Cantata, Concerto & Sonata
Track Listings
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1. Concerto in g minor (Johann Ernst, Prince of Saxon-Weimar)
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2. Cantata “Mein Herz schwimmt im Blut” (Christoph Graupner)
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3. Sonata in c minor (Johann David Heinichen)
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4. Cantata “Unverzagt, beklemmtes Herz” (Georg Friedrich Kauffmann)
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5. Concerto in C Major (Johann Ernst, Prince of Saxon-Weimar)
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6. Cantata “Mein Herz schwimmt im Blut” BWV 199 (J.S. Bach)
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Editorial Reviews
Classics Today February 2003
"…this engaging program of many premiere recordings will handsomely reward all German baroque enthusiasts!"
Album Description
While this collection features some inspired rarities by composers centered around Bach's Weimar period, the primary draw is what may well be a first recording of Christoph Graupner's cantata setting of poet Georg Christian Lehms' "Mein Herz schwimmt in Blut" (My heart is bathed in blood), composed two years earlier than Bach's more familiar and justly famous one. This begs the obvious question: Did Graupner's work inspire or in any way influence the master? Listen and decide for yourself!
Cantata, Concerto & Sonata, Music, Johann Sebastian Bach, Johann Ernst, Christoph Graupner, Johann David Heinichen, Georg Friedrich Kauffmann, Hans Bergmann, Musica Poetica Freiburg, Andrea Hornung-Boesen, Cantata, Chamber, Chamber Music, Chamber Music & Recitals, Choral, Classical, Classical Composers, Classical Music, Concerto, Vocal, Vocal Music
Average customer rating:
- Sounds like a cheap plastic toy
- would make you sleepy..
- Kid's Music
- Not soothing
- Great for bedtime, but wish it were a real piano
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Baby Einstein: Lullaby Classics
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ASIN: B0001IXTU4
Release Date: 2004-03-16 |
Tracks:
- Variations (Twinkle, Twinkle), K265/300e
- Minuet In G From Anna Magdalena
- Piano Sonata In C, K 545, 2nd Movement
- Spring Song
- Piano Sonata In D, K 576, 3rd Movement
- Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring, BWV 147
- Canon
- The Moldau
- Preludes Book II, Clair De Lune
- Sonata No.14 (Moonlight), 2nd Movement, Op.27
- Symphony No.9, New World
- Fur Elise, WoO 59
- The Four Seasons, Winter, RV267, 2nd Movement
- Orchestral Suite No.3 In D, Air, BWV 1068
- Sonata No.8 (Pathetique), 2nd Movement, Op.13
- Kinderscene, Op.15
- Waltz No.15, Lullaby
Product Description
The Lullaby Classics A Concert for Little Ears music CD is a 17-track, 35-minute concert featuring a collection of soothing classical melodies perfect to calm little ones as they wind down for nap time, bedtime or a bit of quiet time. Each piece, re-orchestrated for little ears by the Baby Einstein Music Box Orchestra, was specially selected to lull babies into sweet, blissful dreams. Lullaby Classics opens with Twinkle, Twinkle variations by Mozart and includes calming and delightful melodies from composers such as Bach, Beethoven, Dvorak and Debussy. It ends with Brahms' Lullaby tucking baby in for a cozy, restful sleep.Musical Selections:1. Variations (Twinkle, Twinkle), K265/300e, Mozart2. Minuet In G From Anna Magdalena, Bach3. Piano Sonata In C, K 545, 2nd Movement, Mozart4. Spring Song, Mendelssohn5. Piano Sonata In D, K 576, 3rd Movement, Mozart6. Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring, BWV 147, Bach7. Canon, Pachelbel8. The Moldau, Smetana9. Preludes Book II, Clair De Lune, Debussy10. Sonata No. 14 (Moonlight), 2nd Movement, Op. 27, Beethoven11. Symphony No. 9, New World , Dvorak12. Fur Elise, WoO 59, Beethoven13. The Four Seasons, Winter, RV297, 2nd Movement, Vivaldi14. Orchestral Suite No. 3 In D, Air, BWV 1068, Bach15. Sonata No. 8 (Pathetique), 2nd Movement, Op. 13, Beethoven16. Kinderscene Op.15, Schumann17. Waltz No 15, Lullaby, Brahms Age: birth +Awards:* Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Award (2005)* National Parenting Center Seal of Approval (2004)* National Parenting Publications Awards (2004)
Customer Reviews:
Sounds like a cheap plastic toy.......2007-06-20
I have these DVD's and I can tell you that they will not be a huge part of my baby's development. I received them as a gift from someone that thinks that all you need to do is plunk your child in front of a TV all day without giving the baby any attention. You can see why these DVD's are popular at Day Care Centers or what I like to call, "Concentration camps for baby's with lazy parents", because they know that they can sit their kid/baby in front of the TV and let them turn into a thoughtless zombie while they listen to Baby Einstein totally ruin classics by Bach and DeBussy by playing the music with very cheap midi keyboards. I can get better quality music by whistling Dixie with a mouth-full of saltine crackers.
