tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10680113.post5252872408755278863..comments2024-03-23T11:40:13.092-05:00Comments on Musical Assumptions: Back to BachElaine Finehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14248422399226824168noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10680113.post-40082686972313258282008-05-07T21:46:00.000-05:002008-05-07T21:46:00.000-05:00I'll say the Aria from Goldberg variations because...I'll say the Aria from Goldberg variations because no matter how many times I hear it, it's a mesmerizing as the first.<BR/><BR/>Also, the Quonium from the B minor mass. Who knew horn, a pair of bassoons and a baritone could sound so good?<BR/><BR/>Finally, Jesu Der Du Mein Seele from BWV 78 on John Eliot Gardiner's recording the continuo is almost circus-like in its jollyness. It makes me smile every time I hear it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16527125441950499889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10680113.post-40687135573002826922008-05-03T21:02:00.000-05:002008-05-03T21:02:00.000-05:00Oh dear Rebecca! I'm afraid that I'm the person r...Oh dear Rebecca! I'm afraid that I'm the person responsible for introducing this meme in the musical blogosphere, so I won't tag further, but I will grab the nearest book:<BR/><BR/>"But these pieces are free of any of that kind of wickedness. Instead they are pure good behavior. I find myself longing for a bit more bad behavior when listening to this album, but that is a criticism of Haydn, not of La Petit Bande."<BR/><BR/>From page 123 of the May/June 2008 <I>American Record Guide</I> that just arrived in todays mail. It's a review of Haydn's Harpsichord Concertos in F and G and the Divertimento in F written by Andrus MadsenElaine Finehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14248422399226824168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10680113.post-62709880426388982922008-05-03T20:48:00.000-05:002008-05-03T20:48:00.000-05:00Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit, BWV 106; most...Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit, BWV 106; mostly for the Alto and Bass duet and the tenor's "Ach, Herr!" slow section<BR/><BR/>Cantata No. 80 (a nod to my Lutheran upbringing and my first solo in a Bach cantata--although I like 78 too, since I sang the second movement my freshman year of college, out of context from the rest of the piece)<BR/><BR/>Cello Suites because they are the best example of what happens when you mix a divine instrument and a near-divine composer...<BR/><BR/>Those are the top three, but the true list is a mile long.<BR/><BR/>Oh, and incidentally Elaine, you have been <A HREF="http://miscellaneousmayhem.blogspot.com/2008/05/repressing-resurrection-of-sphinx-meme.html" REL="nofollow">tagged</A>. :-)Rebecca Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02356712338959918065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10680113.post-71801653885602823992008-04-29T06:59:00.000-05:002008-04-29T06:59:00.000-05:00The Goldbergs, the Fifth Brandenburg, the Trio Son...The Goldbergs, the Fifth Brandenburg, the Trio Sonata from the Musical Offering, and the three Inventions I can play. : )Michael Leddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05547732736861224886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10680113.post-74311145918948195262008-04-29T00:54:00.000-05:002008-04-29T00:54:00.000-05:00It's the Ascension Oratorio for me, cantata 11, "...It's the Ascension Oratorio for me, cantata 11, "Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen." It was the first piece I sang in college, with the wonderful Jim Olesen (still teaching at Brandeis after all these years!) and the very first piece I ever sang with an orchestra. I couldn't believe how wonderful it was, with trumpets and drums and everything.Lisa Hirschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014924958428072675noreply@blogger.com