Smetana, Bach
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COMPOSERS: Bach,Smetana
LABELS: VAI
ALBUM TITLE: Ancerl and Scherchen in Rehearsal
WORKS: Vltava; The Art of Fugue
PERFORMER: Toronto SO/Karel Ancerl; CBC Toronto CO/Hermann Scherchen
CATALOGUE NO: 4322
Two long rehearsal sequences, both very rewarding, Ancerl urbane and immensely detailed in Smetana’s Vltava, Scherchen severe and penetrating, directing his own version of Bach’s last work. Michael Tanner
Authors
Michael Tanner is a critic for BBC Music Magazine and the opera critic of The Spectator. He is now a fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, having lectured in the Philosophy faculty at the University of Cambridge for 36 years. In 2010, he released The Faber Pocket Guide to Wagner.