Also, it has been proven that classical music has nothing to do with the cognitive development of young people. Now, teach them how to play piano or violin and you have yourself an actual YOUNG EINSTEIN, but listening to this kind of music does nothing for the development of the brain. It is just for lazy parents that can't sit down with their kids and play with them or read them a book.
would make you sleepy.........2007-06-15
its a good product with very fine music and my toddler realizes that it is sleep time, if I play it. he goes to bed and sleeps after a couple songs. I have trouble in some songs are some months.. dont know why.
Kid's Music.......2007-06-08
I bought this CD for my grandniece, but after listening to it, I determined that no one would ever play this for her except me. I would have kept it for myself but I have the grown-up versions of each of the classical masterpieces on this CD. So, I ended up returning it for a full refund. If you want your kids to be exposed to classicl music, it's a great buy. But if you don't think they will get to listen to it, don't waste your time.
Baby Einstein: Lullaby Classics
Not soothing.......2007-06-07
These synthesizer versions of classical songs get really old, really fast. Worse yet, the songs are sometimes not soothing at all, especially the very first song. The song seems to get particularly loud and uptempo, which is precisely what you don't expect in a lullaby. Please listen to the sample of the first song at least before you buy.
Great for bedtime, but wish it were a real piano.......2007-06-01
This CD worked great to put my daughter to sleep while I rocked her in my arms, and I enjoyed the choices of songs and the arrangements. However, I would have preferred that real instruments were used.
Average customer rating:
- Excellent Bach Collection
- Wonderful way to enjoy all of Bach
- Bach
- An Absolute Essential for any Classical Music Enthusiast
- What the word "aesthetic" means!
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Bach: Complete Works - 155 CD Box Set
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ASIN: B000HRME5U
Release Date: 2006-10-17 |
Customer Reviews:
Excellent Bach Collection.......2007-07-05
I am a professional musician, composer and teacher. this collection is wonderful, recorded in Europe, and all that one would expect from talent in that part of the world (which on this set includes Nordic countries as well).
If you are into studying bach, euro recordings, musicology, this is a good purchase.
Only criticism is on a few recordings the balance/mix is not the best. However, it all sounds wonderfully recorded.
Wonderful way to enjoy all of Bach.......2007-06-28
One reason to buy this set is simply to acquire recordings of all Bach's surviving Cantatas. The only downside I've discovered so far is that I would have preferred his harpsichord music played on a piano.
Bach .......2007-06-08
Arrived in excellent condition -price was higher that I liked by a little bit
An Absolute Essential for any Classical Music Enthusiast.......2007-05-22
This comprehensive collection of all known Bach works is simultaneously the easiest and the most difficult set to review. "Easiest" because in a single set of some 150 CD's, one immediately has the entire Bach repertoire at one's hands, with the majority of individual recordings consisting of solid performances and good recording quality. "Difficult" because, due to the sheer number of performances, it would take many pages to individually and meaningfully write up a description that accurately conveys the range of entries within the set. But in a sense, this entirely misses the point. It is simply impossible to understate what Brilliant Classics has done for the classical music world with the release of a set like this. For the first time, one can own a comprehensive Bach collection for little more than the price of a single, good restaurant meal for two people. The fact can hardly be overstated: this set makes acquiring such a collection no longer the domain of only the wealthiest amongst us. This is most certainly the "democratization" of classical baroque music.
Over the years, I have certainly spent what often feels like exorbitant amounts of money on individual, and sometimes, box sets, of classical music. There is no denying the human skill possessed at the major recording labels, including experiential knowledge of the proper placement of microphones, the best mixing techniques, the optimal types of equipment selected for use, and then, of course, access to the world's greatest performers. We would never wish to lose that combination of talent, and there is no attempt here at minimizing either the value or the enjoyment that can be experienced through such endeavors. Quite the contrary. Such undertakings are both an art form and a technical skill that provides immense value to the world at large. And we should give kudos to those major labels who in recent years have begun to reissue classic records in box sets at much lower prices (Detusche Grammophon's "Collector's Editions" immediately comes to mind, as well as Philip's "Duo Series," and many others, not the least of which also includes Philip's recent reissue of the "Complete Mozart Edition.") But what we have here completely surpasses these in every respect, and opens up new possibilities for the average listener who does not have mountains of disposable income to put towards the acquisition of a classical music collection. There can be no question in my own mind that the people who put this set together did it far more for the sake of classical music as an art form rather than a money-making exercise. It is truly a meaningful contribution to the music world at large.
