2000 B.C. [Explicit Lyrics]

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Last time, he was mad at LL Cool J. This time Canibus is just mad, and his animalistic lyrics prove it throughout the 14 tracks that make up 2000 B.C.. "In bare knuckle boxing speed is the object / weaving and dodging with defensive blocking," he says of his lyrical strategy on the title cut. And he sticks to that plan as he rips through tracks laced with strings, classical choirs, pianos, and merciless drums. Canibus loops an answering-machine message for the hook on "Mic-nificent" and trades verses with the legendary Rakim on "I'll Buss 'Em U Punish 'Em." Hip-hop hasn't heard it this raw in a long time. But for those who like it smooth and poppy, 2000 B.C. is way before your time. --Kenji Jasper

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Average customer rating: Classic classic Hip Hop Classic. 100 bars His best album!!!

2000 B.C. Canibus Manufacturer: Umvd Labels ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD East Coast | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Gangsta & Hardcore | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Rip the Jacker Hip-Hop for Sale Mic Club: The Curriculum MicClub Mixtape Master, Vol. 1 "C" True Hollywood Stories ASIN: B00004UAOW Release Date: 2000-07-18

Tracks:

1. The C-Quel
2. 2000 B.C. (Before Can-I-Bus)
3. Life Liquid
4. Shock Therapy
5. Watch Who U Beef Wit
6. I'll Buss 'Em U Punish 'Em
7. Mic-nificent
8. Die Slow
9. Doomsday News
10. Lost @ 'C'
11. Horsemen
12. Horsementality
13. 100 Bars
14. Chaos
15. Bonus Track 1

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Last time, he was mad at LL Cool J. This time Canibus is just mad, and his animalistic lyrics prove it throughout the 14 tracks that make up 2000 B.C.. "In bare knuckle boxing speed is the object / weaving and dodging with defensive blocking," he says of his lyrical strategy on the title cut. And he sticks to that plan as he rips through tracks laced with strings, classical choirs, pianos, and merciless drums. Canibus loops an answering-machine message for the hook on "Mic-nificent" and trades verses with the legendary Rakim on "I'll Buss 'Em U Punish 'Em." Hip-hop hasn't heard it this raw in a long time. But for those who like it smooth and poppy, 2000 B.C. is way before your time. --Kenji Jasper

Customer Reviews:

Classic.......2006-06-06

This album is probabaly the most lyrical thing i have ever heard! It is solid from start to finish and is a pure battle CD. His lyrics are fiery and aggressive all the way through, i love putting this album on when in a lively or angry mood, it gets me buzzin. Some of the beats may take you a few listens to get use to but once you give it a few spins im certain you will love it and will have it playing on a regular basis

'bis is definitly 1 of the most underrated artists in Hip-Hop

classic.......2006-01-15

Can's most complete cd.
But at the time people were ignoring it.
It is a classic from start to finish. Some tracks have beats that take a second to get used to though.

Hip Hop Classic........2005-09-02

This is a Hip Hop classic. Punchlines and metaphors from start to finish. Buy it now.

100 bars.......2005-07-30

This album screams BATTLE ME! Every track is about rippin punk MC's down. The less than perfect production is made up by hostile battle lyrics aimed at anyone who wants em'. I agree with a lot of people when I say that this is his BEST, the BATTLE MC is what we came to hear and that's what we get!

His best album!!!.......2005-05-04

Too bad the producers screwed him and his career...but no matter what he's put his dent in hip hop! This is his best album...not made for those commercial heads! Appropriate title for the album also; his rhymin' skills take back to before the soft commercial music infested the game. 2000 B.C., 100 Bars, and Horsementality are the best tracks on the album, with I'll Buss Em U Punish Em not too far behind (he has a LEGEND on the track). Get this...it is a CLASSIC!

Average customer rating: clearing up confusion Muddy waters... In what way inferior? Certainly not much beauty in this Beast ! Bach at its Best

Switched-On Bach 2000 Manufacturer: Telarc ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by J.S. Bach | Bach, Johann Sebastian | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Concerto Grossi | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Fugues | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Inventions | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Computer | Electronic | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Organ | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Cantatas | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Cantatas | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music Similar Items: Switched-On Bach By Request Switched-On Bach II Sonic Seasonings + [Enhanced CD] The Well-Tempered Synthesizer ASIN: B000003CYZ Release Date: 1992-05-22

Tracks:

