How do I listen to Bach...?

[Philidor]

Originally Posted by haydnguy

I must hear Hogwood sometime! Pinnock is my only copy of the Brandenberg concertos and is one of my favorites in my collection. (small as it is! )

Last movement from 4. The word "dry" comes to mind. Recorded 1984.


(JS Bach, The Brandenburg Concertos, Michel Piguet, Sabine Weill, Jaap Schroder, The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood - Universal Classics)

[stephen w]

Originally Posted by haydnguy

I must hear Hogwood sometime! Pinnock is my only copy of the Brandenberg concertos and is one of my favorites in my collection. (small as it is! )

I recently got the version by Musica Antiqua Koln, after hearing it on the car radio - very exciting! and also like my original Jean-pierre Rampal & Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra/Ton Koopman version,

[haydnguy]

Thanks for the references, Stephen. I'll check them out!!

[haydnguy]

Stephen I've listened to samples of both works and I think I like the Koopman version better at first blush. Just my .02 cents.

[Dimitris]

i will try to present a shape that may be solve the problem ,
Music --> thoughts --> mind --> emotions -->
i present the emotions as the last 'thing' lets say so
when we listen music we are in a state of thinking mainly
after we support other , process lets say,
Bach it is my personal opinion catch in some how captures
our mainly lever intrument so in a way or another our state of thinking
fatelly goes with its not logic straight to listen that structure!
Either one or another i mean if someone its keen on melody or the beat
Bach succeeds to drive our mind into a specific direction
but at the end that result its well listened!

[stephen w]

Originally Posted by haydnguy

Stephen I've listened to samples of both works and I think I like the Koopman version better at first blush. Just my .02 cents.

What I like is to hear other people's reactions, but also really fascinated in why? (I always go for impossible questions)

[stephen w]

Originally Posted by Dimitris

i will try to present a shape that may be solve the problem ,
Music --> thoughts --> mind --> emotions -->
i present the emotions as the last 'thing' lets say so
when we listen music we are in a state of thinking mainly
after we support other , process lets say,
Bach it is my personal opinion catch in some how captures
our mainly lever intrument so in a way or another our state of thinking
fatelly goes with its not logic straight to listen that structure!
Either one or another i mean if someone its keen on melody or the beat
Bach succeeds to drive our mind into a specific direction
but at the end that result its well listened!

amazing poem, feels like Stockhausen meets Bach (verbally I mean), thanks mate!

[haydnguy]

Originally Posted by stephen wainman

What I like is to hear other people's reactions, but also really fascinated in why? (I always go for impossible questions)

Hi Stephen,
One of the things I first noticed about the Pinnock version when I first heard it was how clear it was and easy to hear the different parts being played. As far as the samples I heard of the two you were referring to, the Koopman sounds comperable to the Pinnock to me from what little I could hear off the sample. The first one you mentioned sounded faster than what I was used to on the Pinnock version. I think that's what I didn't like as much. Just different than what I was used to.

[haydnguy]

In my reading last night, I discovered that Pinnock recorded ANOTHER Brandendburg last year (07). It was performed by the European Brandenburg Ensemble. The review I read said it was an excellent recording but it didn't sound like it was enough to consider a new purchase.