Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
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A new recording of both of Brahms' Piano Concertos features two artists and one orchestra, all of whom are recognized around the world for their individual talents. Daniel Barenboim performs the solo piano part while Gustavo Dudamel conducts the Staatskapelle Berlin in these live and thrilling recordings.
18) Mass in B minor
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"Within a decade of taking up his post as Thomaskantor in Leipzig in 1723, Bach was becoming ever more frustrated with the Saxon city's civic politics. Never one to compromise, he had clashed with the authorities almost from the word go. In August 1730 complaints that he had been neglecting his duties led him to submit a 'brief but highly necessary draft of a well-appointed church music' to the Leipzig council. Inter alia, he pointed out that he did...