1. Happy 25th, S-OB
2. Sinfonia In D major
3. Suite In D Major: Air on a G String
4. Two Part Inventions: In F Major
5. Two Part Inventions: In B-Flat Major
6. Two Part Inventions: In D Minor
7. Cantata No. 147: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
8. The Well-Tempered Clavier: Prelude No. 7 In E-Flat Major
9. The Well-Tempered Clavier: Fugue No. 7 In E-Flat Major
10. The Well-Tempered Clavier: Prelude No. 2 In C Minor
11. The Well-Tempered Clavier: Fugue No. 2 In C Minor
12. Cantata No. 140: Wachet Auf
13. Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 In G Major: l. Allegro
14. Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 In G Major: ll. Adagio
15. Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 In G Major: lll. Allegro
16. Toccata & Fugue In D Minor

Customer Reviews:

clearing up confusion.......2006-10-19

I've read some confusion about Walter Carlos being the listed performer on Switched On Bach and Wendy Carlos being the performer on Switched On Bach 2000. Let me clear this up for anyone that might be confused or that won't consider the new 2000 version because of it not being Walter. They are both one in the same. In 1972, Walter Carlos underwent gender reassignment therapy. The last release to be credited to Walter Carlos was By Request (1975). The first release as Wendy was Switched-On Brandenburgs (1979). Carlos's first public appearance after her gender transition was in an interview in the May 1979 issue of Playboy magazine, a decision she would come to regret because of the unwelcome publicity it brought to her personal life. On her official site, her transition is discussed in an essay stating that she values her privacy on the subject.

Muddy waters..........2003-05-31

I was sorely disappointed in this "updated" recording of Bach. The music supposedly more true to the period is muddy and indistinct. I jumped for joy when the original Switched On Bach was released last year - that is the one to buy.

In what way inferior?.......2003-05-17

It's not inconceivable to me that someone who has spent a lifetime listening to a broad range of music could prefer Carlos's debut recording of Switched-On Bach to the collection, but from any objective viewpoint it IS indefensible. Not only has Carlos brought to bear a quarter century's booming tech innovation, but also a quarter century's musical experience from a unique vantage point atop the under-examined world of classical electronica.

A well-read friend of mine and musical omnivore was given the recent Wendy Carlos re-interpretation of Clockwork Orange to replace his lost Lp of the original soundtrack. His response was nearly ballistic. The original soundtrack to A Clockwork Orange was a dear old friend that had seen him through many a tough time, and he was intimately acquainted with every edge of every sine wave on it. And he missed those particulars so sorely, it was as though he'd been reacquainted with his high school sweetheart only to find she'd undergone reassignment surgery.

I try to keep this anecdote in mind when I read an unflattering review of S-OB 2000. I play music, and I know it in the way a dentist knows tooth enamel. I am as susceptible to a cherished smile as the next guy, but I do know teeth. Beautiful teeth.

Certainly not much beauty in this Beast !.......2003-05-05

I regret to review this album in a negative manner, since I respect the author as a great musical thinker and revolutionaire in synthesizing sounds (and composing music).
I would probably prefer the S-OB in its time, but the anniversary edition somehow eludes my liking.

I can agree, that Bach's music - which can be, when interpeted poorly, on a verge of kitch (for exmpl. various Airs and Adagios on "Best of Classics" or "Meditative Classics" and similar awful compilations) - is best performed by very skilled musicians that bring something fresh and meaningful to the music.

The plastic acoustic wrapping of S-OB 2000 doesn't help.

Wendy has shown her artistic potential in many other cases, most respectively in excellent Beauty in the Beast.
Why can't she continue to explore in that direction and do things of high artistic value - modern classical compositions - sort of electronic Ligeti or Stravinsky on trip or something like that?
I prefer her composition on S-OB 2000 , since that was produced with electronic instrument in mind, while Bach was thinking about organ, strings and harpsichord/klavier. The original tunings don't replace the natural timbre and microtonal variations that experienced players make conciously or unconciously while playing - we all heard about great violin virtuosos that achieved their original tone or sound by playing some notes a little flat to achieve the effect that Wendy is talking about.

Some of the music on S-OB 2000 doesn't sound TOO different from some keyboard demo with Bach's music to my ears - MIDI toccata or somethnig like that - sorry Wendy.

Wendy used the extraordinary tunings creatively in Beauty in the Beast and achieved masterful musical effect and experience of real creativity and musical magic. I admire her in-depth observation and recreation of elements of different ethnic music and orchestra, which show her great knowledge and real understanding of underlying matrix that constitutes music - she might be genial in that aspect, but I think she shouldn't waste her talent on things like S-OB 2000.

