The set is currently available for around $300 in the US, less than £200 in the UK, and around 225 elsewhere in the EU. Help others learn more about this product by uploading a video! This was in part because, at the time, there were not a lot of choices for some of the less common works, but also because of the excellent quality of these recordings. The same can be said for the other sacred works, the passions, oratorios and masses. Works Bach, J S: Chorale Prelude BWV694 'Wo soll ich fliehen hin' Bach, J S: Chorale Prelude BWV736 'Valet will ich dir geben' Bach, J S: Fantasia & Fugue in A minor, BWV944 Even fans of Bach will find some works that don't interest them much - perhaps the eight discs of chorale settings, which have not been recorded often, yet contain some gems - but choosing either to traverse the set in order, or at random, yields many excellent recordings. Cellist Hyunji Evonne Yi attended the University of Southern California Long Beach and the Bob Cole Conservatory of Music. Extensive appendices. I've just received my box today and am working my way through the keyboard works; as other reviewers have noted, I myself was a bit dubious about the seeming lack of star quality--I had never heard of Robert Hill, Peter Watchhorn and others and scoffed at the idea that they would hold a candle to the Bach specialists I have in my collection (Goode, Gould and Schiff, among others). I expect a lifetime of pleasure from this music. Really the company producing them could not get printed card envelopes!!! Do you need 172 CDs of Bach's music? Get it and forget everything else! Condition: New. This app includes the complete list of works by Johann Sebastian Bach, according to the BWV catalogue, with free music, videos and scores for almost every composition. Prepared with the most exacting methods of source criticism, it has set new standards for modern scholarly-critical editions in the latter half of the 20th century. Notes — concerning related works, completeness, authorship, etc. And with modern instruments. They enlisted Rilling to oversee the set, and came up with a wonderful collection of 172 CDs in 140 volumes (a number of the volumes contain 2 or 3 discs). Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. I would say they are exactly in the style of Karl Richter and the Bach Munich Orchestra. Prime members enjoy FREE Delivery and exclusive access to music, movies, TV shows, original audio series, and Kindle books. If the complete collection does not outclass those, it always provides worthy performances. Back in 2000, during the wonderful Bach year, I bought a number of the individual Hänssler discs to fill out my collection. Final Years. Well, it arrived today, and I can't stop listening! Complete Works Bach-Collegium Stuttgart, et al./Helmut Rilling Hänssler 140 volumes - 172CDs Or. 7 by Ana-Marija Markovina on Apple Music. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 3, 2020. Please try again. Bach on Brilliant Classics is back! So far I've barely scratched the surface, even though the sacred vocal works are the heart of the collection. I am not a Bach expert so I do not offer a view on the recordings. Unable to add item to List. He'll have one instrument or group of instruments sequestered to one track, and others on the other track, giving a sound similar to that of early Beatles' stereo mixes, where vocals were on one track and instruments on the other. in one of the Notebooks for Anna Magdalena Bach). This set contains the works of Johann Sebastian Bach which are originally written by Bach, fully completed by him, and of undisputed authenticy. These are glorious modern instrument performances, thank goodness. Each CD is in a paper and glassine sleeve, and is well labelled. This brings me to the subject at hand:, the Hänssler set of Bach recordings, which the label organized around 2000, during the celebrations for the 250th anniversary of Bach's death. Recorded from 1969 to 1985, over a longer period of time than most other sets, there is a lot of change throughout the series. None of these scratchy, frantic musically correct period instruments performances, favoured by so called experts!! This Bach-itis has led me to collect more than 1,000 discs of Bach, and, while I've slowed down on purchases in recent years, I do pick up some new Bach recordings every now and then, notably the recently concluded set of cantatas recorded by John Eliot Gardiner (review). Hänssler has now re-issued this set in a space-saving box at a "nice" price, or 299. Discover the boxsets of Brilliant Classics. Every note is there but they seem almost too scholarly in his approach. After downloading, uncompress the file(s) and import the folder of audio files into iTunes or a similar application. CPE Bach: Complete Works for Piano Solo (Ana-Marija Markovina) - Hanssler Classics - 26 CDs Condition is "Like New". There are over 1000 known compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach, which are listed here in the order of their numbers in the most