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| 1. Whore, The Cook and the Mother |
| 2. Stance of Evander Sinoue |
| 3. Der Überlebende |
| 4. Heroin Chic |
| 5. Apocalypse Woman |
| 6. Base Level Erotica |
| 7. Under Your Wings and Into Your Arms |
| 8. Follower [*] |
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Bach 2000: The Complete Bach Edition (Includes Commemorative Book) (Box Set)
Nikolaus Harnoncourt , Robin Gritton , Giovanni Antonini , Gustav Leonhardt , Ton Koopman , Alice Harnoncourt , and Zehetmair, Thomas Manufacturer: Teldec ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD  Allemandes
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ASIN: B00001IV8B Release Date: 1999-09-14 |
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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
Album Description
Volume 1, 15 DiscsVolume 2, 15 Discs
Sacred Cantatas Nos. 48-52, 54-69, 69A, 70-99; 15 CDs; Harnoncourt/Leonhardt
Volume 3, 15 Discs
Sacred Cantatas Nos. 100-117, 119-140,143-149; 15 CDs; Harnoncourt/Leonhardt
Volume 4, 15 Discs
Sacred Cantatas BWV 150-159, 161-188, 192, 194-199; 15 CDs; Harnoncourt/Leonhardt
Volume 5, 11 Discs
Secular Cantatas App. Sacred Cantatas; 11 CDs; Koopman, Harnoncourt, Koopman, Goebel and others
Volume 6, 14 Discs
The Sacred Vocal Works Masses,Magnificat, Passions, Oratorios; 14 CDs; Harnoncourt, Koopman, Corboz and others
Volume 7
, 7 Discs
The Motets, Chorales & Songs Kirnberger Chorales,Schemelli Songs, Quodlibet
Volume 8, 16 Discs
The Organ Works; 16 CDs; Ton Koopman
Volume 9, 11 Discs
The Keyboard Works (I) The Well-Tempered Clavier, English & French Suites, Partitas etc; 11 CDs; Curtis, Ross, Wilson, Ruzickova
Volume 10, 11 Discs
The Keyboard Works (II) Goldberg Variations, Toccatas, Fugues, Italian Concerto, etc; 11 CDs; Staier, Barchi, Leonhardt, von Asperen, Baumont, and others
Volume 11, 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 12, 10 Discs
The Orchestral Works The Concertos & Orchestral Suite; 10 CDs; Il Giardino Armonico, Harnoncourt, Leonhardt
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Bach is priceless.......2006-11-10
Buy the works you like...........2006-01-11
Poor Bach.......2005-11-26
A Treasure Trove.......2004-03-07
147 out of 153 ain't bad!.......2001-04-29
If you really like Bach, it is well worth getting. You will read disparaging reviews which will tell you that there are better performances of individual works. But this is a great opportunity for a Bach lover to get very good versions of his entire oeuvre.
In the set of 60 CDs of sacred cantatas, there are about 6 duds, which feature out of tune boy sopranos! If you are not crazy about sacred cantatas, you can buy a set which omits them, which may be advised!
I love the version of the Mass in B minor, though it is very different from our set by Munchinger [which we really enjoy].
The Brandenburgs are great. THe first movement of the first concerto is a knock out! Very brassy and bombastic: quite different from the 3 or 4 other versions I have previously enjoyed.
We are a piano family and have many CDs of Bach keyboard works played on piano [though we also have the Well Tempered Clavier on harpsichord and clavichord] The keyboard performances in the set are all on harpsichord and are lively and very enjoyable.
It takes some getting used to the authentic Baroque flute performances: especially occasional out-of-tuneness. But these are also interesting and musically played.
If you would use a set of all of Bach's extant works, it is a great choice. It is competitively priced and I love the packaging.
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MDB's most bizarre offering!!.......2005-12-12
Unique urbanistic doom!.......2004-01-30
I understand that most people like My Dying Bride for their emotional depressing sound with its romantic medieval feel. I like that, too. But what do you do when the key member who created such a sound, the violinist Martin Powell, leaves the band? Find a replacement and pray that he is anywhere close to Martin's greatness? Duh...
