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egbert · Post by **egbert** » Sat Dec 13, 2014 4:32 pm

The 6 cello suites and 6 Violin Sonatas and Partitas - phenomenal stuff.

resynthesis · Post by **resynthesis** » Sat Dec 13, 2014 4:47 pm

Lots of my faves already mentioned, I'd add The Musical Offering and Art of Fugue.

fmr · Post by **fmr** » Sat Dec 13, 2014 5:18 pm

gunnare wrote: One of the mysterious songs from the mass in H minor. Bach used 40 years to collect and put together all the pieces for the H-minor mass. This is the ending piece. Lyrics is "Walk in peace".

Actually, the correct translation for "Dona nobis pacem" is "Grant us peace". And this shouldn't be peaceful at all, since it's the part of the prayer where the sinners ask God for peace and forgiveness, so, I think the music faithfully translates the tormented souls asking God for peace. It's the last prayer of the catholic mass, before the priest gives the sacred communion (the H minor Mass follows the liturgy of the catholic mass, although Bach was a lutheran), and the full words are "Agnus Dei qui tollis peccata mundi dona nobis pacem" (Lamb of God, you who take away the sins of the world, grant us peace).

fmr · Post by **fmr** » Sat Dec 13, 2014 5:56 pm

One of the biggest Bach interpreters ever:

Since so many here referred to the "Goldberg Variations", I invite you to listen to Leonhardt interpretation of this piece. I think it's worthing.

And one of my favorite chamber works, by two giants of the "new old music", Frans Bruggen and Gustav Leonhardt: The Sonata in B minor, BWV 1030, for flute and obligato harpsichord.

gunnare · Post by **gunnare** » Sat Dec 13, 2014 8:22 pm

fmr wrote:
gunnare wrote: One of the mysterious songs from the mass in H minor. Bach used 40 years to collect and put together all the pieces for the H-minor mass. This is the ending piece. Lyrics is "Walk in peace".
Actually, the correct translation for "Dona nobis pacem" is "Grant us peace". And this shouldn't be peaceful at all, since it's the part of the prayer where the sinners ask God for peace and forgiveness, so, I think the music faithfully translates the tormented souls asking God for peace. It's the last prayer of the catholic mass, before the priest gives the sacred communion (the H minor Mass follows the liturgy of the catholic mass, although Bach was a lutheran), and the full words are "Agnus Dei qui tollis peccata mundi dona nobis pacem" (Lamb of God, you who take away the sins of the world, grant us peace).

Oh, I did not know that. That makes more sense to me. I have always wondered why the ending of H-moll messe is so unstable and strange. Most composers would give it a peaceful ending I think.
I am from a protestant country. I had to look at our liturgy. Actually we say the same thing before communion, so now the song makes more sense to me. I always tought it was the words we say when the service is over: "Walk in peace and serve the Lord with happiness". But I was wrong.

gunnare · Post by **gunnare** » Sat Dec 13, 2014 8:25 pm

Double post

SODDI · Post by **SODDI** » Sat Dec 13, 2014 8:28 pm

Along with the afore-mentioned "Saint Mathew's Passion", I very much love the cantatas. They are combined choral/orchestral pieces, usually if not all of liturgical nature.

They are wonderful, beautiful pieces which are all about musical STRUCTURE. Listening to them is like getting your brain re-ordered properly.

I grew up going to pinkboy American churches where they hunked out hunks of Bach's cantatas and turned them into hymns - drab, boring, lusterless little religious singles.

"Sleepers Awake" (hold on, it's gonna be a long haul):

SODDI · Post by **SODDI** » Sat Dec 13, 2014 8:28 pm

dupe, sorry.

Turello · Post by **Turello** » Sat Dec 13, 2014 8:40 pm

The first song on Brandenburg Concertos is amazing!

SODDI · Post by **SODDI** » Sat Dec 13, 2014 8:53 pm

Why did JS Bach have 24 children?

Because his organ had no stops.

Sorry. It had to be done.

Numanoid · Post by **Numanoid** » Sat Dec 13, 2014 9:14 pm

Got me hooked via my commadoh-sixty-foh

fmr · Post by **fmr** » Sat Dec 13, 2014 10:03 pm

Turello wrote:The first song on Brandenburg Concertos is amazing!

Which one? The first concerto? My favorite is the second, which has a concertino with recorder, violin, oboe and trumpet. These kind of concertinos are not usual, and we have to get back to Vivaldi to find such variety in concertinos.

What about the organ? Nobody here listens to the organ works?

hibidy · Post by **hibidy** » Sun Dec 14, 2014 7:25 am

Not Bach, but Mozart........

https://www.google.com/search?client=op ... 8&oe=UTF-8

ToneCarver · Post by **ToneCarver** » Sun Dec 14, 2014 4:43 pm

This was my first introduction to Bach, and synthesized music too, coincidentally:

http://www.classitronic.net/2009/07/31/ ... l-started/

1968, 8 track tape recorder, no computers, no midi, no sequencers, monophonic synthesizers, ... quite an accomplishment.

Turello · Post by **Turello** » Sun Dec 14, 2014 4:46 pm

@fmr: bad quality but This... ... Give Me freedom sensations