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Rachel Podger — Partita #3 in Emaj, Prelude
Album: J.S.Bach/Sonatas & Partitas for Violin Solo (2001)
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Released: 1703
Length: 3:29
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 paloeguevo wrote:

Classics should not be able to be rated. How can you say a musical piece that is more than 300 years old, and still played today, is not godlike?


What’s rate-able is the execution. How do your ears compare this artist to Perlman or Mutter? 

hint:  she’s wonderful.
Posted 7 hours ago by MassivRuss    [ Reply ]
 paloeguevo wrote:

Classics should not be able to be rated. How can you say a musical piece that is more than 300 years old, and still played today, is not godlike?



Ah, my solution to this conundrum? They all get a "10".....
Posted 2 weeks ago by miquela75269    [ Reply ]
 Edweirdo wrote:

As a classically-trained musician and wannabe composer I revere JS Bach above all others.  For me, he represents the summit of Western Art, along with Leonardo da Vinci, Shakespeare and Tolstoy.  This is a beautiful, subtle and expressive performance - an easy and unarguable 10.

Bach also repurposed a lot of his own work - this piece owes a lot to his Sinfonia to Cantata BWV 29,  an arrangement by Saint-Saens of which is played here by the late Joel Hastings.

In a "general" 1 to 10 scale, I would also give this a 10, even though classical isn't "my thing". R&R, thru & thru. But, I recognize quality and, talent. However, there IS an "argument".... God created us in His image but, there is nothing on this planet that is "God like". We all fall short of the glory of God. 

Posted 1 year ago by Signwrtr61    [ Reply ]
 paloeguevo wrote:

Classics should not be able to be rated. How can you say a musical piece that is more than 300 years old, and still played today, is not godlike?

Can't claim anything to be "God like" as, there is only one God. And, although created in His image, there is nothing on this rock we call Earth that is God like. 

Posted 1 year ago by Signwrtr61    [ Reply ]
Useless to rate this, brilliant of course and if you see it live it's even more amazing!
Posted 1 year ago by johnfiva    [ Reply ]
Classics should not be able to be rated. How can you say a musical piece that is more than 300 years old, and still played today, is not godlike?
Posted 1 year ago by paloeguevo    [ Reply ]
Real Sunday morning music... right on cue. Thanks 
Posted 1 year ago by Limpopoking    [ Reply ]
Excuse me while I watch an egg poach. 
Posted 2 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
Ohhh for crying out loud!

Its Friday afternoon. Really? Baroque for a Friday afternoon?

We need some rnr!

How about Roll Over Beethoven?  
 
Posted 2 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
As a classically-trained musician and wannabe composer I revere JS Bach above all others.  For me, he represents the summit of Western Art, along with Leonardo da Vinci, Shakespeare and Tolstoy.  This is a beautiful, subtle and expressive performance - an easy and unarguable 10.

Bach also repurposed a lot of his own work - this piece owes a lot to his Sinfonia to Cantata BWV 29,  an arrangement by Saint-Saens of which is played here by the late Joel Hastings.
Posted 2 years ago by Edweirdo    [ Reply ]
Very impressive performance from Ms. Podger. I was struck by how different it is to some of the other great performances of this piece. So I went and listened to Hahn's, Bell's, and Heifetz' renditions. It is shocking how different they all are and how each of these virtuosi pulls such contrasting parts of this same short piece. Having heard four masterful performances of the same music has opened up a greater understanding of the piece. I'll have to do this more often. Thanks Rebecca and Bill for introducing me to this violinist.
Posted 2 years ago by bitbanger    [ Reply ]
New Bach to me.
I love Bach and this is no exception.
Posted 2 years ago by the_jake    [ Reply ]
I have always enjoyed RP's inclusion of classical in the mix. This is  lovely addition.
Posted 2 years ago by bruce992    [ Reply ]
Really good performance. 
Posted 3 years ago by ExecutorQ3    [ Reply ]
If it ain't Baroque, don't fix it...
(Confucius?)
Masterfully performed
Posted 3 years ago by jwstaberow    [ Reply ]
Bingelli I hear you
Posted 4 years ago by philbertr    [ Reply ]
Lately, I've been listening to a lot of Bach. I love this piece and how masterfully it's performed. I also like the Cello Concertos that Bach wrote. In his string pieces, I find that there is a beautiful flow that soothes the soul. 

This, of course, is entirely my own opinionated opinion.
Posted 4 years ago by binggeli    [ Reply ]