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Product Description Karl Richter’s legendary Bach choral recordings did much to encourage a widespread reappraisal of how this music should be performed. Deutsche Grammophon presents Karl Richter’s legendary recordings of Bach’s sacred masterpieces in a deluxe audiophile edition which includes all works on one single Blu-ray Audio disc at 24-bit/96kHz, plus 11 CDs and 4 DVDs. As an added bonus, for the first time on CD are Richter’s rehearsals of Bach’s Christmas Oratorio. The booklet features the complete sung texts, numerous essays by renowned Bach experts on all works, and rare pictures. • Karl Richter’s legendary recordings of Johann Sebastian Bach’s sacred masterpieces: St Matthew Passion, St John Passion, Christmas Oratorio, Magnificat and Mass in B Minor all remastered at 24-bit/96kHz by EBS• Presented on 1 Blu-ray Audio disc + 11 CDs + 4 DVDs. The Blu-ray disc presents all the audio from the CDs at 24-bit/96kHz, while the DVDs present the St Matthew and St John Passions and the Mass in B minor• First CD release of Richter’s rehearsals for Bach’s Christmas Oratorio• 148 page booklet with expansive repertoire notes, an essay on Richter’s interpretations, and original Libretti with English translations• Presented in a hardcover slipcase with printed spines on the inner wallets Review “It’s Karl Richter’s depth of understanding of [Bach’s music] that did much to encourage a widespread reappraisal of how it should be performed, and nothing that’s been achieved since was attained without reference to his defining example … “His St Matthew Passion is a supreme realization, eloquently reasoned and wonderfully played and sung; a landmark recording that no collection can afford to be without.” CLASSICS TODAY
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About the Artist Karl Richter’s interpretations of Johann Sebastian Bach’s choral masterworks are landmarks in the history of recorded music. When they were first issued in the 1950s and 1960s they documented a completely fresh style of interpreting this great composer’s music, far away from the Romantic tradition that was then dominating. Against the background of dramatic shifts in Baroque performance practice, Richter remained steadfast to his own tenets of strict tempi and expressive intensity. His was a ''de-romanticized'' Bach that brought a new vitality to the works and reduced the number of performing musicians to correspond more closely to the composer's original forces and which devoted much attention to the woodwinds and to balance. For many music lovers, Karl Richter remains above all a charismatic choral conductor whose recordings of Bach’s great Passions, Cantatas and B Minor Mass left their mark on an entire generation across the world; an impact due not least to the very specific sound of his Munich Bach Choir. See more
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J**A
Best Bach versions
These CD’s are the best. Karl Ritcher is my favorite Bach conductor
U**L
no words just listen
A heavenly experience when you listen this beautiful music, a masterpiece
A**E
Much-needed rescue from the new orthodoxies
I already owned several of the recordings contained in this new box set, together with the various cantata series recorded by Richter for Deutsche Grammophon Archiv. Over the years I had relegated them to the background of my Bach listening, convinced as I was that Gardiner, Koopman, Suzuki, Kuijken, and others of the historically-informed-performance practitioners understood Bach better than the pre-Harnoncourt/Leonhardt conductors like Karl Richter. But I was drawn to buy this set for some reason. What a revelation!First, the sound. The remastering is up to DGG's current high standards. The recordings have all the warmth and transparency lacking in their previous CD incarnations. Only the beginning