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Recording made in 2003. The 1725 version is used in this recording. ‘There are fine contributions especially from Stephen Varcoe, and an exceptionally immediate and affecting ‘Es ist vollbracht’ from Michael Chance.’ Gramophone Booklet note and sung texts. Bach produced his St John Passion in 1724, and it was his first setting of the Passion story. The premiere of the first version took place on Good Friday in Leipzig at the Nicolaikirche. Johann Kuhnau had introduced the tradition of Passion oratorios to Leipzig a few years earlier. Bach’s work underwent several revisions right up to the late 1740s, and was performed regularly in all versions. Bach’s Passions have an interesting history. He is credited with five, but only two survive intact, the St John and the St Matthew. The St Mark manuscript was destroyed during a bombing raid in the Second World War, although some music and the text survived, and it has been reconstructed and subsequently recorded. Passion settings appear to have occupied Bach from early on in his career. Some of the material used in the St John Passion dates back to 1714, and it is now believed that Bach reused material from an earlier and now lost Passion. In fact, Bach’s endless revisions saw material from the St Matthew Passion being included in the St John, several Sinfonias were added, and then removed, and these in turn provide material for the many incomplete concertos in Bach’s catalogue of works.Passions are musical descriptions of the events in the life of Christ, from the entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday to the Crucifixion. | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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Recording made in 1994 in the chapel of King’s College, Cambridge. First-rate line-up of singers, with one of the great choirs of the world. ‘The choir of King’s College are on top form throughout…so, too, are the excellent obbligato performances from the Brandenburg Consort.’ Gramophone 2003 Booklet note and sung texts. Bach composed his St Matthew Passion in 1727. Only two of his five Passion settings have survived – the St Matthew and the St John. The St Mark survives in a realisation after the manuscript was destroyed in a bombing raid in the Second World War. Of the other two works there is no trace. The work was premiered in Leipzig where Bach was kapellmeister at the Thomaskirche. Revised several times by the composer, it was often performed during his lifetime, but not heard outside Leipzig until 1829 when Mendelssohn performed an edited and modified version in Berlin. Today we take a dim view of the 19th century tampering with a work like the St Matthew Passion. However, Mendelssohn’s pioneering work in bringing the music of Bach to a wider public was responsible for the reappraisal of the composer, and the restoration of masterpieces such as the St Matthew Passion to the repertoire. | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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| |  | Baroque Voices 23 - Bach: Cantatas with violoncello piccolo
Bach is considered by many as the greatest sacred music composer of all time. In these cantatas, the voice of Andreas Scholl combines divinely with that of the violoncello piccolo, played by Christophe Coin. These works represent a milestone in musical history. | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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| |  | The Most Beautiful Classical Melodies - Volume 1
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| |  | J S Bach: Orgelmesse (Clavier-Ubung III)
Bach, J S: | Prelude & Fugue in E flat major, BWV552 'St Anne' Chorale Preludes IV, BWV669-689 'German Organ Mass' Duets Nos. 1-4, BWV802-805 Kyrie, Gott Vater in Ewigkeit, BWV371 Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr', BWV260 Dies sind die heilgen zehen Gebot, BWV298 Wir glauben all an einen Gott, BWV437 Vater unser im Himmelreich Christ, unser Herr, zum Jordan kam, BWV280 Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir, BWV38/1 Jesus Christus, unser Heiland, BWV363 |
Audiophile recording with special techniques and produced in SACD format | | | (also available to download from $21.00) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | Jura Margulis plays Berg, Brahms, Beethoven & Bach
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| |  | Andriessen - Garden of Eros
Works include Quartet in two movements, Facing Death, Garden of Eros, and Bach’s Prelude in B minor BWV 869 arranged for string quartet with the first six bars augmented with a viola part by Stravinsky. Andriessen completed this work in 2006. | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Bach: Cello Suites & Sonatas for Viola da Gamba
