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Post by julesd68 on Apr 19, 2017 19:01:09 GMT
Rilling has recorded it three times apparently - 1977, 1988 and 1999.
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Post by jandl100 on Apr 19, 2017 19:03:04 GMT
I'd like to hear the Drottningholm Bach Mass. As for JEG, I mostly like his recordings but a couple fall flat for me. I shall find the Rilling on Spotify and have a listen. I don't think that Rilling's original CBS recording is on Spotify, sadly. He did a later recording, though, which is also very fine. Here's the Drotty ... |
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Post by MartinT on Apr 19, 2017 20:12:25 GMT
Ooh yes, I am liking the Drottningholm very much. Now to find the Rilling and decide on one to buy.
Discovered I have the Giulini on CD.
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Post by MartinT on Apr 20, 2017 19:43:26 GMT
It turns out I have the JEG Bach Mass too, just out of order on the shelf! Listening to it, it has the typical ultra-precise playing and sense of order to it that is his style, but I do think it rather suits Bach. Listening to the Guilini is like going back in time - bigger, more diffuse, richer but I'm not sure he communicates Bach adequately. He romanticises it too much.
On balance, I prefer the JEG. I have still to listen to the Rilling.
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Post by MartinT on Apr 20, 2017 19:48:41 GMT
I've turned instead to the JEG reading of the St Matthew Passion. Utterly sublime, the most perfect performance of an awesome choral piece.
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Post by jandl100 on Apr 20, 2017 20:17:02 GMT
JEG and Giulini - you are comparing two extremes there, you know!
Lots of middle ground.
I find Giulini unbearably turgid in Bach (and too damn slow in most music).
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