of the St. John Passion struck me as rather abrasive; but maybe that was an intentional effect desired by Richter and recording engineers. Richter's tempos are often slow, and will upset listeners used to the quick routines of the h-i-p practitioners. Sometimes they're too slow, but for the most part they convey the deep religious sentiment of Richter and his performers. These are indeed sacred works in the hands of Richter - not exercises in speculative reconstructions and experiments in quick, unemotional singing. The range of interpretation that Richter's singers brought to the words is astonishing.The St. Matthew Passion is certainly the highlight, and it has never sounded better. The singers are all outstanding, not one single weak link. The St. John Passion almost as great. The Christmas Oratorio, a performance for the ages - four great singers and Maurice André on lead trumpet, magnificent. The Magnificat and the Mass in B minor, sung by the same singers who made the Matthew Passion a performance for the ages. They and Richter and his orchestra and chorus performed these two Latin works with the same beauty of tone and seriousness.The blu-ray audio disc brings together all the works on the separate CDs in sound that adds even more warmth and clarity than what we hear on the CDs. The DVD performances date from 1969 to 1971 and are of a different quality than the audio recordings on the CDs, which date from 1958 to 1965. The video performances will not win anyone over to Richter. I prefer those earlier audio recordings. The booklet is excellent, with essays in German and English, full texts and translations, and many black and white photos.The new orthodoxies promoted by the historically-informed-performance practitioners will endure, and I certainly will continue to appreciate what they bring to Bach. But Richter reminds us that there is another way of performing these great works. I needed this rescue from the new orthodoxies. This box set presents Richter's approach in the best possible sound. Thank you DGG Archiv for this quality release. I highly recommend it. Listen with plenty heart and an open mind, and you might not be as thrilled at Gardiner, Koopman, Kuijken and the rest of the new high priests.
J**D
... commentary of the previous reviewer and I am really pleased. The sound on the blu ray is absolutely ...
I purchased this set based on the commentary of the previous reviewer and I am really pleased. The sound on the blu ray is absolutely wonderful and has really enhanced my enjoyment of these performances.You get a lot in this set for your money and it is well worth it.
S**E
IL N'Y A QU'UN SEUL MOT, SUBLIME!
Je possédais déjà ces oeuvres en vinyl puis en cd, mais là c'est la quintescence de la musique de Bach, c'est tout simplement sublime! Le sons est merveilleux surtout concernant la passion de St-Matthieu et des autres chef-d'oeuvres de ce coffret ... à recommander.En plus à ce prix c'est de la folie, incroyable pour les fanatiques de Bach comme moi... merci, je peux reposer en paix!!!
F**C
Un direttore straordinario per Bach. I dischi non suonano meglio dell'edizione precedente, anzi (ecco perche' solo 4 stelle)
Karl Richter, Bach - Sacred Works (DeLuxe edition with blu-ray)Avevo gia' la precedente versione delle opere sacre di Bach. 'Sacred Masterpieces', dirette da Richter, composta di 10 cd, che differisce da questa in quanto contiene la versione live della Messa in Si Minore. Questo cofanetto contiene invece la versione del 1962.Ho acquistato il cofanetto ingolosito dalla presenza del blu-ray pure audio (192KHz, 24 bit).Ecco quindi un breve resoconto di alcuni confronti che ho fatto su come suonano questi dischi:1) confronto tra CD e Blu Ray di questo cofanetto: il suono del Blu-Ray e' migliore e, soprattutto, i bassi sembrano un po' meno prominenti che nel CD, dove suonano un po' pompati. Difficile