And what of the quality of the performances and the recordings? For the discs which I have already played, there are simply no real disappointments here. Some of the performances are on par with the "best of the best," and many of them are absolutely gorgeous. With a set this large, it is beneficial to read the multiple reviews individuals are posting to get a better sampling of the various sections of the overall set, but I've been quite pleased with what I've heard so far. I will likely update this post with more specific comments over time, but for now, let me just say that you should BUY THE THING BEFORE IT DISAPPEARS. You won't regret it, will probably be increasingly pleased over the years that you did, and hopefully will receive many years of enjoyment from the collection. Ten stars out of five, but even more important than that, a genuine "Thank you" to Brilliant Classics for what they have done for all of us here.
What the word "aesthetic" means!.......2007-05-14
On the grand work of this box set, I perceive what the adjective, asethetic, means. Besides excellent performance, I was especially attracted by the tone quality. (of course made by bravo performance, and the recording that I wish to make it noticeable!). The tone quality also reflects the quality of this box set.
Listening to violin concerto, you will naturally vision the orchestra playing in the concert hall. It's the real relaxation after tensely working one day!
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- Excellent resource for wedding planners
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- Preview your wedding day
- 25 WEDDING FAVORITES
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ASIN: B00004Y6T1
Release Date: 2000-09-05 |
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Customer Reviews:
Excellent resource for wedding planners.......2007-04-05
I work regularly with people planning church weddings who want the service to be dignified, traditional and formal. Often they have "ear memory" of music they've heard in other weddings, but no idea about its composer or title. This CD is the best compilation I've found of music that fits those requirements. Selections include great music and performances make it easy to imagine how they would sound in a particular church or other setting. Includes works by Protestant, Catholic and secular composers.
Great item!.......2007-03-29
Great CD! Perfect when planning your wedding music. There are a variety of songs from various composers.
Preview your wedding day.......2006-08-14
This CD was inexpensive, and provided a great way to preview songs for my wedding. The CD had a good song selection. My fiance and I were able to get a better idea of how the songs would be at our wedding. Definitely an inexpensive tool that is worthwhile.
25 WEDDING FAVORITES.......2006-07-20
My daughter had to move her wedding 3 weeks before the event and the music she had arranged could not be there. I purchased this CD and we were thrilled with the price, the selections on the cd and how quickly it arrived. Thanks for providing the music for a beautiful wedding.
25 Wedding Favorites.......2006-02-24
This is an excellent CD for a formal wedding, so-so for a casual one.
Average customer rating:
- Lives Up To The Title, Fine Variety Of Genre's.
- Good for relaxing pregnant women
- Too much opera
- Does what it set out to do, very well
- TRULY The most relaxing and beautiful music ever written.
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The Most Relaxing Classical Album in the World...Ever!
Johann Sebastian Bach , Léo Delibes , Gabriel Fauré , Erik Satie , Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , Edvard Grieg , Johann Pachelbel , Claude Debussy , Felix Mendelssohn , Camille Saint-Saens , Henryk Gorecki , Antonio Vivaldi , Edward Elgar , Jocelyn Pook , Sergey Rachmaninov , Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni , Luigi Boccherini , Jules Massenet , Ludwig van Beethoven , Jacques Offenbach , Pietro Mascagni , Antonin Dvorak , Giacomo Puccini , Ralph Vaughan Williams , Alexander Borodin , Joaquin Rodrigo , and Samuel Barber
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ASIN: B00000I93Z
Release Date: 1999-03-30 |
Tracks:
- Air 'On the G String' - Academy Of St. Martin In The Fields
- Morning - Academy Of St. Martin In The Fields
- Canon In D - Academy Of St. Martin In The Fields
- Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring - Academy Of St. Martin In The Fields
- Gymnopedie No.1 - City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
- II. Andante - Stephen Hough
- Viens, Mallika - Mady Mesple
- In Paradisum - Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
- Clair De Lune - Dame Moura Lympany
- II. Andate - Yehudi Menuhin
- The Swan - Osian Ellis
- II. Lento E Largo - Tranquillissimo - Zofia Kilanowicz
- II. Andantino - James Galway
- II. Largo - Yehudi Menuhin
- Nimrod - London Symphony Orchestra
- Blow the Wind - Pie Jesu - Jocelyn Pook
- Variation 18 - Cecile Ousset
- Pavane Op.50 - Gareth Morris
Tracks:
- Zion Hort Die Wachter Singen - South German Madrigal Choir
- Adagio In G Minor - Academy Of St. Martin In The Fields
- Minuet - Academy Of St. Martin In The Fields
- II. Largo - Andrei Gavrilov
- Meditation - Hans Kalafusz
- I. Adagio Sostenuto - Dame Moura Lympany
- Belle Nuit, O Nuit D'amour (Barcarolle) - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
- II. Andante - Nigel North
- II. Adagio - Jack Brymer
- Intermezzo - Philharmonia Orchestra
- I. Moderato - London Chamber Orchestra
- O Mio Babbino Caro - Montserrat Caballe
- Fantasia On 'Greensleeves' - Sinfonia Of London
- II. Adagio Sostenuto (Opening) - Cecile Ousset
- Nocturne - Academy Of St. Martin In The Fields
- II. Adagio (Opening) - Julian Bream
- Adagio For Strings Op.11a - The Philadelphia Orchestra
- Entr'acte To Act III - Orchestre National De France
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You want relaxing classical music that'll soothe your soul but won't lull you into sleep? Here's a double CD for you. The Most Relaxing Classical Album in the World ... Ever! does its best to cover both well-worn classical favorites (Bach's "Air on the G String," Pachelbel's "Cannon," Debussy's "Clair de Lune") and some eclectic left-field choices (an excerpt from Górecki's Symphony No. 3, Jocelyn Pook's "Blow the Wind," and Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings. The performances of most of these excerpts are top-notch--artists include Sir Neville Marriner, James Galway, Jacqueline du Pré and the Philadelphia Orchestra--and there's enough variety here for everyone. --Edward Garabedian
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Lives Up To The Title, Fine Variety Of Genre's........2007-02-04
This CD is a great way to enjoy a large variety of Classical Composers & many of their best known pieces. Vivaldi's "Four Seasons," is an all time favorite. There are vocals, Piano pieces, & some fine Violins. I found the latter the most enjoyable. Here you can find Rodrigo & Pachelbell. Samuel Barber's haunting Adagio will make your skin tingle. This may not be to everyones taste, but if you wish to relax? Give this a couple of listens.
