![]() ![]() So it actually needs three different recordings of that opening movement if it is to reflect what Bach “wrote,” if you assume that notes alone are not enough but tempo and dynamic and expression marks are part of what has been composed. 6 in G, BWV 1019? Oh sure, a fair number of sets put the alternative movements in a sort of appendix (although just as many sets leave them out), which in theory on certain CD players you can or could “program” to play in correct order - but hey, the opening movement common to all three versions is in three different tempo indications. Are there all three versions of the Keyboard and Violin Sonata No. If you want more suggestions, may I refer you to my good friend Naomi, who is currently writing a paper on The Mechanics of Musical Demolition: Were Joshua’s Trumpets tuned in E Flat because Jericho’s Walls Were Built In Half-Brick And, If So, Did They Tumble Inwards Or Outwards?Ĭomplete, eh? Meaning what? Let’s put that to a bit of a test. ![]() Still room on the shelf? Consider Rudi Stephan, whose musical legacy (cruelly curtailed by his early death in World War 1) fills a singe CD. But that music includes a gorgeous setting of songs for voice and orchestra entitled Balde Ruhest Du Auch Wanderes Nachtlied), as well as a Symphony in E of which Mahler would have been envious (I think perhaps he was). Hans Rott (who died before his 25th birthday, by his own hand) left barely 2 CD’s worth of music. I’d rather listen to that than to hour after hour of Vivaldi. For a start, Anton Webern’s entire output fits comfortably on to 3 CD’s. Anyway, if you are a completist there are plenty of safe options. ![]()
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