In Reply to: The Bach Brandenburg Concertos - Ah! Karajan! posted by Chris from Lafayette on March 11, 2017 at 10:22:19:
And if you like Karajan, you really need to listen what I consider to be the ultimate in refined, elegant, precise, rich-toned, non-HIP Brandenburgs - the 1958 set of the late Jean-Francois Paillard (he does use a harpsichord, I'm afraid to say). You've already heard his work countless times, because it is Paillard's recording of the Pachelbel Canon that launched that work to the top of the classical charts.
No music I've heard is more adaptable and durable than Bach's. If it can withstand the synthesizers of Wendy Carlos, it can certainly work with Karajan and Paillard.
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Follow Ups
- Ah! The joy of non-HIP Brandenburgs - rbolaw 10:54:01 03/11/17 (4)
- My "imprint" version of the Brandenburgs was the Scherchen - the one with the Cento Soli Orch of Paris - Chris from Lafayette 11:07:19 03/11/17 (3)
- My "imprint" version was Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra - andy evans 16:06:13 03/11/17 (2)
- I'm a big fan of Munchinger's Bach, but ... - rbolaw 17:55:16 03/11/17 (1)
- The Paillard recording was most recently reissued a couple of years ago - Chris from Lafayette 19:57:32 03/11/17 (0)