| All Artists: Bach, Handel, Rameau, Gluck, Klemperer Title: 4 Orchestral Suites Members Wishing: 0 Total Copies: 0 Label: Testament UK Release Date: 6/8/1999 Album Type: Import Genres: Special Interest, Classical Styles: Poetry, Spoken Word & Interviews, Opera & Classical Vocal, Forms & Genres, Concertos, Suites, Historical Periods, Modern, 20th, & 21st Century, Symphonies Number of Discs: 2 SwapaCD Credits: 2 UPC: 749677213121 |
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 | Bach, Handel, Rameau 4 Orchestral Suites Genres: Special Interest, Classical The suites date from the waning days of monophonic sound. It's big-band Bach, far removed from today's speculative recreations of period style, but also distant from the bloated Bach of the past. Klemperer, fairly lean and... more » |
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Amazon.com The suites date from the waning days of monophonic sound. It's big-band Bach, far removed from today's speculative recreations of period style, but also distant from the bloated Bach of the past. Klemperer, fairly lean and objective, still digs deeply into the music. The uncredited flutist in Suite No. 2 is touching. Overture movements here are appropriately grand and, while tempos are moderate (no break-dancing to these dance movements), Klemperer's rhythmic mastery keeps the music flowing. The Philharmonia, at its peak, plays superbly. Handel's Concerto Grosso, Op. 6, No. 4, is beefily affecting and the rest, in stereo, is very attractive, especially the robust Anacreon Overture by Cherubini, a white-hot performance whose horn whoops in the coda will blow you away. --Dan Davis Similar CDs
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CD ReviewsThis set is so worth it! Ryan Kouroukis | Toronto, Ontario Canada | 04/02/2004 (5 out of 5 stars) "This Klemp set is so rare and so good. It's got so much stuff on it. The 1955 complete Bach suites, (which by the way could be regarded as definitive!) It's got Klemperer's only other Handel recording (aside from his recording of the Messiah). It's not one of the well known Concerto Grosso, but it's a dark one and I can see why Klemp was drawn to it. It's also got a rare Cherubini overture which was recorded in one take, the Gluck Iphegenie overture and Klemp's own Rameau variations. The Bach is in excellent mono and the rest is in stereo. The booklet notes explain the nature of these recordings, which is very enjoyable to read and know about. It's pretty well full price, but it's so good and so worth it!"
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