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In the Forum: Musical Discussions
In the Thread: Bach, Brandenburg Concertos
Post Subject: OAE is about the Culture of Sound.Posted by Romy the Cat on: 10/4/2008

 Max Shatsky wrote:
I find the playing by Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment as the most boring, sorry, I don't get it.

In my view the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment’s play it not boring but rather not flashy and not overly exiting. The first feeling might be that it does hold back but they have something that very few have nowadays – the superb Culture of Sound. The way in winch that orchestra plays exemplifies for me one of the highest presentations of how Sound might be presented, the sound where everything is so pampered and balanced that it become as self-contained ethical pleasure to observer the organization of the message.

BTW, Kris, if you look for “high quality” recording on CD then you might look for Tacet recording. Tacet is a German-base high-end recording company and the Brandenburg Concertos was the very first recording that they made name (the do some very interesting recordings). It was the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra on TACET 101. I actively do not like play there (no Culture of Sound) but the sound is OK. Tacet is known to release some of their recordings on LP and sometime record analog, if you like the performance you might get from Tacet an LP album of their Brandenburg Concertos.

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