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Stokowski Transcriptions Vol 1 Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Jose Serebrier (Conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 3/Oct/2006 ] "Stokowski's Bach transcriptions have received a great deal of attention on disc lately, but this is one of the very few recordings that has the genuine flavor that Stoki himself brought to them...The engineering supports the interpretations... |
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Oboe Concertos, BWV 1053, 1055, 1056, 1059, 1060 Christian Hommel (oboe) / Cologne Chamber Orchestra / Helmut Muller-Bruhl [ Naxos / CD - released 19/Feb/2006 ] When Johann Sebastian Bach, in May 1723, accepted the appointment made shortly before, with an official contract, signed and sealed, to the position of Cantor at the Leipzig Thomasschule, he made a decision that would have far-reaching consequences... |
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Violin Concertos (rec 1955) David Oistrakh (violin) / Philadelphia Orchestra / Eugene Ormandy [ Naxos Historical Great Violinists / CD - released 4/Mar/2007 ] "Oistrakh's admirers will definitely want this disc. Anyone who cares about great violin playing should be queuing up too." (MusicWeb April 2007) |
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Famous Baroque Concertos Emilia Csanky (oboe) Bela Sztankovitz, Zoltan Tokos (guitars) Bela Banfalvi (violin) / Budapest Strings [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Aug/2007 ] The first half of the eighteenth century brought the final flowering of music in a style that later became known as the Baroque, a term borrowed from art history and originally pejorative in its suggestion of roughness and irregularity. The music of... |
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Guitar Transcriptions Enno Voorhorst, guitar [ Naxos Guitar Collection / CD - released 20/Aug/2002 ] "Voorhorst's tone is consistently round and full" (American Record Guide) |
J.S. BACH
The very best of Bach: Excerpts from orchestral, concertos, vocal and choral works Eteri Andjaparidze (piano) Bela Banfalvi (violin) Emilia Csanky (oboe) Lucy van Dael (violin) Nicholas Gedge (bass-baritone) and many others [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 8/Dec/2005 ] Presented in a stylish slipcase with a modern take on John Minnion's composer cartoons, with detailed track listings and accessible texts on the composer's life and an overview of their most famous works. |
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Goldberg Variations / Partita No. 5 (rec 1954-55) Glenn Gould (piano) [ Naxos Historical Great Pianists / CD - released 19/Apr/2007 ] Glenn Gould's 1955 recording of the work is one of the most important and influential piano discs of the second half of the twentieth century, leading not only to a wider appreciation of Bach's keyboard works by the general public but to a... |
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Bass Cantatas BWV 56 / 82 / 158 Hanno Muller-Brachmann / Siegen Collegium Vocale / Cologne Chamber Orchestra / Helmut Muller-Bruhl [ Naxos / CD - released 4/Dec/2006 ] Bach's cantatas comprise the largest category in his oeuvre, but they have also suffered the most in their transmission to posterity. That is part of the reason for their relatively late appearance in the public eye. |