Instead, the band tried to turn the loss into a challenge at their creativity, and decided to unleash their hidden desires and sympathies. This record is a mixed affair, but it's nowhere near as bad, as half of the reviewers here wrote. In fact, it's pretty good. Very experimental. And very "My Dying Bride"-esque in its feel, bizarre, morbid and at times insane. The lyrics are a huge departure, too, in the topics they touch, but again, Stainthorpe's symbolic writing is recognizable on spot.
The first track, "The Whore, the Cook and the Mother", immediately shows the differences in sound. No violin. The vocals have gone through electronic distortion. The guitars and bass sound very fuzzy. There's a string orchestration in the background. Most of the song is heavy, but the middle 5-minute lighter part is the real gem here. The guitar takes on a simple melodic lead, while sampled voices talk in the background. One of them, it seems, is talking in Japanese. This part hypnotizes me every time.
2nd song, "The Stance of Evander Sinoue", is a heavier doom song, vaguely reminiscent of Cathedral. Aaron sings clean to the accompanement of well-written riffs. In this song I'm amazed at what seems like rumblings of a madman (it matches the lyrics, too), that go in the background. Very simple yet very touching effect!
"Der Uberlebende" is a lighter melodic gothic-metal track. Similarities to Tiamat and The Sisters of Mercy arise here and there. Good track, and a necessary interlude between more experimental songs, too.
"Heroin Chic". Point of controversy among the fans. I want to write in capital letters: I LOVE THIS SONG. It mixes gothic, doom and trip-hop excellently, something that you don't hear every day. It's very atmospheric and mesmerizing. Aaron sings from the point of view of a heroin addict, and lyrical imagery mixes reality, hallucinations, memories, and wishes of this wreck of a human being. Both the guitars and the voice sound very unfocused, just what you would expect from a drug-addict's senses. To me, this is one of the greatest successes of My Dying Bride, and their biggest departure from their usual style. It's emotional impact is hard to describe. Portishead-like female singing in the background is unbelievably good.
"Apocalypse Woman" is the fastest track here, again readdressing the gothic themes of the 80s. I don't really feel embraced by this song. I don't know what's wrong here. Perhaps, it doesn't mix well with the overall mood of the album.
"Base Level Erotica" is again very melodic gothic metal. One of the stronger tracks here, albeit not very experimental. Rest your ears on this one.
"Under your wings and into your arms" concludes this album. This is another song that failed to touch me. It, too, has a feel of Cathedral-style riffage. Not bad, though not especially good.
All in all, I'm glad that My Dying Bride felt brave enough to release such an unexpected music. This is urbanistic and post-modernistic doom-metal. I think it could have developed into something bizarre and truly timeless. But it didn't. Oh, well. At least they finally found themselves with "The Dreadful Hour". But I wouldn't mind to listen to something of a similar style from this or some other band.
Experimental, Excellent Masterpiece.......2004-01-19
Every song on this CD is another MDB classic to my ears.
If you enjoy diversity, and not the same old rehashed music (which is a good reason to listen to my dying bride in the first place - DIVERSITY) - then get this CD. Hopefully the band will release another, more experimental album soon.
The album hardcore fans apologise for.......2003-11-29
Which is a very bad thing to do when you're in the business of making music so elite that it serves as the perfect antidote to the repetitive tyranny that is pop.
Song number one suffers for being dragged out well past its welcome, sustaining nearly twelve minutes of play when it barely has enough material to stay interesting for six. Of the seven songs that make up the album, number two is the only one that can be considered good. A simple concept, hard-punching rhythms combined with a beautiful keyboard presence, The Stance Of Evander Sinque is literally the ONLY reason to have this album, and there is one song here that convinces me that less hardcore fans than myself (ie the other 99.99 percent) could live without it anyway.
