Bach: Sacred Cantatas Vols. 1 - 10 / Harnoncourt, Leonhardt [Box set]
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There are certain musical monuments to Western civilization that no music lover should be without, at least in part. These include Haydn's symphonies and string quartets, Mozart's piano concertos, Handel's oratorios, Beethoven's string quartets and piano sonatas, Scarlatti's keyboard sonatas, and this, perhaps the biggest monument of all, the Bach sacred cantatas. About 200 of them survive and at least 100 are lost. All of them consist of a series of arias, choruses, and hymns based on sacred texts. Bach had to compose a new one every week for several years, and what makes the music so amazing is not only its quantity, but its sheer quality. There is literally no such thing as "bad" Bach, and this series of performances not only stands as one of the great achievements in the history of recording, it introduced many listeners to the fascinating sound of "authentic instruments." Is this set too much of a good thing? Nah! --David Hurwitz
Bach: Sacred Cantatas Vols. 1 - 10 / Harnoncourt, Leonhardt, Music, Johann Sebastian Bach, Detlef Bratschke, Panito Economou, Panito Iconomou, Paul Equiluz, Paul Esswood, Paul Eswood, Raphael Harten, Rene Jacobs, Stefan Rampf, Thomas Schilling, Albert Hartinger, Hanns-Friedrich Kunz, Lieuwe Visser, Max van Egmond, Michael Schopper, Philippe Huttenlocher, Robert Holl, Ruud van der Meer, Siegfried Lorenz, Siegmund Nimsgern, Thomas Hampson, Thomas Thomaschke, Walker Wyatt, Walter Heldwein, Johann Sebastian Bach, Collegium Vocale, Concentus Musicus Wien, Hannover Knabenchor, Leonhardt Consort, Leonhardt-Consort, Soliosts of the Vienna Choir Boys, Wiener Sängerknaben, Alan Befgius, Alexander Raymann, Allan Bergius, Ansgar Pfeiffer, Christoph Wegmann, Claus Lengert, Helmut Wittek, Jan Patrick O'Farrell, Jorg Erler, Marcus Klein, Marjanne Kweksilber, Markus Huber, Markus Klein, Matthias Echternach
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