The Scheibe Criticism
Donald Macleod explores Bach's response to criticism of his work by musician and critic Adolf Scheibe.
Though a legend in his own time, Bach wasn't appreciated by everyone in Leipzig. A certain J.A. Scheibe found cause for complaint against his music, calling it turgid, confused, and over-complicated. Donald Macleod looks at Bach's response to such criticism in his later years, and the concessions he may have made to the younger generation in his music. From the Mass in B Minor we'll hear the symmetrical Credo section, which stands at the centre of this huge work.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied - motet BWV.225
Performer: Paul HILLIER - Baritone Performer: Hilliard Ensemble Performer: London Baroque Performer: North German Radio Choir
- EMI.
- CDC 7 49204 2.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Fantasia super Komm, heiliger Geist BWV.651 for organ
Performer: Ton KOOPMAN - Organ
- TELDEC.
- 4509-94459 2.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and fugue from Das Wohltemperierte Klavier, bk.2 no. 8 in D sharp minor BWV.877
Performer: Angela HEWITT - Piano
- Hyperion.
- CDS4430.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Mass in B minor BWV.232
Conductor: John Eliot GARDINER Performer: English Baroque Soloists Performer: Monteverdi Choir.
- ARCHIV.
- 415-514-2.
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