Songs three through seven are literally abortions. They were just coughed up and thrown onto the album to fill space. Waste of space doesn't even begin to describe them, and I am speaking as a massive fan of this band! But the most insulting blow to the face that fans suffered in 1997 was a little pile called Heroin Chic. As soon as Aaron starts singing things like "Nah nah yeah yeah yeah", fans everywhere spat out their drink and screamed that this was the sort of imagination-less dribble that they got into My DyING BRIDE in order to get away from. And that, more than anything, is why the band themselves should delete this album, rerelease The Stance Of Evander Sinque as a bonus track, then claim this abortion is the work of lame imposters.
My Dying Bride Testing New Ground.......2003-04-08
After releasing the medocre "Like Gods of the Sun," change seemed to be the inevitable for My Dying Bride. First drummer Rick Miah, one of the best I've ever heard, came down ill and could no longer play. Then Martin the brilliant violinist/keyboardest, chose to leave the band. You see 34.7888% is guitarist Calvins brainchild, as he wrote almost all of the music. Seeing that all the music had already been composed and seeing there was little for him to add musicly Martin left MDB (unfortunatly going to Cradle of Filth). Having lost two crucial elements to the MDB sound, it could only be expected that MDB would release a complete let down, but on the contrary Calvin had created an all new and exciting sound for MDB.
While 34.7888% still feels dark for the most part, it doesn't have the sombre depressed vibe of the other MDB works, but rather a dark sinister feeling, like some dirty person one would meet in a an ally way in some big metroploitin city. All the other MDB albums have a very ancient feeling to them as if they took place far in the past, this one however feels more like it takes place in 2050. This album may also be conbsidered more mainstream than the other MDB albums, though this is highly over exadurated. How many mainstream albums have a total of seven songs and start with a 13 minute peice?
34.7888% starts with the dark, wicked "The Mother, Cook and the Whore," where Aarons vocals sound more evil than usualy thanks to some help from some electronic effects. After several minutes the song sinks down into a beutiful ambiant layered movemet, where one can hear Aaron talking to a cousiler while beutiful minor chords are softly plucked on guitar. Eventaly the song blasts back into full gear as Aaron continues on one of the main theme of this album, his using of women. The song is a higly creative concept: a man singing about his abuse of women, then talking to his counciler about what caused it.
The next song "The Stance of Evander Sinoue" is good song witrh cruchy riffs and some great psudo strings. "Der Uberlebende" is the softest track on here with angelic style metal riffs and Aaron shows the more voneralble side of his voice. "Heroine Chic" is probably the most talked about track on here. Its a very electronica influenced song that tells stories of desperate heroine addicts in need of drungs. The whole song has that very dark grungy ally way aura I was talking about earilier. There are some real good riffs on here too, so if you are an opened mineded metal head you should enjoy this song. "Apocalipse Woman" is the weakest track on here, it just doesn't do much for me. "Base Level Erotica," is a dark, raunchy song about groupiues. Aaron seems confused in this song wheather the dozens of women throwing themselves at him is a blessing or a curse. The album ends brilliantly with "Under Your Wings and Into Your Arms" On the previous album MDB tried time and time again to pull off the fast paced song with clean vocals, but fell on their face time and time again. Here they pull off a (realitivly) near pefast paced song damn rfictly. There is also a very strong keyboard breakdown in this song.
All in all this album has been very unfairly judged by closed minded fans. This is actualy a solid album with spots of brilliance, showing My Dying Bride going into new territory. Unfortunatly the massive backlash led to a major regression on the "play it safe" (though still good) "The Light at the End of the World." Calvin also left the band after this album feeling he had completed his musical dream. This also could have led to the return of the old MDB sound. Either way they wouldn't explode into thier old selves on "The Light..." but rather on the follow up "The Dreadful Hours".
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Japanese edition of this top dark metal group's 1998 outing with 'Follower' added as a bonus track. Eight tracks total. 1999 release.Album Details
Japanese Release featuring a Bonus Track: "Follower".
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Seriously Underrated!!!.......2005-02-27
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