Bach at its Best.......2003-01-16

I love this CD. It was interpreted in such a unique way, it brought back the original flavor of how the music was played on hapsicord (sp?) back in the Baroque period. This interpretation really made the notes came alive. It was most enjoyable and it lifted your spirit as the music plays.

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Snoopy's Classical: Classiks On Toys Manufacturer: © 2000 Brennan Productions Inc. ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Waltzes | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by J.S. Bach | Bach, Johann Sebastian | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Beethoven | Beethoven, Ludwig van | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Brahms | Brahms, Johannes | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Chopin | Chopin, Frédéric | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Handel | Handel, George Frideric | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Ravel, Maurice | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Tchaikovsky | Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Vivaldi | Vivaldi, Antonio | ( V ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Debussy | Debussy, Claude | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Sonatinas | Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Romantic | Symphonies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Contemporary | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Organ | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Piano | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Violin | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Children's Music | Styles | Music CDs Under $7 | Children's Music | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Children's Music | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs Under $7 | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music Similar Items: Schroeder's Greatest Hits ASIN: B00005AVIB Release Date: 2000-07-05

Tracks:

1. Intro
2. 5th Symphony
3. Four Seasons (Spring)
4. Water Music (Hornpipe)
5. Toccata
6. Fugue in D Minor
7. Rondo Alla Turka (Piano Sonata K 331)
8. Theme from Ode to Joy
9. Allegro Essai Vivance Alla Marcia (9th Symphony)
10. Waltz in a Flat
11. Waltz in D Flat (Opus 69 No. 2)
12. Theme - Piano Concerto No. 1
13. Arabesque No. 1
14. Bol
15. Outro

Average customer rating: Five Excellent Pianists and a Feast of Musical Delights! random sheeyat

Miami International Piano Festival of Discovery, 2000, Vol. 1 Manufacturer: Mip / Miami Int'l ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Polkas | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music General | Bartók, Béla | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Godowsky | Godowsky, Leopold | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Liszt | Liszt, Franz | ( L ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Medtner | Medtner, Nikolai | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Saint-Saëns, Camille | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Domenico Scarlatti | Scarlatti, Domenico | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Scriabin, Alexander | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Debussy | Debussy, Claude | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Rachmaninov | Rachmaninov, Sergei | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Etudes | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Fugues | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Preludes | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Bagatelles | Short Forms | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Character Pieces | Short Forms | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Sonatinas | Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Scriabin, Alexander | Composers | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B00005R5L8 Release Date: 2001-10-23

Tracks:

1. Fourteen Bagatelles, Op.6: Bagatelle, Op. 6 No. 1 - Piotr Anderszewski
2. Fourteen Bagatelles, Op.6: Bagatelle, Op. 6 No. 2 - Piotr Anderszewski
3. Fourteen Bagatelles, Op.6: Bagatelle, Op. 6 No. 3 - Piotr Anderszewski
4. Fourteen Bagatelles, Op.6: Bagatelle, Op. 6 No. 4 - Piotr Anderszewski
5. Fourteen Bagatelles, Op.6: Bagatelle, Op. 6 No. 5 - Piotr Anderszewski
6. Fourteen Bagatelles, Op.6: Bagatelle, Op. 6 No. 6 - Piotr Anderszewski
7. Fourteen Bagatelles, Op.6: Bagatelle, Op. 6 No. 7 - Piotr Anderszewski
8. Fourteen Bagatelles, Op.6: Bagatelle, Op. 6 No. 8 - Piotr Anderszewski
9. Fourteen Bagatelles, Op.6: Bagatelle, Op. 6 No. 9 - Piotr Anderszewski
10. Fourteen Bagatelles, Op.6: Bagatelle, Op. 6 No. 10 - Piotr Anderszewski
11. Fourteen Bagatelles, Op.6: Bagatelle, Op. 6 No. 11 - Piotr Anderszewski
12. Fourteen Bagatelles, Op.6: Bagatelle, Op. 6 No. 10 - Piotr Anderszewski
13. Fourteen Bagatelles, Op.6: Bagatelle, Op. 6 No. 13 - Piotr Anderszewski
14. Fourteen Bagatelles, Op.6: Bagatelle, Op. 6 No. 14 - Piotr Anderszewski
15. Prelude And Fugue In G-sharp Minor - Denis Burstein
16. Prelude And Fugue In G-sharp Minor - Denis Burstein
17. , Op.20 No.1 In B-Flat Minor: Fairy Tale, Op. 20 No. 1 In B-Flat Minor - Denis Burstein
18. Fairy Tale, Op.20 No.2 In B Minor: Fairy Tale, Op. 20 No. 2 In B Minor - Denis Burstein
19. Fairy Tale, Op.26 No.3 In F Minor: Fairy Tale, Op. 26 No. 3 In F Minor - Denis Burstein
20. Prelude Op.27 No.1 - Denis Burstein
21. Prelude Op.27 No.2 - Denis Burstein
22. Etude Op.42 No.4: Etude Op. 42 No. 4 - Denis Burstein
23. Liebesfreud - Denis Burstein

