@wcbroccoli Sorry for late reply, I just saw your note. I DO know, that the harpsichord concerts are virtuoso pieces and that they were played by members of Bach's family. What I want to know is: WHO is playing in this record?? (And: Do not underestimate little old ladies – take care of their handbags :-)))
@The010Snap This is not a piece to be played by or for little old ladies who like slow, clueless, anachronistic, Late Romantic Bach. It's a virtuoso piece composed for the Bachian Collegium Concerts (reported by contemporary accounts to be the best in Leipzig) which Bach directed in the 1730s in Leipzig. The harpsichords would have been played by Bach and, probably, one his sons. His 2nd son, CPE Bach, said his father liked to play fast.
WHO was playing this? It is so breath-taking fast, but I think, it´s the real speed. Why? O.K., you MUST be familiar with the piece, but if you are, it shows you all the fun, the joy which this music contains. A funny, playful talk between two instruments. Great!
@FollowBaneFTW It would be "Neoclassical power metal," however that would require bach to be imitating an older style of music by that name. No... I'm afraid that any form of "metal" has yet to offer to the world a genius of Bachs caliber. I also fear, that it is incapable of doing so. Bach was an artist who took the ancient rules of counterpoint and demonstrated utter mastery of them. "Metal" is a genre where each artist writes "his own" rules, ergo he is very confined indeed.
Simply too fast.
Any technical perfection is spoiled by this crazy speed.
astraioshh 4 weeks ago
@The010Snap Sounds like Trevor Pinnock and Kenneth Gilbert with the English Concert, but I'm not sure.
VERITS99 5 months ago
@wcbroccoli Sorry for late reply, I just saw your note. I DO know, that the harpsichord concerts are virtuoso pieces and that they were played by members of Bach's family. What I want to know is: WHO is playing in this record?? (And: Do not underestimate little old ladies – take care of their handbags :-)))
The010Snap 9 months ago
@The010Snap This is not a piece to be played by or for little old ladies who like slow, clueless, anachronistic, Late Romantic Bach. It's a virtuoso piece composed for the Bachian Collegium Concerts (reported by contemporary accounts to be the best in Leipzig) which Bach directed in the 1730s in Leipzig. The harpsichords would have been played by Bach and, probably, one his sons. His 2nd son, CPE Bach, said his father liked to play fast.
wcbroccoli 10 months ago
WHO was playing this? It is so breath-taking fast, but I think, it´s the real speed. Why? O.K., you MUST be familiar with the piece, but if you are, it shows you all the fun, the joy which this music contains. A funny, playful talk between two instruments. Great!
The010Snap 10 months ago
when i first heard the theme i said "wtf is this fast forward ???" but then i got used to it and its so cool !
gohanisbuckethead 10 months ago
@FollowBaneFTW It would be "Neoclassical power metal," however that would require bach to be imitating an older style of music by that name. No... I'm afraid that any form of "metal" has yet to offer to the world a genius of Bachs caliber. I also fear, that it is incapable of doing so. Bach was an artist who took the ancient rules of counterpoint and demonstrated utter mastery of them. "Metal" is a genre where each artist writes "his own" rules, ergo he is very confined indeed.
CantusMaximus 11 months ago
@JoFrSc Listen to Bach's "Et in Terra Pax" from his mass in B minor!!!!! The closest we will get to heaven in this lifetime!
CantusMaximus 11 months ago
great performance
I would really like to know: whose interpretation is it?
LtTemeraire 1 year ago
@FollowBaneFTW huh
zuckstocker 1 year ago