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| Bach on the Banjo | 
 enlarge | Creators: John Bullard, William Comita, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Johann Sebastian Bach, Francois Couperin, George Frederick Handel, Padre Martini, Christian Pezold, Georg Philipp Telemann, Antonio Vivaldi, John Patykula, Paul Stokes, Michael Grant, Neil Gladd, Molly Ruze, Catherine Hubert, Yen Yu
Label: Albany Records
Category: Music
List Price: $17.98
Buy New: $12.97
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Buy New/Used from $12.06
Avg. Customer Rating:  (7 reviews)
Sales Rank: 159780
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 034061025528
EAN: 0034061025528
ASIN: B0000049RA
Release Date: July 1, 1997
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| Tracks:
| • | Water Music: Hornpipe | | • | Concerto In D Major: Allegro | | • | Concerto In D Major: Largo | | • | Concerto In D Major: Allegro | | • | Mysterious Barricades | | • | Partita No. 3: Prelude From Partita No. 3 | | • | Menuet In G Major | | • | Menuet In G Major | | • | Musette In D Major | | • | Concerto In G Major: Allegro | | • | Concerto In G Major: Largo | | • | Concerto In G Major: Allegro | | • | Fugue In G Minor (The 'Little Fugue') | | • | Gavotte | | • | The Notebook For Anna Magdalena Bach: Menuet In G Major | | • | The Notebook For Anna Magdalena Bach: Polonaise In G Minor | | • | The Notebook For Anna Magdalena Bach: Marche In G Major | | • | Concerto In C Major: Allegro | | • | Concerto In C Major: Grave | | • | Concerto In C Major: Allegro |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 2 more reviews...
 Amazing classical banjoy May 13, 2007
This is a nice twist from traditional banjo playing. If you like classical guitar, you will be amazed to hear the music from the classical banjo! Relaxing music of the classics.
Almost like the harpsichord March 30, 2006
As I listen to the album, I keep forgetting it's a banjo, because it sounds like a harpsichord. Probably sounds very much as Bach heard the songs. I highly recommend the album.
Nice change September 23, 2005
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Admittedly, I bought this CD for Bach's Violin Partita No. 3 in E - Prelude (My favorite piece of all time). However, this whole CD should provide any Baroque listener with as much enjoyment as it does for me. The transciption for banjo is an interesting change from typical classical instruments, and it sheds some new light on Bach's genius. Even being played on their non-native instruments, Bach's pieces never lose their ability to wow me. I highly recommend to any fan of Bach.
Johann would have approved June 25, 2005
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I wonder if that idiot who wrote about stomping feet ever bothered to listen to either of Mr. Bullards cds. If he had, he would have found tasteful, respectful, even reverent translations of pieces from the height of the baroque. Bach himself wrote that his two and three part inventions were designed to teach the player the "singing style" with each hand; this is in some ways a microcosm of the baroque precepts of polyphony and counterpoint. Mr. Bullard lets each "hand" speak for itself. If you're a classical music novice like myself, it is much easier to make sense of and follow the fugue when each voice is played on a different instrument, and this cd has increased my appreciation of Bach and Handel far beyond the pieces found here.
However, there's no reason to be overanalytical. This cd stands on its own. If you really enjoy music, reject any snobbery and subscribe to the view that "If it sounds good, it is good", you'll probably love this album and also its forerunner.
Great February 2, 2003
9 out of 11 found this review helpful
Nice recording, good clean playing. Worth buying. By the way, I noticed one of the previous reviewers of this CD seems to regard banjo as a "country music instrument." Obviously knows nothing of the extensive jazz, orchestral, folk or modern music history of the instrument. Suggestion: go and listen to some Bela Fleck or Alison Brown and don't display your ignorance.......
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