Sunday, March 1, 2020

The Netherlands Bach Society

I have mentioned them before, but the Netherlands Bach Society is doing really good work. They are in the process of recording ALL OF BACH in good quality video and audio on original instruments and posting them on YouTube. They have done a lot of the cantatas already:


These are excellent, accomplished musicians with not a celebrity to be seen. They do not spend a lot of time on hair and makeup. The performances are clean and unfussy. Great stuff. You can help them by subscribing to their channel (I have) and perhaps making a donation (I haven't yet!).

Here is their B minor mass and it is amazing how full the sound is with the fairly small group of musicians and singers.


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2 comments:

  1. AnonymousMarch 1, 2020 at 10:35 PM

    I wouldn’t call this good audio. It is fairly low bitrate, more suitable for pop music than classical recordings. I would hate to think that these recordings are eating into sales of BIS’s Cantata recordings with the Bach Collegium Japan, which have amazing sonics.

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  2. Bryan TownsendMarch 2, 2020 at 5:26 AM

    No, these are not high quality audiophile recordings, but they are very suitable for the streaming environment we are now in.

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