Bobby McFerrin and Friends - Swingin' Bach

Amazon.com Taped in the splendidly baroque Market Square of Leipzig, with an enormous, tightly packed audience, this concert is dedicated to the proposition that the music of Bach "is still vital, is still contemporary, and is still very much universal." It proves its point resoundingly in one of the most enjoyable crossover programs ever recorded. A dazzling variety of performers, each with a distinctive style, demonstrates that the unique charm of Bach's music comes through in any treatment so far imagined. "It has this magical quality about it," says an emcee, "that just makes it swing." His point is demonstrated not only in traditional orchestral performances by the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra and soloists, but in arrangements that substitute brass instruments and saxophones for violins or organ pipes, in three different styles of scat-singing to Bach's melodies (most beautifully Bobby McFerrin's), and in arrangements for Jacques Loussier's jazz trio and the postmodern Turtle Island String Quartet. Through it all, Bach triumphs! --Joe McLellan Product Description Bobby McFerrin and friends performing live from the Market Square in Leipzig. Tracks: Concerto in D major, BWV 972, 1st movement, Allegro (German Brass); Orchestral Suite No.1 in C major, BWV 1066, Bouree I/II (The Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig, Christian Gansch); Fugue No. 5 in D major, from the "Well-Tempered Clavier" (Jacques Loussier Trio); Concerto for 2 violins in D minor, BWV 1043, Vivace (Gil Shaham, Adele Anthony, The Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig, Christian Gansch); Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 5 (German Brass); Orchestral Suite No.3 in D major, BWV 1068, Air (Bobby McFerrin, The Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig); Concerto in D major, BWV 972, 3rd movement, Allegro (German Brass); Fudge Fugue in G minor (Quintessence Saxophone Quintet); Concerto for 2 violins in D minor, BWV 1043, Allegro (Gil Shaham, Adele Anthony, The Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig, Christian Gansch); Bach's Lunch, Variations on Themes by J.S. Bach (Turtle Island String Quartet); Snow What (Turtle Island String Quartet); Deconstructing Johann (King's Singers).
ASIN: B00005R5H8
VSKU: DBV.B00005R5H8.G
Condition: Good
Author/Artist:Bobby McFerrin|German Brass|Jacques Loussier Trio
Binding: Dvd
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