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Complete Works of Bach Hanssler Edition Bachakademie 172 CD Box Set
J.S. Bach, Helmuth Rilling
Complete Works of Bach Hanssler Edition Bachakademie 172 CD Box Set
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All Artists: J.S. Bach, Helmuth Rilling
Title: Complete Works of Bach Hanssler Edition Bachakademie 172 CD Box Set
Members Wishing: 2
Total Copies: 0
Label: Hanssler Classics
Original Release Date: 1/1/2000
Re-Release Date: 8/7/2001
Album Type: Box set
Genre: Classical
Styles: Chamber Music, Historical Periods, Classical (c.1770-1830)
Number of Discs: 172
SwapaCD Credits: 172
UPCs: 040888250029, 4010276024040
 

CD Reviews

A Major Accomplishment!
Frederick Lauritzen | 02/10/2001
(5 out of 5 stars)

"Here it is...every surviving work attributed to the extremely prolific J.S. Bach. I've lived with these recordings for over a year now and will likely spend the rest of my life (and beyond, God willing) getting joy and pleasure from them. For a project of this magnitude the quality is at a consistantly high level. Of course, Helmuth Rilling's Cantatas and orchestral works have been getting high praise for some time now, and several of his other recordings (the Magnificat, the Motets, the B Minor Mass, and the Passions) get frequent mention on critical "Want Lists." Other highlights include Robert Levin's "Well Tempered Clavier" played on a multitude of keyboard instruments (organ, various harpsichords, clavichord, and forte-piano) making a rich aural treat from this sometimes austere music, eight volumes dedicated to hymns and chorales that are not connected to (existing) larger works which contain some of Bach's most heart-felt music (imagine the "complete" Orgel-Buchlein, but with words) and some rarely heard but fasinating early harpsichord pieces played with style and flair by Robert Hill. My only complaint is that some of the organ recordings tend towards the slow and weighty side (and could sometimes use more timbral variety). But overall I love this set and I'm not sorry I put off getting the new car and vacation to purchase it!"
The Ultimate Bach
Frederick Lauritzen | 04/29/2001
(5 out of 5 stars)

"I prefer this set to the Teldec Bach 2000 set because this is not HIP (historic instruments performance). It is performed on modern instruments, including the Flute Sonatas accompanied by piano. A refreshing change. There are many harpsichord recordings for the authentically-minded. The whole set is more consistent in terms of quality level of performance, particularly the organ works (Koopman on Teldec is awful). Orchestras here are lush and warm, not screechy and shrill. I will be listening to this set often; it is the ultimate performance of the most beautiful music ever written."
The best of the best
Russell Telfer | 02/04/2005
(5 out of 5 stars)

"I offer you two apparently contradictory conclusions: as a Bach lover, I find some of the tempi of some of the pieces, for example the 48 Preludes and Fugues to be far from ideal. The tempo, the speed, is the one that best fits the music, and some of us argue about it for a lifetime. Other works, for various reasons, you might think below par and you might reject them as single items.



Taken as a whole, I would say that you have a definitive collection of some of the best performances of the most accomplished composer the world has ever seen, and the cost of purchase can be balanced out over a lifetime. Bach's music is timeless: unlike most things it doesn't depreciate at all.

The best feature, in my view, is the exuberance of the choral and orchestral passages in the cantatas.









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