Tracks:

1. Sonata In G Minor K. 8, L. 488 - Kemal Gekic
2. Sonata In F Minor, K 519, L. 475 - Kemal Gekic
3. Etude No.2 In E-flat Major - Kemal Gekic
4. Sonata No.1 in D Minor Op. 28: Sonata No.1 in D Minor Op. 28: Allegro Moderato - Kemal Gekic
5. Vocalise - Ilya Itin
6. Polka - Ilya Itin
7. Prelude Op. 23 No. 1 In F-sharp Minor - Ilya Itin
8. Prelude Op. 32 No. 6 In F Minor - Ilya Itin
9. Prelude Op. 32 No.7 In F Major - Ilya Itin
10. Prelude Op.23 No. 10 In G-flat Major - Ilya Itin
11. Prelude Op. 23 No. 7 In C Minor - Ilya Itin
12. Prelude Op. 32 No. 13 In D-flat Major - Ilya Itin
13. Studies On Etudes Of F. Chopin: Etude Op. 10 No. 2 'Ignis Fautuus' - Francesco Libetta
14. Studies On Etudes Of F. Chopin: Etude Op. 25 No. 2 - Francesco Libetta
15. Studies On Etudes Of F. Chopin: Etude Op. 25 No. 9 'Badinage' - Francesco Libetta
16. La Soiree Dans Grenade - Francesco Libetta
17. Etude In Form Of A Waltz - Francesco Libetta
18. Grande Sonate Op. 33: Grande Sonate Op. 33: First Movement - Francesco Libetta

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Five Excellent Pianists and a Feast of Musical Delights!.......2005-12-29

The Miami International Piano Festival of Discovery is well named: this two CD set offers fresh young talent in a variety of music played with all the drama of a competition. It is very well recorded and contains some truly magical moments.

There are five pianists represented here and their choices of competition entries in many ways helps define their abilities and musicality. Piotr Anderszewski offers the Bartok Opus 6 Bagatelles, electing to explore all 14 of these little pieces to keep with the unity of Bartok's conception. They are models of clean definitive performances. Denis Burstein on the other hand selects various works by Scriabin, Rachmaninov, Medtner, and Taneyev showing his penchant for the obscure as well as the well known. Kemal Gekic programs Scarlatti with Liszt and Rachmaninov and offers valid stances on each. Ilya Itin opts of an all Rachmaninov collection from the lovely 'Vocalize' through six of the Preludes. Francesco Libetta closes with paraphrases on Chopin by Godowsky and works by Debussy, Saint-Saens and Alkan.

Of interest the pianist who has become most popular with the public since this 2000 year competition is Piotr Anderszewski, but from the experience of listening to the entire group, one would expect more will come from the other four, too! A delightful set of recordings. Grady Harp, December 05

random sheeyat.......2005-04-27

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In the Year 2000 Don-C & Dennis Grady Manufacturer: The Orchard ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Blues | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Folk General | Folk | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Folk General | Folk | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music General | Blues | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Folk | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | R&B | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B00001IVNM Release Date: 2000-04-25

Tracks:

1. In The Year 2000
2. In The Year 2000 (Remix)

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Switched-On Bach 2000 Manufacturer: East Side Digital ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by J.S. Bach | Bach, Johann Sebastian | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Concerto Grossi | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Fugues | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Inventions | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Computer | Electronic | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Organ | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Cantatas | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Cantatas | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music Similar Items: Rediscovering Lost Scores, Vol. 1 Rediscovering Lost Scores, Vol. 2 Secrets of Synthesis By Request A Clockwork Orange: Wendy Carlos's Complete Original Score ASIN: B00067RER4 Release Date: 2004-11-09

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DooWop Album Sampler Canibus Manufacturer: Universal ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000MPBU7U

Product Description

CD Sampler Features 7 Tracks From The "2000 B.C." Album. Issued In Illustrated Cardboard Sleeve. TRACKS: 01 Intro; 02 Mic-Nifient; 03 Life Liquid; 04 2000 BC; 05 Die Slow; 06 What You You Beed Wikt; & 07 Phuck You.

