again, listen to other performances or re-arrangements, and see what you like best. There are people who don't like the organ, but many have been transcribed. Some organ pieces work even better on piano than organ. But it's not for everyone. I had a colleague who called the violin double concerto tedious and long-winding, whereas I think of it as a fantastic piece which by itself is enough to put Bach in the top tier.
- IggleSniggle 1y agoTo be quite frank, as a high-trained musician, I like almost all of Bach's works played slower. You can almost always slow them down more than whatever you think is too slow and find new things to appreciate. Paulstretch to the rescue!