Complete Works of Bach Hanssler Edition Bachakademie 172 CD Box Set [BOX SET]

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Complete Works of Bach Hanssler Edition Bachakademie 172 CD Box Set [BOX SET]
Genre: Classical | MP3 @ ~ 256 kbps | No Cue + No Log | Covers 70 dpi, Booklet LQ | RS + HF: 15.4 GB
Conductor: Helmuth Rilling | Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach | Label: The Hanssler Bachakademie
Total Playing Time: 172 CD's worth | Year Released/Recorded: 2000

A very different set than Teldec's Bach 2000. The Hanssler Bachakademie, supervised by Helmut Rilling, is not HIP (historic instruments performance). The orchestras are warm and lush (but not huge). The soloists are, in general, extraordinary. The tempos are sane. Hanssler has included fragments of some incomplete BWV's that are not included in the Teldec set; a minor plus but appealing. I found I preferred these traditional instruments and the daring using of forte-piano in place of harpsichord on a few of the recordings (flute sonatas). Highlights for me are The Well-Tempered Clavier Books 1 and 2, Musical Offering, Flute Sonatas, The Motets. I also found I prefer these Cantatas recordings to any other, including the new Koopman, Suzuki and the well-known Leonhart-Harnoncourt. While not the newest recordings, the sound is warmer which I prefer to the new state-of-the-art HIP recordings. Although most of the Cantatas are older recordings, much of the Hanssler Bachakademie edition is newly recorded for this project and the sound is consistent and excellent.

The cd's are available as the complete box set or as individual cd's, so you can pick and choose your favorites if you prefer. I have the whole set and the selections are often my listening choice. If you are not a rigid follower of the HIP-only school of listeners then I highly recommend this set.

Instrumentation:

Bassoon
Cello
Choir
Flute
Harpsichord
Horn
Lute
Oboe
Orchestra
Organ
Piano
Recorder
Trumpet
Viola da Gamba
Violin
Vocal
Viola
Fortepiano

By Frederick Lauritzen (Chicago, IL USA) - Amazon

Here it is...every surviving work attributed to the extremely prolific J.S. Bach. I've lived with these recordings for over a year now and will likely spend the rest of my life (and beyond, God willing) getting joy and pleasure from them. For a project of this magnitude the quality is at a consistantly high level. Of course, Helmuth Rilling's Cantatas and orchestral works have been getting high praise for some time now, and several of his other recordings (the Magnificat, the Motets, the B Minor Mass, and the Passions) get frequent mention on critical "Want Lists." Other highlights include Robert Levin's "Well Tempered Clavier" played on a multitude of keyboard instruments (organ, various harpsichords, clavichord, and forte-piano) making a rich aural treat from this sometimes austere music, eight volumes dedicated to hymns and chorales that are not connected to (existing) larger works which contain some of Bach's most heart-felt music (imagine the "complete" Orgel-Buchlein, but with words) and some rarely heard but fasinating early harpsichord pieces played with style and flair by Robert Hill. My only complaint is that some of the organ recordings tend towards the slow and weighty side (and could sometimes use more timbral variety). But overall I love this set and I'm not sorry I put off getting the new car and vacation to purchase it

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