Good for relaxing pregnant women.......2007-01-17
I stumbled onto this album whilst searching bit torrent websites for classical music. I don't normally listen to classical music but thought it might be relaxing for my pregnant wife. After hearing the quality of the performances, the arrangement, and the recording I decided to buy the album from amazon. All the songs you would expect from a "best album in the world" are there and they are not boring to listen to like a lot of other classical albums. I now play this album in the car constantly and the wife requested it be played at the hospital during the birth.
Too much opera.......2007-01-10
If it wasn't for the opera this would be a great CD.
Does what it set out to do, very well.......2006-11-15
So i'm a classical music veteran, someone who prefers to collect a complete work, rather than classical compilations. I probably would not have listened to this album at all if my dad didnt buy it for me as a gift. By now, i own the complete works that over half of the excepts on this disc come from. I am a purist if ever there was one.
That said, i totally adore this set because i have learned to take it on its own terms. These discs weren't meant for expert classical listeners, so a review from that sort of mindset is useless. This set was meant for pure, easy listening, and for a basic starters kit for classical newbies. Most of all, it was just meant to do what the title says, to relax the average human being. classical expert or not.
Yes, some of these pieces have been altered or shortened, like Mozart's Flute and Harp Concerto Andantino, but they have been edited for a good enough reason: the full versions would have been too long to flow with the rest of the album. And also, the full versions contain so much development that they don't become easy listening anymore. The shortened versions work in the context of the album. Most essentially, the shortened versions on the discs still convey the main flavor the composers were going for. The melodies and themes remain unchanged.
To sum up, it is true that when i want to actually listen deeply to classical music, this album would never be a choice. I would want to hear the complete works like the composers intended. But at certain times when i simply don't mind about that stuff, when i just need to loosen up and free my mind of stress with some nice melodies, this set does the job well enough.
Last but not least: being a purist and a classical buff, i am very particular about performance quality. I was very glad to find that EMI did not get lazy about this. All the artists are world-class, and all the performances are at least exceptional. Some performances are even quite excellent, like the Clair De Lune, which is one of the best i've heard. (Credit to Dame Lympany, the pianist.)
So once again, recommended for its stated purpose, to relax. I am a purist, a classical buff, and i still enjoy this disc. That says something.
TRULY The most relaxing and beautiful music ever written........2006-11-10
This album along with Volume 2 are now the two most valued albums in my music collection. I have all of the songs contained on these two albums but they are scattered through at least a dozen different albums and several are not performed by artists such as those that recorded this album and Volume 2.
SIMPLY BEAUTIFUL !!!!!!!!!!
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- pure genius
- Another great Yo-Yo Disc
- first disc great- second a flop
- Encore
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ASIN: B000A7Q29G
Release Date: 2005-08-16 |
Tracks:
- Prde from Suite No. 1 in G Major for Cello, BWV 1007
- II. Largo from "Winter", Op. 8, No. 4, RV 297 from the Four Seasons
- Jesus, bleibet meine Freude (Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring), BWV 147
- Schafe kn sicher weiden (Sheep May Safely Graze), BWV 208
- Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Sleepers Awake), BWV 645
- The Swan from Carnival of the Animals (Chamber Version)
- Havanaise, Op. 83
- Mtation from Tha
- Liebesfreud Instrumental
- Allegro ben ritmato e deciso from Three Preludes
- Vocalise Vocal
- IV. Allegro from Sonata in D minor for Cello and Piano, Op. 40
- Andante Cantabile for Cello Solo and String Orchestra, Op. posth.