recent BWV catalogue, including the spurious works in the BWV Anhang ("Appendix"). One disc contains reconstructed violin concertos performed by Isabelle Faust. Proposes alternative chorale manual setting, dep… Recorded 1978-1980 this is the second of Marie Claire Alain's three complete Bach Organ works recordings. Please Subscribe to our New channel @PAINTED. A celebration of a lifetime’s work and sought-after throughout the World hänssler CLASSIC’s Complete Works of Bach, produced in cooperation with the International Bach Academy. Robert Hill's recording of The Art of Fugue on harpsichord is brilliant, and includes early versions of some of the fugues; the notes explain the different versions, and tell you how you can program the tracks in such a way as to listen to the two different versions of the work. The New Bach Edition is an Urtext edition offering the world of scholarship a reliable musical text which is equally useful in performance. Rilling notably has an excellent collection of singers in the sacred works. The UMD Library all of the currently published volumes of the Bach Neue Ausgabe Sämtlicher Werke (Bach's Complete Works).The call number for the set is M 3 .B1133. Reviewed in the United States on January 23, 2012. I had purchased some individual CDs from the set several years ago, (the individual CDs were £16 or around full price) but when this offer came out to purchase the whole set at less than £1 per CD I snatched it! It depends on how Bach-obsessed you are. While I initially felt the cantata recordings to be good, more recent recordings (by Gardiner, Suzuki and others) have put them near the back of the pack. I'd give it six stars if I could. I really wanted to like this set. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. The organ works are performed by seven different organists, playing in different locations. (review). Reviewed in the United States on October 21, 2018. However, for a set at this price you would expect that the cds would be in plain white sticky envelopes. No matter what, at about $1.50, £1 or 1.30 a disc, if you care about Bach enough to want this much music, you owe it to yourself to get this set. The discs are therefore easy to find and choose from the box. The set is divided into nine series (each with several volumes per series) It is recorded on the following (non-Baroque) organs: Schwenkedel de la Collegiale de Saint-Donat, Drôme, Marcussen de l’église Saint-Nicolas de Kolding, Denmark, Metzler de la Basilique de Mariasten, Switzerland, Busch-Marcussen de la Chapelle du Château d’Augustenborg, Denmark. Stream ad-free with Amazon Music Unlimited on mobile, … Johann Sebastian Bach – The Complete Works (Edition Bachakademie) Label: Master Music (6) – MM4000-2, B.M.S., Bohemian Music Service Ltd. – MM4000-2 This is a mixed bag, with some excellent recordings, but quite a few mediocre discs. 3. In some ways I would have preferred a single organist, even at different locations, but this isn't a deal-breaker. Obviously, I'd say if you are into Historic Instrument Performances, avoid it. A wonderful collection I bought some time ago, and I am still working through it, one CD per evening. Naturally, at nearly one-third of the box, the sacred cantatas are form the biggest chunk here. And the Oregon Bach Festival Chamber Orchestra, led by Helmuth Rilling, plays the Brandenburg Concertos and Orchestral Suites; certainly not my favourite versions, but fine ones nevertheless. (Individual works may be downloaded via the catalog or search pages.) Bach are available at an affordable price in these strong recordings, with very helpful documentation such as texts. Rilling's recordings are more dense and lush than others, and his tempi are often slower than HIP recordings - no "original instruments" for Rilling. They feature thegreat names of the singing world: including ArleenAugér, Julia Hamari, Aldo Baldin, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Wolfgang Schöne, Peter Schreier, AndreasSchmidt accompanied by Gächinger Kantorei, BachCollegium Stuttgart, Helmuth Rilling and others.172 CDs - over 175 hours1 CD-ROM with 5000 page eBook(includes all song texts, introductions,and biographical notes)2 books with BWV- (288 pages) andCD- (144 pages) number listing andadditional informationincludes the complete:Chamber Music, Cantatas,Orchestral Works,Passions & Oratorios,Chorales & more. If you see Bach as a very serious German church cantor then this set will be ideal for you. It is comprehensive, generally uses modern instruments and is well recorded. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 25, 2018. There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. I have been listening to Bach all of my life, and am humbled by the sheer volume of wonderful music of his that I have never had the joy of hearing. