RE: J. S. Bach Playlist
November 20, 2019 at 6:53 pm
(This post was last modified: November 20, 2019 at 7:03 pm by Alex K.)
(November 20, 2019 at 6:21 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: I made a serious effort (well, serious for high school) to enjoy Bach. I had seen Brian Blessed's 'The Joy Of Bach' and liked it very much. I sought out records (yes, kids, we had records in those days) and nearly wore them out. I suppose it was more Blessed than Bach that sparked my interest, because, try as I might, I could never manage to like Bach as much as I did Delius or Grieg.
Just a matter of taste.
Boru
Yes, of course it is. I personally really only started enjoying Bach when I got to know all the new historically informed performance groups. Much of the old tradition of playing Bach on romantic era orchestral instruments sounded and still sounds pretty stale to me.
This nice Cantata starts out with an obvious painting with sound of raindrops falling in the first verse.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCyG0N_OLG
but what blew my socks of with this performance is the tenor soloist Makoto Sakurada and his piece with interjections by the women "angels" starting around 5:13. Nuria Rial and the other soloists are also good.
Also remarkable: the harmonic representation of the devil from 6:44-6:54
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition
