- Original Release Date: 1 Jan 2005
- Label: Eroica Classical Recordings
- Copyright: 2005 Edward Wood
- Total Length: 3:00:28
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- ASIN: B002IWLET4
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Not My Cup of Tea
8 April 2013
By Mark A. Boada
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Mr. Wood may or may not have it right, but his style isn't to my taste. I'm relatively unlearned in the WTC, but it appears Wood is part of the movement to reject "romantic" interpretations of this masterpiece. I just find his performance rather airless, even suffocating, and a bit quirky at times -- like many opening bars where he almost plays notes stocatto, with no sustain, let alone a pedal. It's so annoying that I sometimes don't even hear the music.
There's applause at the end of a few tracks. It sounds unenthusiastic, which is how this recording made me feel. I'm going to look for another, more mellifluous performance, say by Edward Aldwell, which is recommended so highly.
I invite comments on my review. I am ready to admit a severe bias that overlooks Mr. Wood's possible interpretive genius, as the first reviewer seemed to detect.
There's applause at the end of a few tracks. It sounds unenthusiastic, which is how this recording made me feel. I'm going to look for another, more mellifluous performance, say by Edward Aldwell, which is recommended so highly.
I invite comments on my review. I am ready to admit a severe bias that overlooks Mr. Wood's possible interpretive genius, as the first reviewer seemed to detect.
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intensely beautiful, but is it still Bach?
9 May 2008
By music fan, amman, jordan
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This is as different as they come and it is highly captivating. It may or may not resemble what Bach had in mind in 1744; then again, the way we perceive Bach's music today may not match the original vision either. Today's listener is likely to have heard everything from Fischer to Brookshire and a modern performance has to address that level of awareness in its audience. Contemporary musicians give us new ways of relating to music that would otherwise get locked in repetition and shrivel into irrelevance. So, yes, this is still very much Bach attuned to our evolved conceptions & expectations.
Edward Wood is unconventionally insightful. His performance intoxicates with its daring, intelligence and beauty and the detail charms the intellect. Strangely, this appears to be his only Bach recording to date.
One has to marvel at Bach's ability to keep reeling them in - all the best minds and intellects - some three centuries on. No doubt he'll still be at it in a further three centuries!
Edward Wood is unconventionally insightful. His performance intoxicates with its daring, intelligence and beauty and the detail charms the intellect. Strangely, this appears to be his only Bach recording to date.
One has to marvel at Bach's ability to keep reeling them in - all the best minds and intellects - some three centuries on. No doubt he'll still be at it in a further three centuries!
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