valutare la resa dinamica, ad orecchio, ma il suono sembra un po' compresso. Per i bassi, li attenuo un po' tramite i controlli dell'amplificatore. Ma per la dinamica, nulla da fare.2) confronto tra Blu Ray di questa versione e i CD della versione precedente: qui arriva lo scandalo! Il suono e' piu' 'setoso' nel blu-ray, ma il CD permette di localizzare meglio i gruppi di strumenti, e ancora meglio il coro. Il blu-ray ha senza dubbio una minore dinamica (altro che 24 bit!!!!) e nel complesso il suono e' meno soddisfacente. Il tutto e' aggravato dal fatto che per il confronto ho utilizzato un lettore CD vecchiotto (pagato ancora in lire!... 104.000 lire, per l'esattezza), che uso come muletto per la musica di sottofondo, e come blu-ray player uno dei migliori lettori in commercio.3) ho confrontato la dinamica per le versioni in CD dei due cofanetti in mio possesso, e il nuovo e' senza dubbio piu' compresso (confronto fatto con FooBar e l'app DR). Non ho ovviamente modo di verificare la dinamica del blu-ray.Riassumo quindi la mia opinione: chi ha il cofanetto 'Sacred Masterpieces' non faccia l'upgrade a questa! Il blu-ray non aggiunge nulla, anzi. Si procuri pero' la versione della Messa in SI minore del 1962, decisamente migliore come esecuzione.Altre note:Il cd con le prove della Matthauspassio e' soprattutto una chicca per appassionati, e ne godranno soprattutto gli appassionati tedeschi, visto che, ovviamente, Richter parla in tedesco.Per quanto riguarda i DVD, il suono non e' granche'. Non ho visto tutto, ma mi sembra che la regia sia buona per la Matthauspassio, meno interessante per le altre due opere, dove a volte sembra prevalere una tendenza documentaristica sulle chiese dove e' stata registrata l'opera...Per quanto riguarda il cofanetto: i dischi sono contenuti in cofanettini di cartone, e diventa difficile estrarli senza lasciare ditate, o addirittura graffiarli. C'e' da dire che 11 CD, 4 DVD e 1 BD a 45.50 euro sono un ottimo prezzo.Per finire, parliamo della cosa piu' importante: la musica di Bach, diretta da Richter. Considero Richter il piu' grande direttore bachiano mai vissuto. Non voglio dire che alcune opere non siano anche migliori sotto altre bacchette, ma tutte le esecuzioni dirette da Richter sono eccellenti, cosa che non mi sembra capitare con altri.Il maestro tedesco incarna una lettura tradizionale, senza i (per me insopportabili e soltanto noiosi) rigorismi fini a se' stessi cosi' frequenti nelle esecuzioni filologiche. Tradizionale ma comunque molto distaccata da letture 'romantiche' quali quelle (per me scadenti) di Karajan, oppure (ottima, ma in altro modo) di Furtwangler.La musica religiosa di Bach, diretta da Richter, rimane religiosa, e non diventa banale, anche se virtuoso, esercizio sulla forma, straordinaria fin che si vuole, ma sempre e soltanto forma.Un'ultima nota sulla Messa in Si minore: abbiamo qui la versione del 1962, la prima delle tre incisioni di Richter. E' la piu' bella delle tre, e forse la piu' bella di tutte le incisioni della Messa. Se si vuole fare un confronto, la si ascolti con quella, altrettanto colossale, di Klemperer (io continuo a preferire il Richter del 1962, ma Klemperer va ascoltato).
C**V
Audio improved versus prior Japanese SACDs. A great presentation!
Wonderful, beautiful, love the essays and photos. Universal Japan issued these works in early 2016 on SACD with a new Emil Berliner Studio remastering, which was flawed in inadequate low frequency. I assume the same remastering was used here, but the bass has been tweaked, and all recordings have a rich and satisfying dynamic range. Those Japanese sets cost 235 sterling pounds or 315 US dollars, so this lavish European issue is a great bargain to boot. A treasure for those who love non-period performance Bach, wonderfully recorded, now in high definition. Thanks, DGG. Now, how about the Cantatas on Blu-Ray Audio too?!
