Customer Review: We are using this series of CDs in our homeschool music program - they are fantastic! We especially love this one about Bach - what an awesome man! The story of his life is told in a way that is very interesting and holds the children's attention while also using various pieces of his music in the... more info
Customer Review: Switched-On Bach II (along with The Well-Tempered Synthesizer) really shows what the analogue Moog gear could do in the hands of people who knew what they were doing. The performances hold up and the arrangements make the most of the material. This is Bach, after all, so that's a pretty tall order.... more info
Customer Review: Sorry, I've heard them both. I must say that in terms of BOTH sound quality AND proficiency, Schiff's CD is better. Enough with the cult of Gould.
Customer Review: This 6th installment of the Gyorgy Ligeti Edition contains one (Harmonies) of Ligeti's three pieces used by Stanley Kubrick in the '2001' soundtrack. For that reason alone, this CD is a bit more interesting than some of the others in this series. To me, as a representative of the average listener... more info
Customer Review: This recording of Gyorgy Ligeti's 'Mechanical Music' gets five stars from me only because I happen to like this sort of thing, and 'good' music of this type which pushes the envelope in one direction or another is hard to come by. My immediate reaction to it is the amount of similarity I hear in... more info
Customer Review: I purchased "Bachbusters" by Don Dorsey in the mid eighties. I had several reasons for doing so. First, Bach is one of my favorite classical composers. Second, I had put together a moderately expensive stereo system and had added a CD player, a fairly new and expensive component at the time. The... more info
Customer Review: This is the fourth Bach CD I've gotten in this series and the first one that I would rate as having less than a perfect score of five. The other three Bach CDs I have in this series are "Bach for Book Lovers," "Bach for Bedtime," and "Bach for Breakfast." The first two are intended to be for quiet... more info