- IV. Rondo alla Zingarese. Presto from Quartet No. 1 in G minor for Piano and Strings, Op. 25
- III. Finale. Allegro moderato from Concerto in B minor for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 104
Tracks:
- Cristal
- A lenda do caboclo
- Chega de Saudade Live
- Wapango Live
- Libertango
- Appalachia Waltz Solo Cello Version
- Butterfly's Day Out
- 1B
- Pickin' from Three Pieces for Solo Cello
- Simple Gifts
- The Mission
- Gabriel's Oboe
- The Falls Album Version
- The Eternal Vow from Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
- The Cellist of Sarajevo - A Lament in Rondo Form for Solo 'Cello, Op. 12
- Chi passa per'sta strada
- Mido Mountain (Chinese Traditional)
- Mohini (Enchantment)
- Baroque in Rhythm from Suite for Cello and Jazz Piano Trio
- Anything Goes Instrumental
- I Could Have Danced All Night Extended version
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Here are three dozen pieces of music, all played by Yo-Yo Ma, culled from his extensive discography. Aside from the technical mastery and beautiful tone that are absolutes in all of his playing, one is dazzled by his curiosity and ability to adapt to so many forms and types of music. His Bach and Vivaldi are pellucid and played with non-sentimental crispness, his tango music gritty and rhythmically pungent, his jazz seemingly spontaneous, the "Meditation" from Thais simply ravishing, "Anything Goes" a romp, and the Appalachian music performed with both respect and a great twang, while the traditional Chinese music is fascinating. It's really a matter of how much Ma loves whatever he plays here, how entirely he becomes involved in it, and what a fine partner he invariably is to other musicians. This collection is a doozy--it is truly "essential." --Robert Levine
Customer Reviews:
pure genius.......2007-05-21
No instrument asks more from the soul of an artist as the cello does.
Yo Yo Ma shows to be master of the instrument and his interpretations en technique are pure genius. Everyone should have this album in his (or hers of course) basic classical collection
Another great Yo-Yo Disc.......2007-05-15
The set-up with the classical pieces on the first disc and the other on the second is excellent.
first disc great- second a flop.......2007-04-12
the first disc is awesome. the second disc is weird and boring.
Encore.......2007-03-31
Incredible. My young cellist (son) loves it. Beautiful music. The album is well organized and each song transitions nicely.
The Versatile Yo-Yo Ma.......2007-03-29
I've found this collection to be extremely delightful! It gives you a sense of the versatility of Yo-Yo Ma like no other, with one disc being dedicated more to his classical side, while the other explores jazz and world music venues. Not your typical "greatest hits" collection.
Average customer rating:
- Just what you would expect
- Wonderful collection and price!
- Like Floating On A Cloud
- Bach
- Good CD, especially for novices
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ASIN: B0000058I1
Release Date: 1996-08-20 |
Tracks:
- Toccata In D Minor For Organ
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 In F: I. Allegro
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 In G: I. Allegro
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 In D: II. Affetuoso
- Concerto For 2 Violins In D Minor: I. Vivace
- Concerto For 2 Violins In D Minor: II. Adagio
- Violin Concerto No. 1 In A Minor: I. Allegro
- Violin Concerto No. 2 In E: I. Allegro
- Magnificat In D: Magnificat
- Magnificat In D: Deposuit potentes
- The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: Prelude 1
- Concerto For 3 Harpsichords In C: II. Adagio
- Concerto For 2 Harpsichords In C Minor: II. Adagio
- Concerto For 4 Harpsichords In A Minor: First Movement
- Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring
- Toccata, Adagio & Fugue In C: II. Adagio
- Partita No. 3 For Solo Violin: Prelude
- 2-Part Invention: No. 8 In F
- Wachet Auf: Sleepers Awake
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 In G: III. Presto
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 In F: III. Allegro assai
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 In D: III. Allegro
- Orchestral Suite No. 2 In B Minor: VII. Badinerie
- Mass In B Minor: Gloria
- Mass In B Minor: Dona Nobis Pacem
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Just what you would expect.......2007-05-19
I was looking for a CD of exclusively Bach music, not necessarily played by a famous artist or orchestra. This had a lot of his well-known pieces and was exactly what I was looking for.
Wonderful collection and price!.......2007-05-11
I found this to be a nice collection of favorites, especially to keep in the car and listen to. It is a variety of well known compilations. Although not encompassing, it is perfect as a review for driving, relaxing, and enjoyment. Plus, the price is right!
Like Floating On A Cloud.......2006-09-20
My first real appreciation of this sound was from watching the film "Slaughterhouse Five" in the theater, back in the '70s. That soundtrack was just a taste of what you get with this recording. My family pops this CD in the car stereo on long trips, and glide down the highway to some original smooth grooves. Helps the miles pass swiftly. Music for the soul.
