Bach Classics [DVD Audio]

Johann Sebastian Bach (Composer), Don Jackson (Conductor), London Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)

Product Details

• Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra
• Conductor: Don Jackson
• Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
• DVD Audio (May 22, 2001)
• Please Note: This is a DVD-Audio disc which is playable on most DVD players as well as all DVD-Audio players. Click here for additional information regarding compatibility.
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Digital Sound
• ASIN: B00005BJRS
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #277,323 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

20 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars GREAT SELECTIONS; GREAT SOUND, June 18, 2001

By	R. Conterio (Blue Hill, ME USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Though I am generally more interested in complete works, this collection of Bach's better known movements is a delight and with the high resolution sound of DVD Audio, with surround sound, it is absolutely sumptuous. This is a taste of things to come, when we will be able to get more complete compositions by the great composers on DVD Audio. If you are a "Greatest Hits" type classical listener, you will love this DVD.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Great sound, poor packaging, December 1, 2003

By	Julien Pierre "Software engineer and amateur ... (Santa Clara, California) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The good :

- The sound on this recording is absolutely great in 5.1 surround. I played the DTS 5.1 track. My Yamaha receiver indicated a 1536 kbps bit rate and 48 kHz sampling rate, which is quite good. The DD 2.0 track is only 192 kbps and does not sound nearly as good. I couldn't try the MLP 5.1 track since I don't have a DVD-audio player (and my receiver's 6-channel input is taken by the SACD player).
With the surround version, you really feel as if you are in the concert hall. I'm a Bach fan and I thought the performances were very good.

The bad :
- There are no useful notes packaged with this recording - nothing about the music or the pieces.
There aren't even BWV numbers for most of the pieces.
Unfortunately, this seems to be a frequent omission with discs from DTS entertainment (I'm judging by the dozen or DTS CDs I bought from them - this is the first DVD-audio I purchased).
- I was unable to pause the music when playing the disc in my Panasonic RV60 DVD-video player. This is quite inconvenient. I can pause all other discs (DVD-video, CDs, ...) in the same player, but not this one. The "forbidden" icon is displayed, just like when playing FBI copyright warning tracks in DVD-video discs ... I hope that DTS will fix this in problem future discs !!!

Note to "a music fan" :
The disc does include an MLP 5.1 track which is only playable in DVD-audio players. So it is definitely a DVD-audio disc.
If - you are using a DVD-video player, then you will only be able to select the DD 2.0 and DTS 5.1 tracks, but the MLP5.1 track is still visible, just not selectable.

5 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars not dvd audio, April 5, 2002

By A Customer

I purchased this dvd to check out my new dvd audio setup and it turns out that this is just a DTS dvd with a video track of title listing. I was very dissapointed and misled.