(western) classical music discussion

[Rev. Rye]

Looks like a good selection.
Ah, I like Andras Schiff's versions of the Partitas. I couldn't do with one version of the Art of Fugue and other things. At least a ood piano version and the Canadian brass version. Same goes for the SMP - one in a big setting, and a more intimate version, depending on mood. No St.John's passion?

I know Glenn Gould has done many recordings that are considered classics, but I can't quite warm up to him yet...

Well, I decided to add Phillipe Herreweghe's 1999 version of the SMP to the pile. I never particularly cared for the St. John's passion, partly because of the fact that it's a big letdown, not being as excellent as the St. Matthew Passion, and partly because of the dodgy references to the Jews, although, that said, given other Passion settings of the time, the fact that it's only dodgy is a step up. I may add John Gardiner's St. John Passion to the mix.

Also, for what it's worth, Glenn Gould's 1955 version of The Goldberg Variations was my big gateway drug to Bach.