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Bach 2000 Light (Without Sacred Cantatas) Various Conductors , Various Performers , and Various Ensembles Manufacturer: Elektra / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Allemandes | Baroque Dance Suites | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Minuets | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Trios | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Carl Philipp Emman. Bach | Bach, Carl Philipp Emman. | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by J.S. Bach | Bach, Johann Sebastian | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Heinichen | Heinichen, Johann David | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Canons | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Concertinos | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Concerto Grossi | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Fantasies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Fugues | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Inventions | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Preludes | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Canzones | Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Sonatinas | Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Trio Sonatas | Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Sinfonia | Symphonies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Toccatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Passacaglias | Variations | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Scherzo | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Variations | Forms & Genres | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Organ | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Piano | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Flute | Reeds & Winds | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Oboe | Reeds & Winds | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Cello | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Lute | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Violin | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Academy of Ancient Music | ( A ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra | ( B ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra | ( V ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Cantatas | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Cantatas | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Caprices | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Magnificats | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Masses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Motets | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Passions | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Psalms | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical | Box Sets | Stores | Music ASIN: B00001IV8C Release Date: 1999-09-21

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The Bach renaissance--which began in earnest in the early 19th century thanks to the efforts of Felix Mendelssohn and others--inspired an endeavor of far-reaching significance. It led to the founding of the Bach Society in 1850, with the goal of gathering and publishing the composer's complete works, and thus set into motion one of the great projects of musical scholarship. That effort has continued and been refined throughout the 20th century, ultimately influencing not only our perception of how to perform early music but fundamental ideas of musical history, evolution, and reception as well.

Teldec's mammoth Bach 2000 box set represents a kind of culmination of that original attempt to come to terms with Johann Sebastian Bach's unparalleled legacy. This set brings together performances recorded over the last several decades--a small percentage of the recordings are previously unreleased--of all the extant works determined by modern scholarship to be authentic. There are also some pieces the authorship of which is still in question and a few now deemed "inauthentic" but familiarly associated with the composer. Bach was a prodigious reviser of his compositions, and alternate versions of a particular work have been included "where the changes seemed sufficiently important," such as the glorious Magnificat. No doubt manuscripts will continue to be unearthed here and there in various archives (Bach 2000 contains, for example, the "Neumeister chorales," which were rediscovered in 1984), but the set does not represent the many fragments of music that consist of just a few bars; however, there are some reconstructions of lost concertos (such as one for three violins reconstructed by Christopher Hogwood from an extant concerto for harpsichords).

Of course a truly comprehensive recorded edition of every note Bach wrote remains a utopian impossibility--about one-third of his cantatas, for example, have not survived. Even so, the dimensions of Bach 2000 are staggering. With its 12 boxes comprising 153 CDs, the set can be compressed into fewer boxes to save shelf space yet is still about ten times as long as the Ring cycle. (It should be noted that the packaging--using thin cardboard sleeves for the CDs--is distinctively unattractive.) That adds up to just under 160 hours of music--but a lifetime of discovery. Each box (grouped according to genre) contains a booklet with excellent notes on individual works and--for all the choral works--texts and translations. Tracking indexes are useful and thorough. Also included is a profusely illustrated hardbound volume of 24 Inventions, in which journalist Wolfgang Sandberger uses the composer's biography as a peg for some enigmatic and fascinating musings on the meaning of Bach today.

The presiding philosophy behind this project and its approach to musical interpretation can be largely ascribed to Nikolaus Harnoncourt, a true musical pioneer and galvanizing force of the "period performance" movement. Harnoncourt's epoch-making recordings of the sacred cantatas (using, for instance, boy sopranos and choristers according to the practice in Bach's time) with the Concentus musicus Wien and colleague Gustav Leonhardt comprise the first four volumes here (those who already own them can turn to the Bach 2000 Light edition, which contains everything sans the cantatas). These recordings--which were not remastered for this set--have long been controversial and are notably uneven, embracing some magnificent accounts as well as others that lack fire and seem clearly underrehearsed. But Harnoncourt is one of the most fascinating conductors of our era, and his interpretations amply bear out his assertion: "I have never felt that Bach worked in a routine manner, that he repeated himself in his works." Harnoncourt--who has articulated many of his ideas in his book The Musical Dialogue--displays his gifts as a cellist in a remarkably probing performance of the Cello Suites (originally recorded in 1965) and in his concertizing for a number of chamber works. For\ the St. Matthew Passion, you get Harnoncourt's groundbreaking earlier account from 1970, while his 1986 recording of the sublime B Minor Mass is also represented here (the St. John Passion included is Harnoncourt's 1995 acount).

