Why are the Brandenburg Concertos so good?

The Brandenburg Concertos (so called because they were dedicated to the Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt) are not only some of the liveliest and most colourful orchestral works of their day, they were also groundbreaking, generating new sounds and new possibilities that Bach’s contemporaries could not ignore.

What is the best recording of the Well Tempered Clavier?

The best recordings of JS Bach’s The Well-Tempered Clavier

• András Schiff (piano) (2012) ECM New Series 476 4827.
• Edwin Fischer (piano) (1933-36) Documents 231784.
• Angela Hewitt (piano) (2008) Hyperion CDA67741/4.
• Gustav Leonhardt (harpsichord) (1989) Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 886 919 53072.

Are there recordings of Bach?

With thousands of Bach music performances committed to recordings, it’s hard to know where to begin. Here’s our list of Essential Bach Recordings. If Handel’s Messiah is the quarterback of holiday music, Bach’s Christmas Oratorio remains the second-string walk-on.

What does cantata mean?

to sing
cantata, (from Italian cantare, “to sing”), originally, a musical composition intended to be sung, as opposed to a sonata, a composition played instrumentally; now, loosely, any work for voices and instruments.

Why is it called The Well Tempered Clavier?

In Bach’s day, the standard tuning method was called Mean-tone Temperament. This brings us to Bach’s The Well-Tempered Clavier; that title simply means that a single keyboard is tuned in such a way that the performer can play in all 24 keys (12 major and 12 minor).

What instrument was The Well Tempered Clavier written for?

The Well-Tempered Clavier, BWV 846–893, is two sets of preludes and fugues in all 24 major and minor keys for keyboard by Johann Sebastian Bach. In the composer’s time Clavier, meaning keyboard, indicated a variety of instruments, most typically the harpsichord or clavichord but not excluding the organ.

What is Bach’s most popular piece?

Bach’s Concerto for Two Violins is one of his most famous works.

Who is the best Bach pianist?

Glenn Herbert Gould
Glenn Herbert Gould (/ɡuːld/; né Gold; 25 September 1932 – 4 October 1982) was a Canadian classical pianist. He was one of the best known and most celebrated pianists of the 20th century, and was renowned as an interpreter of the keyboard works of Johann Sebastian Bach….