A**N
Le retour en force de Karl Richter avec une édition prestigieuse
J'ai été très étonné que archiv réédite ce coffret, qui n'a jamais vraiment disparu des bacs mais un peu laissé de côté , et ce malgré le diktat baroqueux qui méprisait souverainement les interprétations 'romantiques' avant la révolution de Leonhardt et Harnoncourt. Il y avait eu pas mal de rééditions de Richter par Archiv italia: là, c'est Archiv officiel qui édite, et le gain est sans aucune mesure.Il s'agit de la réédition du coffret gris Archiv Bach sacred masterworks du début des années 2000, mais cela n'a plus grand chose à voir! On retrouve la saint Matthieu de 1959 mythique, la saint-Jean, L'oratorio de Noël avec Wunderlich et Janowitz, le Best seller magnificat, et la messe en si avec Stader, Haefliger et Dfd: bonne surprise pour la messe en si, car c'est la meilleure version de K.Richter, le coffret gris avait un Live japonais peu marquant et mal enregistré.Le coffret est gros, épais, solide, avec de grosses pochettes livret pour chaque oeuvre. Pas de reproduction des pochettes d'origine, en même temps, il s'agissait à l'époque des gros coffrets toilés, donc ce n'est pas trop grave. Les enregistrements ont TOUS été nettoyés et remasterisés, et c'est bluffant, le cofrret gris semble éteint à côté! Par exemple, dans la sixième cantate de l'oratorio de Noël, dans le choeur, tout est plus clair, plus ample, une trompette bien détachée des cordes (alors que cela est plus pâteux dans le précédent pressage), et on entend distinctement l'orgue, ce qui n'était pas le cas auparavant!En bonus, le blu Ray audio avec le tout et les DVD unitel vidéo, versions différentes des grandes oeuvres. L'ensemble pour ce prix là est vraiment très intéressant. Les textes chantés sont même joints dans un énorme livret avec autant de photos de Richter que pour une édition deluxe de Karajan!Ce chef vivait par et pour Bach, cette belle réédition permet de le redecouvrir ou de le découvrir. Oui, c'est différent de gardiner et consorts, mais quelle force, quelle présence, des choeurs superbes, et des solistes d'exception. Vivement une réédition de l'orchestre de Bach dans un même écrin, et pourquoi pas, un coffret complete Karl Richter sur les modèles de Karajan, Bernstein ou Pavarotti....
Karl Richter’s interpretations of Johann Sebastian Bach’s choral masterworks are landmarks in the history of recorded music. When they were first issued in the 1950s and 1960s they documented a completely fresh style of interpreting this great composer’s music, far away from the Romantic tradition that was then dominating. Against the background of dramatic shifts in Baroque performance practice, Richter remained steadfast to his own tenets of strict tempi and expressive intensity. His was a ''de-romanticized'' Bach that brought a new vitality to the works and reduced the number of performing musicians to correspond more closely to the composer's original forces and which devoted much attention to the woodwinds and to balance. For many music lovers, Karl Richter remains above all a charismatic choral conductor whose recordings of Bach’s great Passions, Cantatas and B Minor Mass left their mark on an entire generation across the world; an impact due not least to the very specific sound of his Munich Bach Choir.
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Karl Ritcher is my favorite Bach conductor"},{"@type":"Review","reviewRating":{"@type":"Rating","ratingValue":"5.0"},"author":{"@type":"Person","name":"U***L"},"datePublished":"Reviewed in the United States on March 27, 2019","name":"5.0 out of 5 stars\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n no words just listen\n \n","reviewBody":"A heavenly experience when you listen this beautiful music, a masterpiece"},{"@type":"Review","reviewRating":{"@type":"Rating","ratingValue":"5.0"},"author":{"@type":"Person","name":"A***E"},"datePublished":"Reviewed in the United States on December 3, 2017","name":"5.0 out of 5 stars\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n Much-needed rescue from the new orthodoxies\n \n","reviewBody":"I already owned several of the recordings contained in this new box