Trying to restore Bach's sound to life: that's a noble choice and I respect Harnoncourt's and his successors' attempt, but I find hard to understand why someone prefers this harsh sounds of brasses... it is good to apply philology to music, but it remains a mere experiment... Bach himself tried many instruments, he was a pioneer of tuning and he rejected early fortepiano because of its sound if compared to harpsichord. I think he would prefer our modern, smoother, cleaner instruments! Please, I ask you to compare this recording of bwv 126 with Richter's one: I think that Bach would be astonished by hearing those powerful, neat brasses. P.S. I appreciate Harnoncourt, but still I think that if Bach lived nowadays, he would use our modern instruments as he did use those of his period, wich where "modern" to him. Then philology is a good experiment, but somehow Bach with modern instruments is kind of authentic too. Thank you for your attention
It's all in the ear of the beholder. Modern instruments don't belnd as well together. Bach knew his instruments intimately, and I wouldn't like to say he'd prefer a modern sound. There is also the fact that we also hear the sound engineer as much as the perfomers. The best test would be a live comparison.
INTERPRETI FANTASTICI...
CHE MERAVIGLIA...♡♡♡
Que obra tan exquisita!
Sublime.
♡♡♡
Trying to restore Bach's sound to life: that's a noble choice and I respect Harnoncourt's and his successors' attempt, but I find hard to understand why someone prefers this harsh sounds of brasses... it is good to apply philology to music, but it remains a mere experiment... Bach himself tried many instruments, he was a pioneer of tuning and he rejected early fortepiano because of its sound if compared to harpsichord. I think he would prefer our modern, smoother, cleaner instruments! Please, I ask you to compare this recording of bwv 126 with Richter's one: I think that Bach would be astonished by hearing those powerful, neat brasses.
P.S. I appreciate Harnoncourt, but still I think that if Bach lived nowadays, he would use our modern instruments as he did use those of his period, wich where "modern" to him. Then philology is a good experiment, but somehow Bach with modern instruments is kind of authentic too. Thank you for your attention
It's all in the ear of the beholder. Modern instruments don't belnd as well together. Bach knew his instruments intimately, and I wouldn't like to say he'd prefer a modern sound. There is also the fact that we also hear the sound engineer as much as the perfomers. The best test would be a live comparison.
12:10
I M M E N S O B A C H ! ( V A N G O G H )
Muzyka nie z tego świata,nieziemski chór.