Your favorite J.S. Bach

On 28 July 1750 J.S.Bach died. Lets hear what are you going to "spin" tonight to celebrate the remembrance to one of the greatest gifts to humanity?!

Goldberg Variations by Vladimir Feltsman (please listen to the 1. Aria)

eldragon07-30-2004 2:02am

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jhold Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 116 posts 07-30-2004 at 01:45pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete In recent weeks, the CD player has been repeatedly spinning two recordings of Bach on modern piano: * Angela Hewitt's glorious performance of the Toccatas (on Hyperion) * Andras Schiff's probing new recording of the Goldberg Variations (on ECM)
marakanetz Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 5,473 posts 07-30-2004 at 02:08pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete The best performance of Bach I've ever known was with Jacques Loussier trio...
jkaway Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 93 posts 07-30-2004 at 04:19pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Edwin Fischer's 1936 version of the Well tempered Clavier on Naxos.
tedkurtz Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 18 posts 07-30-2004 at 06:59pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Glenn Gould- humming and all.
jsaah Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 66 posts 07-30-2004 at 08:58pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Two different, but equally wonderful versions of the Goldberg Variations: Glenn Gould (2nd version) and Murray Perahia. Both are available on SACD and are well recorded. Enjoy! Joe

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