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Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer
(1685-1750). The musicologist Nicolas Slonimsky states that Bach is "a master comparable in greatness of stature with Aristotle in philosophy and Leonardo da Vinci in art". Bach is the unsurpassed foundational composer of western classical music, creating a sense of tonal gravity that influences music to this day. There was, of course, important music in earlier eras, but many of the fundamental musical techniques used by composers in the classical, romantic, and even the modern eras can b...
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Recording Date:
Sat 4 Apr 2009
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Prelude no 15 in G major, BWV 884 (3:04)
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Prelude no 14 in F sharp minor, BWV 883 (7:02)
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Recording Date:
Mon 26 Apr 2004
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Concerto in G major after Vivaldi, BWV 973 (2:41)
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Recording Date:
Mon 20 Jul 2009
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English Suite no 2 in A minor, BWV 807 (21:57)
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In its second outing, part of the Music Before 1800 series at Corpus Christi Church on Sunday, Juilliard Baroque showed an entirely different face.
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This is a shortened video of American pianist Simone Dinnerstein ( www.simonedinnerstein. com ) playing Bach's Goldberg Variations . In it, she a...
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SPECIAL TO THE MORNING CALL Steve Siegel is a freelance writer. February 4, 2010 Ottawa-born pianist Angela Hewitt excels at the music of many comp...
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#26. Arleen Auger's famous "Love Songs" Whenever Valentine's Day approaches, we turn to one of the Delos Evergreens and all-time favorites, Arle...
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Pianist Peter Serkin joins the ensemble for the Brahms piano quintet
The Orion String Quartet, one of America’s foremost chamber ensembles, wi...
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Bach Choir of Bethlehem recordings
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