Let me paraphrase what I just read in the Bach's Cantatas web site:
"Bach works well on anything, including a trio for kazoo, banjo, and tromba marina".
And indeed that is one of the most beautiful and exquisite reasons I love Bach.
I grew up with Walter Carlos Switched on Bach and it still up in my sentimental favorites list. it is one of the first LP's I bought as a teenager.
My Dad played mainly Beethoven and Mozart amongst others, and I remember distinctly when I first heard The Brandenburg Concerto's in his old Phillips stereo console.... I was spellbound... a spell that lasts to this day.
Next is Maurice Andre and his wonderful recording of Baroque music with a Jazz flavor: Trumpettisimo.
And of course, Jacques Lousier.
The Bach Variations has different pieces of his music, played by instruments varying from guitar to Jamaican Drums!
And how about Andres Sevovia and his transcriptions for Classical Guitar?
And last but not least is Don Dorsey with his Bach Busters, just another example that his music lives forever and transcends age and style, adapting to any instrument, old or new, or perhaps not yet invented.
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"Bach works well on anything, including a trio for kazoo, banjo, and tromba marina".
And indeed that is one of the most beautiful and exquisite reasons I love Bach.
I grew up with Walter Carlos Switched on Bach and it still up in my sentimental favorites list. it is one of the first LP's I bought as a teenager.
My Dad played mainly Beethoven and Mozart amongst others, and I remember distinctly when I first heard The Brandenburg Concerto's in his old Phillips stereo console.... I was spellbound... a spell that lasts to this day.
Next is Maurice Andre and his wonderful recording of Baroque music with a Jazz flavor: Trumpettisimo.
And of course, Jacques Lousier.
The Bach Variations has different pieces of his music, played by instruments varying from guitar to Jamaican Drums!
And how about Andres Sevovia and his transcriptions for Classical Guitar?
And last but not least is Don Dorsey with his Bach Busters, just another example that his music lives forever and transcends age and style, adapting to any instrument, old or new, or perhaps not yet invented.
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