Karl Richter; Munchener Bach Orchester
Format Details:
Release Date: 15 March 2019
Label: Urania Records
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 2
Barcode: 8051773573750
Description
The Bach Orchestra Suites are among the most performed and interpreted baroque compositions. The early Sixties were the beginning of what will be called the philological era: ensembles like the Collegium Aureum and conductors like Karl Richter and Nikolaus Harnancourt were among the first to give an impulse to this new trend, with the aim to give back to the ancient music its original characters, distorted by inadequate execution practices. Karl Richter particularly focused his attention on the Bach repertoire, ranging from organ and harpsichord compositions (as a soloist) to the instrumental repertoire as director of the Munich Bach orchestra (Muenchener Bach Orchester). Precisely of 1961 is this memorable recording made by the Archiv for Deutsche Grammophon, today hard to find. These are the 4 Suites for Orchestra 1066-1069, composed by Bach around 1719 (the date is uncertain). Although philological developments and executive practices have been further refined in over half a century, this fundamental recording remains at the top of an ideal classification of such composition.
Tracklisting
Erich Leinsdorf; Boston Symphony Orchestra
Sviatoslav Richter, Philharmonia Orchestra, Wiener Symphoniker Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan
Luigi Chiarizia
Claudio Ronco & Emanuel Vozza
Ensemble Mark Rothko
Furiosi Affetti Ensemble, Lorenzo Gugole, Giorgio Bottiglion
Elena Suliotis, Mario Del Monaco, Fiorenza Cossotto, Orchestra and Coro dell'Accademia di Santa Cec
Vladimir Ashkenazy
Arianna Art Ensemble
Steven Isserlis
Marie Stockmarr Becker & Ilaria Macedonio
Paolo Pandolfo
Apollo's Fire; Jeannette Sorrell
Apollo's Fire; Jeannette Sorrell
Altberg Ensemble, Jorg-Andreas Botticher
Musica Temprana