Bach.......2006-08-27
Surely you don't need me to review the guy. You know who he is, you've heard his music, and I hope you own some. So let me turn the podium over to a cat named Picasso, and you can read into that whatever you wish. She's in a chair, near the CD player. She has entered the room specifically for the music. Her eyes are squinted, almost but not quite shut, little face concentrating on just how contented those sounds make her feel. Nobody can say why they move her so, any more than we can say why they move us so. If we knew the answer to that one, we'd copy the guy. But anyway, she loves the music, and don't you dare make a sound such as squeaking your computer chair. If you do, her golden orbs will open, fix upon your face, and shame you. Yes they will. But if you are quiet long enough, you can watch a little calico sleep, with the very same sweet kitten face that drew you to her five years ago. Bach is gooooood.
Good CD, especially for novices.......2005-10-12
I was looking for a recommended Bach CD - certain music by a certain orchestra - and stumbled on this. It is an excellent choice for a new library. I think when there was more than one movement to a piece, it would have made more sense to go ahead and keep the movements together instead of separating them, but a novice listener would not notice. A great way to become exposed to a great composer.
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- II: Romanze - Annie Fischer
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- II: Romance (Larghetto) - Garrick Ohlsson
- Granada - Gonzalo Soriano
- Waltz No. 15 In A Flat - Maura Lympany
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something to have.......2007-03-14
These CD's are filled with all the awesome relaxing songs for the evening when you need it. It is just one of those must have items in your CD collection.
Excellent Music.......2007-02-19
This album was a "try and see" purchase but I love it. It makes great dinner music, great music to drift off to sleep with, or just nice background filler during social events needing a softer tone. It is not all solo piano music if that s what you are after; the other instruments blend very well however and don't challenge the piano playing. It is a piano album after all!
buy now.......2006-09-01
Want to know why I think the piano is the best musical instrument ever invented? Because no matter how the piano is played, it will always sound good. Whether the music is fast, slow, quiet or loud, it ALWAYS delivers with an appealing sound. This is something you need to buy.
Lovely.......2006-02-22
This is a beautiful calming cd. The playing is excellent and the pieces are well chosen.
Aesthetically Pleasing.......2005-09-14
I simply love piano music. If you're looking to relax, enjoy a peaceful time, then you must check out this album. If you truly enjoy piano music, this album is by far one of the best you can purchase.
As it says....it is the "Most Relaxing Piano Album in the World...Ever..." Well, I haven't listened to all piano albums in the world, but I don't need to, this one is just perfect for me, and I think you will agree!
I would say the pianists' are extremely accomplished. At times, I would admit-it's a bit 'spine tingling'!
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Hundreds of compilation recordings have been thrust on the market in recent years on the theory that classical music makes a nice, non-threatening accompaniment to everything from working out to making love. And here we have one compilation promising to make your baby smarter. It's offensive enough that the music featured on these compilations is spliced up so that the most you hear of any work is a single movement; what's really annoying is the poor quality of so many of the featured performances. So it is some consolation that the artists here include such 20th-century legends as the Cleveland Orchestra under Szell and the Budapest String Quartet with Mieczyslaw Horszowski. Of course if these folks were alive, one can imagine their violent objection to this presentation of their work. --Gwendolyn Freed
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Build Baby's Brain through Classics Vol 1.......2006-07-25
I am a true fan of Classical music and this was purchased as a gift for a co-worker who is adopting a child from China. Therefore I did not open it nor listen to it. The recipient is now overseas picking up their daughter so I know they haven't had the opportunity to listen to it. I think it's a great idea, though, and purchased a used set for my Grandson.
Wonderful stimulating music for baby.......2006-06-23
I am sorry for the previous review who said that intelligence is hereditary. If that is true, all mankind would have been doomed from the start.
Intelligence is not hereditary, but rather a result of stimulation during infancy and birth. Sure, it isn't a guarantee that your child *will* become a genius if you attempt to educate them from birth, but there is no doubt that real educational stimulation of a young mind is a powerful indicator that the child will be more advanced than the average child.
Music is not just notes played. Music--real music--is everything. Though the music of today will fade, classical music will always be around because it is classic. It fits no matter what era you place it in. There is always a home for it. The artists are timeless just as the beautiful melodies are.
I certainly believe that babies who listen to music will become more familiar with and more easily understand music and instruments. Therefore, they will be quicker of mind. It is just a fact that people who play instruments are usually of higher intelligence.
I don't think that people are destined to be stupid or geniuses. I believe it is a question of environment. I feel I'm a great mother but I haven't done everything I could have been doing to help my son's mind expand as an infant. Now that he is a toddler (18 months) I am teaching him to read and exposing him to the magic of classical music in hopes that it will help mold him and set him apart from the rest.
Minds are trainable. You just have to work at it. This CD compiled of beautiful pieces composed by instrumental geniuses will help you do just that.
The greatest CD!!.......2006-01-17
I received this CD free when I had my first baby and it instantly became my fav cd of all time. I have it on my computer and I had another copy made because I just can not imagine not having it.