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in. I would gladly have paid $250 for these alone. Printed on the box and on the label of each CD: The Complete Works (Edition Bachakademie), [Hulidgungs- Und Glückwunschkantaten • Motetten], [H-moll Messe • Lateinische Kirchenmusik], [Christmas Oratorio • A Book Of Choral Settings], [St. John Passion • Oster Oratorium • Ein Choralbuch], [Organ Chorales From The Neumeister Collection • Ohrdruf, Lüneburg & Arnstadt], [Sonatas For Viola da Gamba • Arrangements For Lute • Chamber Music For Flute], [Restored Oboe Concerti • Musical Offering • Clavier Büchlein For Anna Magdalena Bach], Coordinator [Original Release], Music Director [Original Release], Product Manager [Original Release], Booklet Editor, (171xCD + 2xCD-ROM + Box, Comp, Unofficial), Die Kompletten Werke Von Johann Sebastian Bach (Edition Bachakademie), Other (Cat. These are two of my favourite groups of Bach's works, and I turn to other recordings when I want to listen to them. Bach Complete Organ Works has many other original features: 1. There are nearly 178 hours of music in this box, which is a daunting prospect for anyone. Brief content visible, double tap to read full content. However, the tide is turning; finally we can hear Bach played with the full benefit of modern day technology (both in the playing and recording) in all its glory. Please try again. While this is a minor detail, it can be obvious if you compare different recordings of a given cantata. I have a strong feeling that this fulfilling investment will go down as one of the best purchases of my life.. C.P.E. Excellent and varied performances of the Cantatas! Philip Bailey overdoses on Bach's Complete Works, Brilliant Classics 93102 Back in the days of 78s it would have been inconceivable to contemplate an issue of the complete organ works of J. S. Bach, with one prelude and fugue occupying one side of a 12” shellac disc. Reviewed in the United States on May 9, 2018. Bach: Complete Works for Organ [Digital Recording] - Marie-Claire Alain on AllMusic - 1994 - The grande dame of French organists, Marie-Claire… Rachmaninov: The Complete Works [32 CD][Limited Edition], Glenn Gould: A State of Wonder - The Complete Goldberg Variations 1955 & 1981, Bach: 6 Brandenburg Concertos / 4 Orchestral Suites, Ravel: The Complete Edition / uvres Complètes, Rachmaninov: Complete Works For Piano [11 CD]. Perhaps you're a casual fan of Bach's music and you want more. Bach: The Complete Works Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714–1788), the second son of Johann Sebastian Bach, was one of the most influential and prolific composers of the eighteenth century. have rendered us a great service by packaging such sublime music into an astoundingly cheap box set. al. The recordings are digital and better quality, because they are more recent. The second is an index by BWV number, which then points you to specific discs. Registration will open on December 1, 2020. To receive the whole of Bach for the same price is a windfall indeed. Or you could buy a complete set of Bach's music, offering you the ability to sample all of this great composer's works, then, if you find affinities with specific works and want to seek out other versions, do so. But he creates such a detailed sound-world that any fan of these works should want to hear Rilling's versions to compare with others. They contain the full notes that you would expect to receive with CDs, in German, English, French and Spanish, and total some 5,000 CD-sized pages. Allegro" and more. Shipped with USPS Media Mail. But this doesn't detract from the overall tone. In reality such high-quality documentation is, alas, rare. Listeners know Rilling mostly for his superb renditions of the choral repertory, but will find that the instrumental recordings on offer here are are very good and in some cases equal to the choral works. Find release reviews and credits for J.S. This is time-consuming and expensive. Bach Festivals will resume for 2021 using the 2021 CWA List as usual. Includes a selection of harpsichord works, laid out on three staves when relevant (preludes and fugues, concertos, variations, ricercari from the Musical Offering, etc.). The complete works of J.S. Edited by the Johann Sebastian Bach Institute, Göttingen and by the Bach-Archiv Leipzig. The Cantatas are stellar! And if you don't have a lot of Bach, and want to discover all of his works in recordings that range from very good to excellent you can't go wrong. For music affianados, this is like a candy store that never closes. Johann Sebastian Bach, Andrew Manze, Stephen Cleobury, La Stravaganza Köln, Pieter - Jan Belder, Emmy Verhey, Jaap Ter Linden, The Choir of King's College Cambridge, The Brandenberg Consort, the Sixteen - Bach Edition: Complete Works (155 CD Box Set) - Amazon.com Music I cannot recommend this set strongly enough! It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. Comparing this set to the Brilliant Classics box, I would certainly give higher grades to Hänssler. It's a big box, sleek and well-designed, and, as you can see in the illustration to this review, opens to show the CDs in three sections. I'd note especially Trevor Pinnock's superlative recording of the