I can honestly say that this particular recording saved my life. After several suicidal attempts and an exhausting battle against my depression, I was institutionalized for therapy. I was allowed to take one album and one book with me. I chose this recording partly because Bach's music gave me peace and Dimitri Mitropoulos is my favorite conductor. After listening to this album over and over, i felt better and better. Music can save lives.
I'm so proud of you and I hope you live in peace now. I am from Greece and my father is from a village called Σέρβου in Arcadia (My father's name is also Dimitris and he is a flamenco guitarist). