Bach,J.S. / Grigoryan - Variations Serieuses - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Even a quarter of a century after the end of his active career as a singer, nothing has changed concerning Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau's preeminent status in the history of performing song. It is above all the Lied performer Fischer-Dieskau who set standards that have remained valid far beyond his time. This compilation from very different song worlds offers striking examples of this. Vol. 1 of the InchDietrich Fischer-Dieskau Lied-EditionInch presents Lieder by two almost forgotten song composers - Carl Friedrich Zelter and Johann Friedrich Reichardt, who owe their significance not least to their affinity to Goethe, as well as a selection of songs by Lous Spohr, who is more familiar as the composer of instrumental concertos and chamber music, and by Hans Pfitzner, who takes us into a later period. Hugo Wolf's last and perhaps most popular cycle, the Italienisches Liederbuch, was an unparalleled recital experience at the Mozarteum in Salzburg in 1958. Studio recordings with other partners did not find the same spontaneity and brio as in that live recording with Irmgard Seefried and Erik Werba.

Bach,J.S. / Serkin - Goldberg Variations [COMPACT DISCS] date 01/25/2008

Atma Classique Presents Johann Sebastian Bach's Goldberg Variations in An Arrangement for Strings and Continuo By Bernard Labadie, Performed By Les Violins Du Roy Under Labadie's Baton. This Recording Was Originally Released on the Dorian tag in 2000. According to Bernard Labadie, This Arrangement Should Be Listened to for What It Is Something Independent and Different, and Not with Constant Reference to the Keyboard Version. I Sincerely Believe That a Fundamental Characteristic of All Great Masterworks Is Their Ability to Transmit Their Message in a Variety of New Ways That, Although They Will Never Replace or Surpass the Original, Allow the Range of Forms and Materials Used in the Creation of the Works to Be Appreciated in a New Light. I Also Believe in the Adaptability and Flexibility of Music As a Living Material, One That Transforms Itself As It Transforms Us, One That Makes Us All, Whether Musicians, Performers, or Listeners, Deeper and Richer Beings.