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(5 out of 5 stars) Max van Egmond s recordings of the two great Bach cantatas for solo bass, Ich habe genug (I am satisfied), BWV 82, and Ich will den Kreutstab gerne tragen, BWV 56 (I will gladly carry the cross) resulted from politics at Telefunken in the 1970 s associated with the departure of producer Wolf Erichson from the Hamburg-based record label. In 1958, Erichson had founded the influential Telefunken Das alte Werk series, and, in fact, discovered Max van Egmond (whose first recording was undertaken in 1964), the singer being subsequently signed for numerous recordings of Bach and Monteverdi with Gustav Leonhardt and Nikolaus Harnoncourt. When Erichson left Telefunken, the management assumed that artists like van Egmond, so closely identified with the producer, would also make the switch across to Erichson s own fledgling Seon enterprise. One casualty of this was the Telefunken Das Kantatenwerk recording of BWV 56, Ich will den Kreutstab gerne tragen . Gustav Le
Special collectors edition of Gramophone celebrates the finest Bach performers and recordings
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Gramophone Presents JS Bach offers an in-depth insight into the history of Bach recordings, interviews with many of today’s leading performers about his music, listening guides to some of his most profound works, and a guide to recommended recordings. Meanwhile, a special archive section reproduces the original reviews of some of the most significant Bach releases from across almost a century of
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