Other artists included are colleague Gustav Leonhardt, whose thoughtful if occasionally dry harpsichord artistry is heard in the Goldberg Variations as well as in the concertos and chamber music. The harpsichord is in fact used throughout in preference to piano for the keyboard works. Ton Koopman (himself the conductor of an ongoing complete cantata series and of the Easter Oratorio included here) performs the organ works, including some newly recorded offerings, while Il Giardino Armonico's well-known high-energy account represents the Brandenburg Concertos. Violinist Thomas Zehetmair is exceptionally compelling in the unaccompanied sonatas and partitas, and the Concentus musicus Wien--again under Harnoncourt--perform a superb Musical Offering that richly repays frequent listening.

The result of Bach 2000 as a whole is an aptly encyclopedic grappling with the infinite legacy of this most compendious of composers, whose works are on one level a summation of all the styles available to him. Bach was once thought to represent a "terminal point" (to use Albert Schweitzer's famous formulation), the end of an era; today he is at least equally recognized as a fertile source of inspiration for composers since. To be sure, individual recordings of particular works will be found to be preferable, and it would be misguided to consider Bach 2000 any kind of "final" or "definitive" word. Instead, it's an indispensable starting point that represents a monumental achievement for our own contemporary understanding of Bach. --Thomas May --This text refers to the complete edition of this title

Album Description

Volume 1, 11 Discs
Secular Cantatas App. Sacred Cantatas; 11 CDs; Koopman, Harnoncourt, Koopman, Goebel and others

Volume 2, 14 Discs
The Sacred Vocal Works Masses,Magnificat, Passions, Oratorios; 14 CDs; Harnoncourt, Koopman, Corboz and others

Volume 3, 7 Discs
The Motets, Chorales & Songs Kirnberger Chorales,Schemelli Songs, Quodlibet

Volume 4, 16 Discs
The Organ Works; 16 CDs; Ton Koopman

Volume 5, 11 Discs
The Keyboard Works (I) The Well-Tempered Clavier, English & French Suites, Partitas etc; 11 CDs; Curtis, Ross, Wilson, Ruzickova

Volume 6, 11 Discs
The Keyboard Works (II) Goldberg Variations, Toccatas, Fugues, Italian Concerto, etc; 11 CDs; Staier, Barchi, Leonhardt, von Asperen, Baumont, and others

Volume 7, 13 Discs
The Chamber Music Violin Sonatas & Partitas, Flute Sonatas, Works for Lute, Art of Fugue, Musical Offering, etc; 13 CDs; Harnoncourt, Pianca, Tachezi, Brggen, Zehetmair, and others

Volume 8, 10 Discs
The Orchestral Works The Concertos & Orchestral Suite; 10 CDs; Il Giardino Armonico, Harnoncourt, Leonhardt

Average customer rating: Might be hard to find, but... Jolly "old" St. Nik-Harnoncourt and his elves Review Bach 2000 in a nutshell. An Intro To The Complete Bach Edition Bach 2000 Sampler

Bach 2000: The Complete Bach Edition - Sampler Ton Koopman , Nikolaus Harnoncourt , Thomas Zehetmair , Robin Gritton , Luca Pianca , Klaus Mertens , Jap Ter Linden , Andreas Staier , Frans Burggen , and Leopold Stastny Manufacturer: Elektra / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Trios | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by J.S. Bach | Bach, Johann Sebastian | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Concertinos | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Concerto Grossi | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Fantasies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Trio Sonatas | Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Lute | Instruments | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Organ | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Piano | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Lute | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Violin | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Cantatas | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Cantatas | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Masses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Passions | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music CDs Under $7 | Fantasies | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Fantasies | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs Under $7 | Fugues | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Fugues | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music ASIN: B00000K2WE Release Date: 1999-08-24

Tracks:

