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Two recently found works of J.S. Bach presented in Leipzig [video]
https://www.thetimes.com/world/europe/article/germany-hails-performance-newly-identified-bach-pieces-n2qtrds5f https://www.thetimes.com/world/europe/article/germany-hails-...
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/arts/music/bach-newly-discovered-works.html https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/arts/music/bach-newly-dis..., https://archive.ph/6DXns https://archive.ph/6DXns
- dang 11mo ago[stub for offtopicness]
- mcswell 11mo agoWunderbar! Nothing happens for about the first seven minutes, then there's an intro in German until about 11 minutes, and then another not much happens until 15 minutes. But then...!
- hulitu 11mo ago> But then...! ... an unskippable ad. /s
- gabrielsroka 11mo ago15m28s https://youtube.com/watch?v=4hXzUGYIL9M&t=15m28s https://youtube.com/watch?v=4hXzUGYIL9M&t=15m28s
- dang 11mo agoWe'll link to that above. Thanks!
- lordleft 11mo agoBach is the greatest composer and perhaps the greatest artist in human history. Full stop. He is able to condense so much complexity into his works, and he speaks to the heart as equally as he speaks to the intellect. He is proof that the mind and the heart do not have to be at cross purposes, but can be wholly engaged together when stimulated by sublime works of art.
- hodgehog11 11mo agoDo you have any particular pieces in mind when you wrote this? Bach is impressive, no doubt, but to each their own perhaps. I acknowledge that I have not received the appropriate training to fully appreciate the complexity in his works, so I wish I could hear what you do. To my ear, (and this isn't a novel opinion in the slightest), I think the Baroque era was more limited in expression due to the inherent limitations in the instruments and consequent styles at the time. Within those constraints, calling Bach an absolute titan of composition would be an understatement. But one wonders what he could have made without those constraints.
- mitthrowaway2 11mo agoI'm not the GP but I can recommend Bach's Partita in D minor, said to have been composed after returning from travel to find that his wife had died and been buried in his absence. https://youtu.be/VfwVim0EybY https://youtu.be/VfwVim0EybY Brahms said of it: "On one stave, for a small instrument, the man writes a whole world of the deepest thoughts and most powerful feelings. If I imagined that I could have created, even conceived the piece, I am quite certain that the excess of excitement and earth-shattering experience would have driven me out of my mind."
- cons0le 11mo agobest version here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZFOhkGGr8A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZFOhkGGr8A
- mitthrowaway2 11mo agoThat's a completely different piece, but also beautiful!
- poly2it 11mo agoYou should listen to Hilary Hahn's renditions of Bach's partitas and sonatas. She brings out the subtleties of Bach's composing beautifully, and the purity of his music is easy to appreciate in these solo pieces. https://inv.nadeko.net/playlist?list=PLor_18TcpRrxQmne5_SKRyMvrLD74j-K5 https://inv.nadeko.net/playlist?list=PLor_18TcpRrxQmne5_SKRy... (YouTube proxy)
- tgv 11mo agoI listened to them the other day, and I can't say I find them interesting additions to the Bach repertoire, certainly not in comparison to works that date to just a few years later.
- Matticus_Rex 11mo agoThey can't all be bangers, and [plane-with-bullet-holes.jpg]
- dylan604 11mo agoMaybe that's why he didn't sign them? Maybe he was on rough times, and just took a gig to write a studio jingle for some corporate presentation of the day just to get paid. Was able to pay rent, and keep working on his other work.
- spectralista 11mo agoI have listened to a ton of Bach but still have only listened to less than 20% of his works. This is like listening to the outtakes and demos of a band instead of the actual albums. Pointless when it takes a lifetime to get through the actual catalog.
- kleiba 11mo agoThey were early works.
- randogp 11mo agoApparently the works were known since long time, not 'recently found' as the title suggests. The novelty is the authorship attribution to JSB.
- einrealist 11mo agoCould have listened live. Bummer. The recording does not do justice to the sound on site.
- tgv 11mo agoHere's another recording (with samples, but played well): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tko39kUfk8o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tko39kUfk8o
- dust42 11mo agoMy absolute personal favourite is Toccata and Fugue played by organist Hans-André Stamm on the Trost-Organ of the Stadtkirche in Waltershausen [1]. Great videography, great organ and very expressive organist. From 3:28 on you can also see the foot work. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nnuq9PXbywA&list=RDNnuq9PXbywA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nnuq9PXbywA&list=RDNnuq9PXby...
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- Tokkemon 11mo agoI spent a long time on a Bach project that didn't really sell well, but I was very impressed with the final result. A system for buying arrangements of the Well-Tempered Clavier for any combination of instruments: welltemperedconsort.com
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