set, together with the various cantata series recorded by Richter for Deutsche Grammophon Archiv. Over the years I had relegated them to the background of my Bach listening, convinced as I was that Gardiner, Koopman, Suzuki, Kuijken, and others of the historically-informed-performance practitioners understood Bach better than the pre-Harnoncourt/Leonhardt conductors like Karl Richter. But I was drawn to buy this set for some reason. What a revelation!First, the sound. The remastering is up to DGG's current high standards. The recordings have all the warmth and transparency lacking in their previous CD incarnations. Only the beginning of the St. John Passion struck me as rather abrasive; but maybe that was an intentional effect desired by Richter and recording engineers. Richter's tempos are often slow, and will upset listeners used to the quick routines of the h-i-p practitioners. Sometimes they're too slow, but for the most part they convey the deep religious sentiment of Richter and his performers. These are indeed sacred works in the hands of Richter - not exercises in speculative reconstructions and experiments in quick, unemotional singing. The range of interpretation that Richter's singers brought to the words is astonishing.The St. Matthew Passion is certainly the highlight, and it has never sounded better. The singers are all outstanding, not one single weak link. The St. John Passion almost as great. The Christmas Oratorio, a performance for the ages - four great singers and Maurice André on lead trumpet, magnificent. The Magnificat and the Mass in B minor, sung by the same singers who made the Matthew Passion a performance for the ages. They and Richter and his orchestra and chorus performed these two Latin works with the same beauty of tone and seriousness.The blu-ray audio disc brings together all the works on the separate CDs in sound that adds even more warmth and clarity than what we hear on the CDs. The DVD performances date from 1969 to 1971 and are of a different quality than the audio recordings on the CDs, which date from 1958 to 1965. The video performances will not win anyone over to Richter. I prefer those earlier audio recordings. The booklet is excellent, with essays in German and English, full texts and translations, and many black and white photos.The new orthodoxies promoted by the historically-informed-performance practitioners will endure, and I certainly will continue to appreciate what they bring to Bach. But Richter reminds us that there is another way of performing these great works. I needed this rescue from the new orthodoxies. This box set presents Richter's approach in the best possible sound. Thank you DGG Archiv for this quality release. I highly recommend it. Listen with plenty heart and an open mind, and you might not be as thrilled at Gardiner, Koopman, Kuijken and the rest of the new high priests."},{"@type":"Review","reviewRating":{"@type":"Rating","ratingValue":"5.0"},"author":{"@type":"Person","name":"J***D"},"datePublished":"Reviewed in the United States on March 23, 2018","name":"5.0 out of 5 stars\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n ... commentary of the previous reviewer and I am really pleased. The sound on the blu ray is absolutely ...\n \n","reviewBody":"I purchased this set based on the commentary of the previous reviewer and I am really pleased. The sound on the blu ray is absolutely wonderful and has really enhanced my enjoyment of these performances.You get a lot in this set for your money and it is well worth it."},{"@type":"Review","reviewRating":{"@type":"Rating","ratingValue":"5.0"},"author":{"@type":"Person","name":"S***E"},"datePublished":"Reviewed in Canada on March 25, 2018","name":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n IL N'Y A QU'UN SEUL MOT, SUBLIME!\n \n","reviewBody":"Je possédais déjà ces oeuvres en vinyl puis en cd, mais là c'est la quintescence de la musique de Bach, c'est tout simplement sublime! Le sons est merveilleux surtout concernant la passion de St-Matthieu et des autres chef-d'oeuvres de ce coffret ... à recommander.En plus à ce prix c'est de la folie, incroyable pour les fanatiques de Bach comme moi... merci, je peux reposer en paix!!!"