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Bach: The Concertos for One and Two Harpsichords
Johann Sebastian Bach, Raymond Leppard, English Chamber Orchestra
Bach: The Concertos for One and Two Harpsichords
Genre: Classical
 
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No Description Available. Genre: Classical Music Media Format: Compact Disk Rating: Release Date: 17-SEP-1996

     
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All Artists: Johann Sebastian Bach, Raymond Leppard, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis, Philip Ledger
Title: Bach: The Concertos for One and Two Harpsichords
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Label: Philips
Release Date: 9/17/1996
Genre: Classical
Styles: Forms & Genres, Concertos, Historical Periods, Baroque (c.1600-1750)
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaCD Credits: 2
UPC: 028945426822

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Genre: Classical Music
Media Format: Compact Disk
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Release Date: 17-SEP-1996
 

CD Reviews

Just Perfect
Nick Forbes | Santa Cruz, CA USA | 11/25/2001
(5 out of 5 stars)

"Unlike the usual recordings of Bach's keyboard concertos, the harpsichord is used in this Philips recording, instead of the piano. Listening to this quickly takes the listener back to the 18th century, a quality that a performance on a modern pianoforte lacks. The music is always played with respect to form and proper dynamics, surely what Bach himself would have wanted. Whether austere or light-hearted, these concertos are something all Bach lovers should have. Rarely do we have emotional depth, clear digital sound, and historical accuracy all together on one CD, but here we find it."
Bach for all ears
capezio | Vitoria, ES Brazil | 06/04/2001
(4 out of 5 stars)

"This recording is shurelly a "pick of the day" for almost all Bach melody lovers. It's light and dancing and although a little old fashioned never disapoints. Raimmond Leppard and the English Chamber Orch. make a wedding cuple and everithyng walks togheter. The tradicional string playing is sharp and warm and we fell back in time while listening. The clear and more dense Philips ADD recording is masterlly remastered and you can buy this set with eyes closed. It's a pity Philips didn't added one more CD with the concerts for 3 and 4 harpischords (this one a great energetic Vivaldi transcription of L'estro Harmônico Op.3 nº10), recorded with the same team. Go listen to it!"
They forgot the harpsichord
capezio | 09/15/2002
(2 out of 5 stars)

"I was very disapointed with these cd's. I got them instead of Pinnock just because so often the violin concertos are tacked on to Bach recordings and I already had Grumiaux and was satisfied. But the harpsichord is so thin it is merely an ornament and relativily unimportant. I ended up going back for Pinnock. This might not be a bad background Christmas cd though."