6/26/2023 0 Comments Bach by john eliot gardinerWith a list price of just over two dollars a disc, the compilation is a remarkable bargain. The recorded sound, it almost goes without saying, is engineered at the very high standards for which Philips and DG are known. The soloists, some of the brightest Baroque singers of the late 20th century, include Emma Kirkby, Bernarda Fink, Magdalena Kozená, Anne Sofie von Otter, Sara Mingardo, Derek Lee Ragin, Mark Padmore, and Anthony Rolfe Johnson. Many of the recordings have been hailed as among the finest ever of these pieces and have been showered with awards and honors. Gardiner and his forces, outstanding talents and leading proponents of historically informed performance practice, deliver splendid accounts of Bach's vibrant music. The compilation reissues all of the performances that John Eliot Gardiner, leading the Monteverdi Choir and the original instrument orchestra, the English Baroque Soloists, recorded between 19 for Philips or Deutsche Grammophon. John Passions, the Christmas Oratorio, and the Magnificat are included, as well as 35 cantatas. Bach's sacred choral works isn't a complete traversal of the composer's choral music, but the major and best-known works are all here, plus a number of more obscure ones. Deutsche Grammophon/Archiv Productions' 22-disc set of J.S.
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