Customer Reviews

Bach: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 4, 5, 6

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This CD is one of the best recordings I have heard of the Brandenburg Concertos, and I have heard many. Masterful! Sir Neville Marriner has one of the most distinguished careers in classical music, and my experience is that his CD's are almost always an excellent choice.

Also, Brandenburg concerto #3 on the companion CD is just astonishing.

I had the record sent as a gift to my daughter who had never heard any of the Brandenburg Concerti--and considered Bach "square." I received an ecstatic long e-mail after she heard this performance. "I'm in love!" she wrote. "I absolutely love this record. I listen to it over and over. It sounds like bells and birds!I didn't understand that Bach's music was like this."

During the holiday season one year, while everyone was away and I was getting ready to move away from my old college town, I discovered one of my roomates classical recordings and played it louder than any heavy metal enthusiast in mid-winter.

This is my favorite classical recording and the greatest of these is Concerto No. 3 in G, tracks 8-10, especially 8 and 10. The allegro sends my spirit above the clouds.

Listen to this and it will affect your view of music and the world.

Bach had the greatest gift - simply sublime!

A basic classical music collection recording. One of ten recording considered by the this NPR radio programs folks to give a well rounded introduction to classical music appreciation.

I knew I wanted this album from listening to it online. It came brand new, faster than promised and in exactally the condition as promised. I'm completly satisfied!