Partitas; Peter Watchorn's great Toccatas disc; and the Well-Tempered Clavier recorded by Robert Levin in a unique manner, with different works played on harpsichord, clavichord, organ and fortepiano. Having purchased the Brilliant complete set a couple of years ago, I really only wanted the sacred cantatas by Rilling and his forces. This release has been blocked from sale in the marketplace. Another fine recording, again by Robert Hill, shows off the rarely recorded lute-harpsichord. It is a historical-critical edition (German: historisch-kritische Ausgabe) of Bach's complete works by the Johann Sebastian Bach Institute (Johann-Sebastian-Bach-Institut) in Göttingen and the Bach Archive (Bach-Archiv) in Leipzig, When Bach died most of his work was unpublished. The OrganScore J.S. Presumably anyone who buys this complete set already has favorite recordings of key selections, which won't be eclipsed. This is where this box is simply a bargain. CLASSIC's Complete Works of Bach, produced in cooperation with the International Bach Academy. They are arguably Bach's finest works, together with the secular cantatas (eight discs) and the other sacred vocal works (passions, masses, motets and oratorios) which cover 16 discs. Bach and added this to my collection. There's a problem loading this menu right now. New Bach Edition is an excellent choice. To record all of Bach is obviously an epic undertaking and Haenssler, Rilling et. Title: J.S. While they might not match these others, they are more than competent--I also like that the set includes Bach performed on multiple keyboard instruments (clavichord, harpsichord, modern piano, etc.) At first, Hänssler set out to fill out their Bach recordings, which were built around Helmuth Rilling's set of the sacred cantatas. Boris Pergamenschikow's cello suites are ponderous; Dmitry Sitkovetsky's solo violin recordings are a bit better, but not up to the competition. Also, every time you need to unstick and then stick again the envelope. The snag is that it is so dreadfully earnest. A wonderful collection I bought some time ago, Reviewed in the United States on May 1, 2017. While I have a preference for John Eliot Gardiner's cantata recordings, because of his forces and his more HIP choices, there is no doubt that Rilling's recordings are excellent. To see what I mean sample Edward Adwell’s interpretation of the French Suites. The playing is perhaps slightly lighter.. the orchestral accompaniments to the cantatas are magnificent... staccato is sprightly played, trumpets soar with clarity and purity, and the singing is unquestionably World Class. Find album reviews, stream songs, credits and award information for J.S. It is more expensive, but I think it's a much more worthwhile investment than the more uneven Brilliant Classics set. But do you really need all this music? I've found lots of great deals on Amazon over the years, but this is easily the most worthwhile purchase I have made in the last ten years. It is incredible that the complete works of J.S. Let's start by looking at what you get in the box. And Rilling's choirs are always top-notch. This said, Rilling often uses a technique that I find a bit disturbing. So, back to my initial question: do you need this set? I'll certainly be listening to it for the rest of my life. There's a very attractive recording of the Musical Offering, on a variety of instruments: fortepiano, harpsichord, viola da gamba, flute and violin. Full content visible, double tap to read brief content. You either like or dislike modern instruments and you eith like or dislike Rilling's work. But opening it is exhilarating and overwhelming. In fact, the first big Brilliant Classics box I got was their set of Bach recordings, released back in 2001. Listen to your favorite songs from Bach: Complete Works for Harpsichord by Martin Galling Now. The organ works fill 20 CDs, the keyboard works 32, 11 discs of chamber music, 11 discs of orchestral music, and 4 discs of alternate versions of cantatas. The Bachakademie-Edition, Stuttgart together with Hanssler published this set of complete recordings of JS Bach in the year 2000 (250 years after his life). If you have a lot of Bach and want more, then the answer is obvious. Others are more qualified than I to give detailed comments on performance etc - but just to note for £47 (with free postage) for 172 CDs covering Bach's work under a well respected conductor with a booklet of almost 300 pages listing the tracks together a CD-ROM giving fuller details is an incredible bargain. This tends to make some of the movements sound as though there's no blend among the singers and musicians. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 4, 2020. Bach: The Complete Works for Piano Solo, Vol. The original packaging of this set was a worldwide bestseller featuring brand new recordings of the complete Cantatas along with many other new recordings made for the release and numerous recordings licensed from other record labels. 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