Word: bache
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...program will include: Bach, Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor; Haydn, Symphony in G major, No. 88; Berlioz, Overtime to Beatrice and Benedick; and Strauss, Don Quixote, Fantastic Variations on a Theme of Knightly Character, Op.35...
...Bach: Preludes and Fugues 1-8, The Well-Tempered Clavier (Wanda Landowska, harpsichord; Victor, 12 sides 45 r.p.m.). Bach composed this cornerstone of contemporary contrapuntal music "for the use and profit of young musicians anxious to learn, and as a pastime for others already expert in the art." Here the first eight (the rest are to come) are masterfully set forth by the foremost living expert. Recording: excellent...
...groups will sing two selections from Bach, and the Finale from the "Gondoliers" by Gilbert and Sullivan. The Choral Society will sing Dufay's "Magnificent" alone...
...Bach: Suites Nos. 4 and 5 for Unaccompanied Cello (Pablo Casals, cellist; Victor, 13 sides). Played with profundity and simplicity by Cellist Casals (TIME, Jan. 30), Bach's rich but long-ignored music gets the production it deserves. Suite No. 5 completes Casals' recording of all six suites. Recording: excellent...
...Bach: St. Matthew Passion (Elfriede Troetschel, soprano; Diana Eutrati, contralto; Friedrich Haertel, bass; D. Fi-scher-Dieskau, baritone; Helmut Kreps, tenor; Boys' Choir of St. Hedwig's Cathedral, the augmented choir and orchestra of the Berlin Radio, Fritz Lehmann conducting; Vox, 8 sides LP). One of the first postwar German recordings. Bach's great score is unabridged, the orchestra and chorus are fine, the soloists are good. Recording: excellent...