It was at this time that Professor Rilling began his intensive work with the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. In 1954, he founded the internationally recognized Gächinger Kantorei choir, which joined forces with the Bach Collegium Stuttgart as its regular orchestral partner eleven years later. Helmuth Rilling, born in 1933 in Stuttgart, is acclaimed worldwide as a conductor, pedagogue and Bach scholar. It should startle people and reach deep down inside them, forcing them to reflect.«
Album Description»Music should never be merely comfortable, never fossilized, never soothing. See More Your browser does not support the audio element. Hänssler's digital sound is raw, close, and hard. And for fans of the deeply soulful and profoundly spiritual art of Bach, Rilling's staid, sober, and stolid interpretations may not substitute for truly, deeply, profoundly spiritual interpretations. For fans of tight playing, strong rhythms, and a unified ensemble, the Stuttgart's scrappy playing, sloppy rhythms, and slack ensemble may not be satisfying. For fans of period instruments and period performance practice, the sound of the Stuttgart's modern instruments in a more or less modern style may be enough to sink the collection. How attractive it remains after listening to more than a couple of the tracks is an open question. Thus, Bach's sinfonias have no true independent existence and excerpting them to stand as independent works is not something that would have ever occurred to the composer.īe that as it may, the idea of presenting Bach's 23 sinfonias as independent works apparently has enough appeal to make this two-disc set with Helmuth Rilling directing the Bach-Collegium Stuttgart seem initially attractive. A Bach sinfonia is a single movement orchestral work used to introduce a cantata, a multi-movement vocal-orchestral work used to enlarge and expand a religious service. After all, a sinfonia by Bach is not a symphony by Haydn, Beethoven, Mahler, or Shostakovich, that is, not a multi-movement orchestral work used to entertain or edify in a concert hall. The title of this disc, Johann Sebastian Bach - Complete Sinfonias, may be somewhat misleading. Purchase and download this album in a wide variety of formats depending on your needs.
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