},{"@type":"Review","reviewRating":{"@type":"Rating","ratingValue":"4.0"},"author":{"@type":"Person","name":"F***C"},"datePublished":"Reviewed in Italy on December 1, 2017","name":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n Un direttore straordinario per Bach. I dischi non suonano meglio dell'edizione precedente, anzi (ecco perche' solo 4 stelle)\n \n \n","reviewBody":"Karl Richter, Bach - Sacred Works (DeLuxe edition with blu-ray)Avevo gia' la precedente versione delle opere sacre di Bach. 'Sacred Masterpieces', dirette da Richter, composta di 10 cd, che differisce da questa in quanto contiene la versione live della Messa in Si Minore. Questo cofanetto contiene invece la versione del 1962.Ho acquistato il cofanetto ingolosito dalla presenza del blu-ray pure audio (192KHz, 24 bit).Ecco quindi un breve resoconto di alcuni confronti che ho fatto su come suonano questi dischi:1) confronto tra CD e Blu Ray di questo cofanetto: il suono del Blu-Ray e' migliore e, soprattutto, i bassi sembrano un po' meno prominenti che nel CD, dove suonano un po' pompati. Difficile valutare la resa dinamica, ad orecchio, ma il suono sembra un po' compresso. Per i bassi, li attenuo un po' tramite i controlli dell'amplificatore. Ma per la dinamica, nulla da fare.2) confronto tra Blu Ray di questa versione e i CD della versione precedente: qui arriva lo scandalo! Il suono e' piu' 'setoso' nel blu-ray, ma il CD permette di localizzare meglio i gruppi di strumenti, e ancora meglio il coro. Il blu-ray ha senza dubbio una minore dinamica (altro che 24 bit!!!!) e nel complesso il suono e' meno soddisfacente. Il tutto e' aggravato dal fatto che per il confronto ho utilizzato un lettore CD vecchiotto (pagato ancora in lire!... 104.000 lire, per l'esattezza), che uso come muletto per la musica di sottofondo, e come blu-ray player uno dei migliori lettori in commercio.3) ho confrontato la dinamica per le versioni in CD dei due cofanetti in mio possesso, e il nuovo e' senza dubbio piu' compresso (confronto fatto con FooBar e l'app DR). Non ho ovviamente modo di verificare la dinamica del blu-ray.Riassumo quindi la mia opinione: chi ha il cofanetto 'Sacred Masterpieces' non faccia l'upgrade a questa! Il blu-ray non aggiunge nulla, anzi. Si procuri pero' la versione della Messa in SI minore del 1962, decisamente migliore come esecuzione.Altre note:Il cd con le prove della Matthauspassio e' soprattutto una chicca per appassionati, e ne godranno soprattutto gli appassionati tedeschi, visto che, ovviamente, Richter parla in tedesco.Per quanto riguarda i DVD, il suono non e' granche'. Non ho visto tutto, ma mi sembra che la regia sia buona per la Matthauspassio, meno interessante per le altre due opere, dove a volte sembra prevalere una tendenza documentaristica sulle chiese dove e' stata registrata l'opera...Per quanto riguarda il cofanetto: i dischi sono contenuti in cofanettini di cartone, e diventa difficile estrarli senza lasciare ditate, o addirittura graffiarli. C'e' da dire che 11 CD, 4 DVD e 1 BD a 45.50 euro sono un ottimo prezzo.Per finire, parliamo della cosa piu' importante: la musica di Bach, diretta da Richter. Considero Richter il piu' grande direttore bachiano mai vissuto. Non voglio dire che alcune opere non siano anche migliori sotto altre bacchette, ma tutte le esecuzioni dirette da Richter sono eccellenti, cosa che non mi sembra capitare con altri.Il maestro tedesco incarna una lettura tradizionale, senza i (per me insopportabili e soltanto noiosi) rigorismi fini a se' stessi cosi' frequenti nelle esecuzioni filologiche. Tradizionale ma comunque molto distaccata da letture 'romantiche' quali quelle (per me scadenti) di Karajan, oppure (ottima, ma in altro modo) di Furtwangler.La musica religiosa di Bach, diretta da Richter, rimane religiosa, e non diventa banale, anche se virtuoso, esercizio sulla forma, straordinaria fin che si vuole, ma sempre e soltanto forma.Un'ultima nota sulla Messa in Si minore: abbiamo qui la versione del 1962, la prima delle tre incisioni di Richter. E' la piu' bella delle tre, e forse la piu' bella di tutte le incisioni della Messa. Se si vuole fare un confronto, la si ascolti con quella, altrettanto colossale, di Klemperer (io continuo a preferire il Richter del 1962, ma Klemperer va ascoltato)."