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The 99 Most Essential Bach Masterpieces

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Okay, so for a classical music aficionado, this is pointless. But then again, if you're a classical music aficionado, why on earth are you looking at this anyway?

For those of us who are just diving into the world of classical music, or who, like me, are content with getting a lot for a little, this is a terrific deal. The performances are not the best ever heard, but they're no slouches, either. This serves as an excellent sampler for Bach's music--if you like what you hear here, then you're more prepared to go and find other, similar works, or better and more complete performances of these.

In other words, if you are a classical newbie or a light fan, these pieces are perfectly sufficient, and the value cannot be beaten. Buy it, play it, and enjoy the work of a master.

This is a great compilation of Bach music. I downloaded it to have as background music at work. I love classical music and have most of the complete works of Bach, Beethoven, Mozart and many others at home that I sometimes play completely through while I'm relaxing or I randomly listen to movements on my iPod. But when I saw this collection all in one place for $2.99 I couldn't resist downloading it to my office computer.

This is also the perfect collection for someone you are trying to introduce to classical music. Most of the music in this collection is "recognizable" to the novice.

Think of this as "Bach's Greatest Hits". It doesn't make you a chump ;)

Regardless of whether there are other movements or not, this is one good compilation of Bach's works.
I agree that some of them only tease you with one movement out of the usual 3, but you have to understand this is
a compilation. A compilation cd / albums usually do not include all 3 movements. Otherwise it won't be considered compilation.
This is, regardless, a great selection of Bach pieces, especially for the people who want to know classical music better or beginning listeners or
people who uses these type of music for certain settings (art gallery, cafe etc) or mere personal background music sake.
Enthusiasts may find these compilations disappointing- therefore, should purchase full albums with all the movements of the specific pieces that they want to hear. Do not judge the compilation just because it lacks 2 movements out of 3. This product deserves more than 3 stars just for the fact that it gathered some of JS Bach's great works.

When I bought this 99 song sampler, it was on sale for $5.00. You really can't go wrong with that volume for that price. Some argue that the "full pieces" aren't included, but that's splitting hairs unless you're a diehard classical music fan. My issue is that when I bought this for download, it automatically went straight to my Itunes libary. That in itself is not a bad thing, as a matter a fact it's quite a good thing, but when it went into Itunes, the songs were tagged not with "Bach" but whoever the artist was that was performing the piece. This was an extreme pain for me because I have over 15,000 songs on my IPod, so I had to go through my entire library, search for all 99 pieces and "retag" them "Bach". I'm not sure why they would be tagged this way, but that was the case here. Oh well, I guess you get what you pay for, and this was still quite a great deal

I could not tell you if the piece I'm hearing is the best rendition or not... so as a classical music listener with absolutely no musical background or training, this is quite enjoyable to me. It will serve as the starting point for other collections and acquisitions, but for now, I simply enjoy having a basic Bach subset to hear. At its sale price, it's too good to miss.

What can go wrong? You can lose your whole day to nothing but fantastical Baroque music. Whenever I start my Bach playlist up, I often forget about my New Wave, 80s Big Hair, 90s Pop, and 70s rock playlists for some time.

99 great picks and definitely essential listening.

While I am just downloading this now and haven't given more than a preview of some of my favorites I think it goes without saying that for $5.99 you aren't going to find a better introduction to 99 Bach songs. 6 bucks to hear 99 songs? What is the cost per minute here!? This is a fantastic buy for learning more about the music of Bach. Find a piece that you love that is not the full piece, go find yourself a full version of that song you long and discover what you've been missing. Hardcore classical snooty types would never have use for this, but for those of us that are still learning the scope of JSB's work, this is a great preview set. Also, it seems safe to say that Amazon is giving away 99 Bach songs for $5.99 as a way to get more people to use their downloader as that is required for this purchase. Also, there is a push to get you to use the 1 Click purchase system; I'm fine with that. I just got a load of Bach for less than a combo meal at a fast food restaurant : )

I honestly thought this was a misprint when I first found it, based on the number of songs. I realize that a lot of classical music can be had for little or no cost (somewhere), but this is an awesome and easy way to get started in the world of Bach. I like it.

Great compilation to listen as background music. Do not expect Complete Works in this product.

I might be a little bit subjective about this album, as I really love Bach a lot.
I got Bach, Mozart and Beethoven 'best 99 pieces' MP3 albums, and the one from Bach is definitely my most favourite. I do recommend it to everyone.
If you are one of these, who is forced to work with music to eliminate outside noise, I definitely recommend it. Classical music, I think, is much better when working than your random pop music song ;-)