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    Tom posted an update 5 years, 3 months ago

    The opening Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben is nothing short of exhilarating.

    https://youtu.be/h97JE4–p84

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      Joseph P. Farrell replied 5 years, 3 months ago

      All of the cantatas are little miniature oratorios, little miniature masterpieces. Decades ago, Nicholas Harnoncourt recorded all of them on vinyl, and while that series isn’t my favorite, the one nice thing about it was that they included the complete scores in miniature of each cantata, which would now cost a fortune.

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          Tom replied 5 years, 3 months ago

          I enjoy the vids you post with the scores included, gives the music another dimension, a shape I suppose.

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              Joseph P. Farrell replied 5 years, 3 months ago

              To me the scores allow you to watch these genius minds as they create. I always listen to music both without, and then with, and the without the scores… constantly back and forth