},{"@type":"Review","reviewRating":{"@type":"Rating","ratingValue":"5.0"},"author":{"@type":"Person","name":"C***V"},"datePublished":"Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 23, 2017","name":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n Audio improved versus prior Japanese SACDs. A great presentation!\n \n","reviewBody":"Wonderful, beautiful, love the essays and photos. Universal Japan issued these works in early 2016 on SACD with a new Emil Berliner Studio remastering, which was flawed in inadequate low frequency. I assume the same remastering was used here, but the bass has been tweaked, and all recordings have a rich and satisfying dynamic range. Those Japanese sets cost 235 sterling pounds or 315 US dollars, so this lavish European issue is a great bargain to boot. A treasure for those who love non-period performance Bach, wonderfully recorded, now in high definition. Thanks, DGG. Now, how about the Cantatas on Blu-Ray Audio too?!"},{"@type":"Review","reviewRating":{"@type":"Rating","ratingValue":"5.0"},"author":{"@type":"Person","name":"A***N"},"datePublished":"Reviewed in France on November 20, 2017","name":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n Le retour en force de Karl Richter avec une édition prestigieuse\n \n \n","reviewBody":"J'ai été très étonné que archiv réédite ce coffret, qui n'a jamais vraiment disparu des bacs mais un peu laissé de côté , et ce malgré le diktat baroqueux qui méprisait souverainement les interprétations 'romantiques' avant la révolution de Leonhardt et Harnoncourt. Il y avait eu pas mal de rééditions de Richter par Archiv italia: là, c'est Archiv officiel qui édite, et le gain est sans aucune mesure.Il s'agit de la réédition du coffret gris Archiv Bach sacred masterworks du début des années 2000, mais cela n'a plus grand chose à voir! On retrouve la saint Matthieu de 1959 mythique, la saint-Jean, L'oratorio de Noël avec Wunderlich et Janowitz, le Best seller magnificat, et la messe en si avec Stader, Haefliger et Dfd: bonne surprise pour la messe en si, car c'est la meilleure version de K.Richter, le coffret gris avait un Live japonais peu marquant et mal enregistré.Le coffret est gros, épais, solide, avec de grosses pochettes livret pour chaque oeuvre. Pas de reproduction des pochettes d'origine, en même temps, il s'agissait à l'époque des gros coffrets toilés, donc ce n'est pas trop grave. Les enregistrements ont TOUS été nettoyés et remasterisés, et c'est bluffant, le cofrret gris semble éteint à côté! Par exemple, dans la sixième cantate de l'oratorio de Noël, dans le choeur, tout est plus clair, plus ample, une trompette bien détachée des cordes (alors que cela est plus pâteux dans le précédent pressage), et on entend distinctement l'orgue, ce qui n'était pas le cas auparavant!En bonus, le blu Ray audio avec le tout et les DVD unitel vidéo, versions différentes des grandes oeuvres. L'ensemble pour ce prix là est vraiment très intéressant. Les textes chantés sont même joints dans un énorme livret avec autant de photos de Richter que pour une édition deluxe de Karajan!Ce chef vivait par et pour Bach, cette belle réédition permet de le redecouvrir ou de le découvrir. Oui, c'est différent de gardiner et consorts, mais quelle force, quelle présence, des choeurs superbes, et des solistes d'exception. Vivement une réédition de l'orchestre de Bach dans un même écrin, et pourquoi pas, un coffret complete Karl Richter sur les modèles de Karajan, Bernstein ou Pavarotti...."},{"@type":"Review","reviewRating":{"@type":"Rating","ratingValue":"5.0"},"author":{"@type":"Person","name":"P***9"},"datePublished":"Reviewed in Japan on June 10, 2020","name":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n リヒターの映像に涙…\n \n \n","reviewBody":"リヒターは全部素晴らしかった。DVDは最高です。Amazon outletで購入したのですが、冊子がコーヒーで濡れたらしく端がシワシワ…。難ありとはあったが、具体的な説明ないのでまさかこんなのだとは…。破れや多少の汚れは許せるけど、水濡れの本だけは勘弁してほしいです。"}],"aggregateRating":{"@type":"AggregateRating","ratingValue":4.888888888888889,"bestRating":5,"ratingCount":9}}