And as for the comment that the music has nothing to do with intellingence, you stand alone on that front. Besides, what does it hurt? It's great, soothing music and the babies enjoy it.
Forget baby, it's mine?.......2005-09-01
I love my child, but the first time I heard this CD, It immediately went from her recorder to mine. I take it practically everywhere I go. I know it's technically "Her" CD, but the selections are so soothing; and you need that type of comfort when stuck in traffic. Honestly, we both enjoy it - and I'm glad someone thought enough to give it as a gift.
Love this CD--why all the complaints?.......2004-08-30
I'm not sure what people were expecting when they purchased this. For one thing it tells you exactly what is on the CD. Its not a mystery!! If you buy it on amazon it has listed every title on it so I"m not sure about the people who said they were dissapointed because they already own those titles. Obviously you should glance at the list of titles on this CD if you have a large classical collection already. However if you don't already have a classical collection this is by far excellent .I'll be honest and admit I listen to one of the volumes daily regardless of who is in the room. It's marketed for babies but it is really for anyone. There are SO many classical pieces out there. What they have done is to take the best of the best and also the ones that are known to appeal to babies. For some reason many reviewers thing they just took a random sampling of classical music. In reality they have put together those that appeal most to children. I can tell you that my 1 year old daughter actually dances to these. She really likes them a lot. I consider the whole collection a must have for any household.
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- Beautiful. Fresh. Spiritual. Music as pure as you ever heard before.
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- J. S. Bach: Tocatta in D Minor BWV 565
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Taking as her base 12 works of Bach, Venezuelan pianist Gabriela Montero proceeds to play variations on each. The works are familiar and most Classical fans will recognize their melodies instantly. But Montero, who is closer to a jazz improvisationalist than a classical pianist merely embellishing, alters rhythm as well as melody, and the results are invariably both surprising and delightful. The Presto from the Italian Concerto is positively wacky, but "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" sticks to the piece's mood with truth and originality. Montero plays "beyond" Bach with good taste and respect, and always with intense musicality. The results may seem improvised, but I doubt they are---they seem to well worked through---but that is more of a plus than a minus. You'll revel in hearing old favorites "interpreted" and find some unexpected pleasures here. --Robert Levine
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Beautiful. Fresh. Spiritual. Music as pure as you ever heard before........2007-04-02
This is a true masterpiece. The artist takes themes from Bach and transforms them in trully original compositions, beeing hard to beleive they are improvisations. They are never boring, always beautiful. She takes one or several Bach themes, puts to work her classical backround, adds some jazz and south american rythms, and comes up with some of the most moving and inspirational music I ever heard. Bravo for Gabriela, this CD is a must for every music lover, classical or not.
Bach Lives.......2007-03-08
Bach was known to be at the very top echelon of improvisers; not only was he fond of playing around with his own tunes but he was also known to have borrowed a lick or two from his contemporaries. I have no doubt that he would have enjoyed, if not have been stunned by, the similar efforts of this pianist, Gabriela Montero. This pianist is a very nice techician with lovely lyrical gifts. Her reworkings of some of Bach's most famous tunes range from very close "inhabitings" of Bach's pieces (Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring), to some rather tangental takes on them (Air in G). However, it seems clear that she always undertakes the improvisations with great reverence and humility. Surely in this last trait, she is worthy to ride on Bach's legacy. I particularly enjoyed her infusions of Argentinian rhythms and sensibilities (tango, gaucho) to her reworkings. Repeated listening produces only slightly diminished results. In large part, I began to enjoy the pieces for themselves, not merely as dependants of their originals. I really only have two quibbles with the CD. First, her own piece called 'Beyond Bach' seems more like Bach than beyond him. The title does rattle me for it seems a bit presumptious and not in keeping either with the humility of her playing or her liner notes. Second, Montero's endings to her improvisations never seem to convince me. Her timid exits surely do not follow in the keystrokes of her mentor, the pianist Martha Argerich, one of the best in the business. All in all, minor quibles. In lieu of actually seeing and hearing this pianist at work, this is an enjoyable CD from a young pianist of whose rare gifts we should all take note.
Sublime.......2007-01-22
This is compositional improvisation at the highest possible level - stunning - with everything that music is or is supposed to have: the highs, the lows, the emotions, the amazingly transparent technical ability. Not only is she a brilliant performer of such composers as Chopin, Bach, Debussy, Granados and some of the modernists like Prokofiev, but she has entirely absorbed the musical idiom of each one and can call upon it at will in dazzling fashion. I listen to a lot of everything and I am completely blown over with her depth of expression and transcendent musical ability. I have been listening to this CD for the entire weekend and it is recorded well in every respect, from the capturing of the sound of the piano to the spontaneous performances themselves. The highest compliment I can pay her is this: her talent is such that she could make a skeptic believe in God; her many hours of practice aside, I truly believe that's the only place where her amazing musical and compositional gift could possibly come from; for she has said herself that it is not filtered through the mind. I hope to hear her live when I have the chance. What a musical discovery...a treasure.