1. Toccata And Fugue In D Minor BWV 565
2. Cantata BWV 147: Jesus bleibet meine Freude
3. Orchestral Suite No. 3 In D Minor BWV 1068: Air
4. Violin Concerto In A Minor BWV 1041: Allegro
5. Partita III In E Major BWV 1006: Preludio
6. An Wasserflussen Babylon BWV 267
7. Gib dich zufrieden und sei stille BWV 315
8. St. John Passion BWV 245: Aria (Alto): Es ist vollbracht
9. Suite In C Minor BWV 997: Preludio
10. Schemelli Songs: Jesu, Jesu, du bist mein BWV 470
11. St. Matthew Passion BWV 244, Final Chorus: Chorus (1, 2): Wir setzen uns mit Tranen nieder
12. Fantasia On A Rondo In C Minor BWV 918
13. Trio Sonata In G Major BWV 1039: Presto
14. Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 In G Major BWV 1048: Allegro
15. Suite In E Minor BWV 996 - Aufs Lauten Werk: Courante
16. Mass In B Minor BWV 232: III. Sanctus
17. Concerto For Two Harpsichords In C Minor BWV 1060: Allegro
18. Christmas Oratorio BWV 248: Jauchzet, frohlocket

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J.S. Bach's fascination with numbers has been taken over by the music world at large as--in alignment with the new millennium--it prepares to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the composer's death, which occurred in July 1750. Though his passing marked the sunset of one of the most glorious eras in music, awareness of the value of Bach's enormous legacy has never been more widespread than in our own time. As evidence, just take the spectrum of recordings scheduled to honor the Bach anniversary. This sampler offers a glimpse of the most ambitious of them all: Teldec's Bach 2000 box set, a 153-CD mountain of music consisting of the composer's entire output of over 1,000 works. The majority of these recordings have been previously released over the last several decades in various guises, but for the first time they are being gathered into a unified edition. Its guiding spirit is Nikolaus Harnoncourt, one of the pioneers of the revolution in historical performance practice, and he is similarly represented in 8 of the sampler's 18 selections. Among the other artists to savor here--and at beguiling length in the full set--are Harnoncourt's early-music ally Gustav Leonhardt, eloquent violinist Thomas Zehetmair, Il Giardino Armonico, and organist Ton Koopman (in a majestically architectural account of the D Minor Toccata and Fugue). And even though at 77 minutes this is just 1/150th of the whole Bach, you don't need to do the math to be swept away in pleasure. --Thomas May

Customer Reviews:

Might be hard to find, but..........2004-02-03

This is a great and relatively inexpensive introduction to the world of Bach. If you know nothing about Bach, the tunes on this disc will wake you up to just how influential and necessary he is in the history of classical music. "It all started with Bach" is not too extreme a position to take, especially if you follow up this recording with a listen to the complete Mass in B Minor, or the St.Matthew Passion or St.John's Passion, or some of his Cantatas. You'll suddenly realize that you've been listening to Bach your entire life.

This disc may now be hard to find because it was probably meant for limited release as a "teaser" for the Bach 2000 bajillion disc set. Nonetheless, if you can get it it's a good buy, especially since the accompanying booklet includes biographical info and other tidbits. Be warned, though, the world of Bach's music is enormous and may take over your life (not to mention the physical hazard of being crushed by the Bach 2000 boxed set).

Jolly "old" St. Nik-Harnoncourt and his elves.......2001-06-20

At first I was a bit dissapointed when I ripped off the plastic wrapping, because it bothers me to have a disc without the standard jewl case. I am a bit familar with Ton Koopman, but the Toccata and Fugue wasn't "da bomb" for two reasons: He uses the same registration, I will pardon him if the design of the organ would not let you change stops in a hurry. His ornamentation is a bit exagerated, and amusing to the point of obserdady (pardon the spelling, or typing)but, nevertheless it is a good recording, and wonderful playing. Cantata 147 was played at a rather fast tempo (about 92). The lute harpsichord peice seems to technically be a bad recording. Track #18's pauken part is so loud you the listener can barely hear the trompetes and floten. All in all I am quite pleased that I own this CD and it is a good highlight of Bach's works. I must say that I probably won't buy the Teldec complete set, but you never know!

Review.......2001-04-24

I didn't have enough money to buy the 151 CD set, but I did have enough to buy the sampler. This CD probably has the best version of "Toccata and Fuge in D minor" that I've ever heard. One can literally feel each chord flowing through their veins. My other favories are "Suite in C minor" and "Trio Sonata in G major". Well worth the [discounted] price, and a good introduction to Bach's music.

Bach 2000 in a nutshell........2000-09-27

For the price, this is worth the money just for a "Best of Bach" sampler CD (that's why I originally bought it.) and it sounds nice, and it's Bach. What is more to be said?

However, as stated in the liner notes, the performances were created with the intention to sound the way scholers believe that they would have sounded in Bach's time. So, this means not only period instruments, but also these works sound much different that the Bach most of us are accustomed to hearing.

