Bach: Orchestral Suites & Other Concertos

If you’re used to present-day austerities in Bach, this pair of discs will be a shock, but in places an appealing one. The Third and Fourth Suites are irresistible. Michael Tanner

 

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Michael Tanner

Published: January 20, 2012 at 4:30 pm

COMPOSERS: JS Bach
LABELS: EMI
WORKS: Orchestral Suites; Violin Concerto in A minor, etc
PERFORMER: Goossens (oboe), Bennett (flute), Malcolm (harpsichord); Bath Festival Orchestra/Yehudi Menuhin (violin)
CATALOGUE NO: EMI 456 3142

If you’re used to present-day austerities in Bach, this pair of discs will be a shock, but in places an appealing one. The Third and Fourth Suites are irresistible. Michael Tanner

Michael Tanner

Journalist and Critic, BBC Music Magazine

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.
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