Awesome and original.......2007-01-15
I simply give Gabriela`s ability to improvise an A+. While listening to her performance I traveled from the 17th. century to the 20th. back and forth; from Leipzing to central Venezuela with a stop somewhere in the jazz country. I hope this is the first one in a series and that we will soon be enjoying Gabriela improvising on Mozart's and Chopin's.
Bach would have loved this!.......2007-01-14
Gabriela Montero shows how brilliant an innovator she is, not only in the reworking of some of Bach's classical works but how she seamlessly weaves the connections between his time and ours. Some of the innovations are jazzy, some evoke Latin American rhythms, and some remind me of the beauty of birdsong.
Anyone who appreciates creativity, intelligence and classicism will love this CD.
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Tracks:
- Toccata And Fugue In D Minor: Toccata in D minor
- Orchestral Suite No. 3 In D Major: Air
- Prelude in C major
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 In G Major: Allegro
- Goldberg Variations: Aria
- Sleepers Awake: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme
- Violin Concerto No.1 In A Minor: I Allegro moderato
- Jesu, joy of man's desiring
- Keyboard Concerto No.4: Allegro: I Allegro
- Cello Suite No.3: Bourees I & II: Bourrees I And II
- Concerto for Oboe & Violin In C Minor: Adagio
- Mass In B minor: Crucifixus
- Cello Suite No.1 in G Major: Praeludium
- French Suite No.5 in G major: Gigue
- Prelude in D Minor
- Brandenburg Concerto No.5 In D Major: III Allegro
- Matthaus-Passion: St Matthew Passion
Tracks:
- Brandenberg Concerto No.2 In F Major: I Allegro
- Concerto For 2 Violins In D Minor: II Largo, ma non tanto
- Lute Suite In E Major: Prelude
- Cantata: Sheep may safely graze
- Cello Sonata In G Minor: II Adagio (excerpt)
- Italian Concerto In F Major: II Allegro
- Weihnachtsoratorium: Pastoral sinfonia
- Violin Concerto No.1 In A Minor: II Andante
- Partita No.1 In B Flat Major: Gigue
- Orchestral Suite No.2 In B Minor: Menuet
- Orchestral Suite No.2 In B Minor: Badinerie
- Oboe Concerto In F Major: Siciliano
- Brandenberg Concerto No.3 In G Major: I Allegro
- Violin Partita No.2 In D Minor: Allemande
- Violin Partita No.2 In D Minor: Gigue
- Keyboard Concerto No.2 In E Major: I Allegro (excerpt)
- Cantata: Sanctify us by thy goodness
- Keyboard Concerto No.5 In F Minor: II Largo
- Concerto In A Minor: I Allegro
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It is not possible to fit 36 Bach masterpieces on two CDs, so what Essential Bach does is present individual movements from across a range of the composer's work. The anthology is clearly aimed at the newcomer, and the absence of booklet notes to put the music in context is disappointing. We are only given titles, performers, and what films the extracts have been featured in, from Rollerball to The English Patient.
On the plus side, most if not all of the music is instantly recognizable, by melody if not by name. Everything from the Brandenburg Concertos to "Air on a G String" to the B Minor Mass and St. Matthew Passion is represented. Performances range from 1960 to 1993, encompassing both early instrument and modern orchestra interpretations by a wide variety of forces, including Sir Neville Marriner with the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields and Raymond Leppard leading the English Chamber Orchestra. Given such diversity the result is unavoidably a patchwork, albeit one made from the finest materials, and as such is perhaps best treated as a sampler to aid exploration of the vast legacy of one of the very greatest composers who ever lived. --Gary S. Dalkin, Amazon.co.uk
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so amazing .......2006-06-14
I love this kind of playing. this is my favorite classical cd.
Essential Bach is OK.......2005-09-29
This is a good basic primer. A true Bach lover might find a better selection/orchestra.
Excellent collection of mostly recognizeable music.......2005-03-18
LOVE LOVE LOVE this 2-CD set. I bought I a awhile back and have enjoyed it very much. My toddler likes it too. I think it's a great value for the money and may have to get another copy if this one wears out.
Exquisite Essential Bach.......2005-02-01
Value and exquisite sampler of Bach on two CD's at an affordable price. Recorded by the likes primarily of Academy of the St. Martin-in-the-fields, Chicago Sympony, Boston Symphony, English Chamber Orchestra and with virtuoso performers as William Bennett, Heinz Hollinger, Pepe Romero, and Wolfgang Rubsam, one gets treated to wonderful Bach exerpts of all his fantastic breath and depth of chamber, symphony and choral works.
One will have to go to other places to find background on these marvelous compositions as the liner notes only list perfomer and date recorded.
Good.......2004-07-13
This is a good album but for information on real choral music visit www.freewebs.com/bachster67/
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