This new release brings you a well-filled 3-CD set for the price of two. The first two discs of this set feature a brand-new recording of Bach’s Cello Suites with the well-loved Russian cellist Karine Georgian. Karine considers this some of the most moving music ever written. She confesses that she has lived with the Suites and has played them in concert for many years and has always been in awe of their sublime beauty. It becomes evident from the very beginning of Suite No. 1 that Georgian brings to her playing a very special insight and deep understanding of these cello masterpieces. Karine Georgian’s inspiring and very impressive partner in this recording of the Gamba Sonatas is harpsichordist Gary Cooper. “…cello-playing at this level of natural elegance and love of life will always make the music sound great.” Gramophone Magazine, March 2010 | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Israela Margalit - Romantic Piano Pieces
Bach, J S: | Prelude in C Major | Brahms: | Wiegenlied, Op. 49 No. 4 (Lullaby) | Chopin: | Nocturne No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 9 No. 2 | Debussy: | Clair de Lune (from Suite Bergamasque) | Grieg: | She Dances, Op. 57, No. 3 Lyric Pieces Op. 62: No. 1 - Sylph Lyric Pieces Op. 62: No. 6 - Homeward Lyric Pieces Op. 68: No. 3 - At your feet Lyric Pieces Op. 71: No. 3 - Puck Norwegian Dance, Op. 71 No. 5 Berceuse in G major, Op. 38 No. 1 Norwegian Dance, Op. 38 No. 4 Lyric Pieces Op. 47: No. 2 - Album Leaf Scherzo, Op. 54, No. 5 | Liszt: | Liebestraum, S541 No. 3 (Nocturne in A flat major) Ständchen - Horch, horch! die Lerch (No. 9 from Zwölf Lieder von Franz Schubert, S558) | Mendelssohn: | Song without Words, Op. 30 No. 6 in F sharp minor 'Venezianisches Gondellied No. 2' | Rachmaninov: | Prelude Op. 3 No. 2 in C sharp minor | Schumann: | Kinderszenen, Op. 15: Traümerei | Tchaikovsky: | The Seasons, Op. 37b: November (Troika) |
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| |  | Grigory Sokolov - Live on ParisA film by Bruno Monsaingeon. Performance recorded on 4 November 2002
The only DVD of Grigory Sokolov, an exceptional artist, famously reclusive, is once again available. In the 40 years since the 16-year-old Sokolov was awarded first prize at the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow in 1966, the world has been blessed with what one American critic recently called "a kind of pianism, musicianship and artistry one thought had vanished forever". Championed at a young age by Emil Gilels and a prominent figure on the Russian music scene since his early teens, Sokolov has gained an almost mythical status amongst music-lovers and pianophiles throughout the world. Sokolov has amazed everyone again and again with the enormous breadth of his repertoire and his huge, almost physical musical strength. Visa problems have again made Italy-based Russian pianist Grigory Sokolov cancel a London booking. After last year's Barbican concert was called off at short notice came the news that he would not be visiting the Royal Festival Hall on 29th April as planned. "Sokolov, although a well-kept secret, is for many the greatest pianist alive today. Youthful celebrities with fast fingers, designer gear and slick photos pall beside such gigantic artistry, for Sokolov is a pianistic Dostoyevsky, his music-making vast in scope, visionary and revelatory, squeezing out every last drop of meaning." Jessica Duchen, International Piano Sept/Oct 2006 "There can be few virtuosi with fingers to touch his" The Sunday Times Region Code: NTSC 0 Picture Format: NTSC 16:9 Sound Format: PCM-STEREO Disc Format: DVD9 No of Discs: 1 Run Time: 123 mins Released: 2009-06-01 “The elusive Sokolov is sensitively filmed.” BBC Music Magazine, November 2010 **** “…Monsaingeon has resisted the obvious temptation to be too interventionist. Limiting the number of different angles at which we survey Sokolov's phenomenal pianism to a bare minimum certainly enables the viewer to be hypnotically drawn into the performances which in themselves are pretty remarkable.” BBC Music Magazine, September 2009 ***** “…Sokolov, a bulky, impassive figure, is fascinating to watch, playing as he does with dangerously high hand movements and expressive gestures. Three Beethoven sonatas are played in an uninterrupted sequence with such beauty of tone, sculptured phrasing and cohesive narrative that criticism is silenced. ...Prokofiev's Seventh Sonata, a coruscating, vehement reading that will make the hairs on the back of your neck stand on end. Unmissable for all pianophiles.” Gramophone Magazine, November 2009 | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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