Personally, I prefer the modern sound of bach over the hardcore baroque - the works here sound a bit more restrained than the Bach that many of us have come to know and love. I for one prefer the more modern Bach that artists such as Glenn Gould, Virgil Fox and others have presented to us.

This is worth a listen, though, and if you are considering purchasing some or all of the Bach 2000 CDs, you definitely should sample this CD first to determine if the set is for you.

An Intro To The Complete Bach Edition Bach 2000 Sampler.......2000-08-05

I think it is an excellent introduction to Bach. Although I have always liked him, I've never purchased recordings of his work(s). I have to admit- it has me looking for more recordings. Nice- and the recordings are crisp and clear (even on my old player). I recommend it highly!

Average customer rating: a very satisfying whole Go For Baroque!

Bach 2000 Manufacturer: Milestone ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by J.S. Bach | Bach, Johann Sebastian | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Fugues | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Inventions | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Organ | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Masses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B00005B37N Release Date: 2001-05-01

Tracks:

1. Toccata And Fugue
2. Air On The G String
3. Invention No. 4
4. Kyrie
5. Minuet (A Lover's Concerto)
6. Siciliano
7. Fugue No. 2

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A handful of musicians, most notably Jacques Loussier and Uri Caine, have successfully adapted the music of J.S. Bach to jazz. Add big band composer and arranger Dave Matthews to that list. With the Manhattan Jazz Orchestra, featuring trumpeters Lew Soloff and Ryan Kisor, alto saxophonist and flutist Bill Evans, bass clarinetist Roger Rosenberg, and bassist Chip Jackson, Matthews reinterprets Bach's music in a swinging way that combines the baroque with the bebop. Recorded as a tribute to the 250th anniversary of Bach's death in 2000, Matthews and company rhythmically reincarnate Bach's "Toccata and Fugue," "Kyrie," and "Minuet (A Lover's Concerto)" into sophisticated no-holds-barred mainstream swing tunes. Matthews adapts Bach's counterpoint to a large ensemble band context on "Invention No. 4" and "Fugue No. 2." The immortal "Air on a G String" retains its atmospheric character in this special Matthews-adapted jazz-ballad form, and "Siciliano" is recast in a Latin-inspired air not unlike Miles Davis's Sketches of Spain. It takes musicians of great depth to successfully pull off the marriage of jazz and classical styles, and David Matthews and his cohorts accomplish it with ease. --Eugene Holley Jr.

Customer Reviews:

a very satisfying whole.......2007-02-01

Excellent jazz arrangements, superb big-band playing, and 'timeless songs' of Bach come together to make a very satisfying whole. It works so well you would swear that the tunes were originally composed to be played this way! Nothing forced, everything sounds naturally formed. Good liner notes, too.

Also check out Duke Ellington's classic reinterpretation of the Nutcracker Suite, and the big-band CD of Pat Metheny tunes.

Go For Baroque!.......2001-05-26

I don't even have it yet and I love it! I heard a fugue from this CD on our local jazz FM station while driving in my car and I had to sit in the garage and listen. One cut was enough for me. I have come here to order the CD. Baroque and Jazz always fit together nicely because both are subtle and complex, disciplined yet adventurous, full of fire of the human spirit and when executed properly, both swing like crazy. I have always loved the stuff the Swingle Singers and Walter/Wendy Calos did but launching Bach's immortal compositions with a really hot modern big band is absolutely awesome....just the way old Johann would want to do it.

Dance Music:

1. 2nd Coming [Explicit Lyrics]
2. A Hustla's Prayer [Explicit Lyrics]
3. Anticipation of Death [Explicit Lyrics]
4. Armaghetto [Clean]
5. Armaghetto [Explicit Lyrics]
6. Art Official Intelligence: Mosaic Thump
7. Best of the Rompalation [Explicit Lyrics]
8. Black Charisme [Import] [Soundtrack]
9. Blockin' My Shine [Explicit Lyrics]
10. Book I [Explicit Lyrics]

Dance Music

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Dance Music

The Light Programme

Boccherini: Strings Trios Op.47/1 - 6

Best 8 [Import]

The Magic of Cole Porter

In the Shadows [CD-single] [Enhanced] [Import]

Baby It's You [CD-single] [Enhanced] [Import]

Cocktail Hour: Judy Garland

Balada: Torquemada and Other Works

Atmosphere of Heaven

Au Club St Germain, Vol. 2 [Import] [Limited Edition] [Live] [Original recording remastered]

1951-1952

Blaise Et Benjamin

40 Dibujos Ahi En El Piso [Limited Edition] [Import]

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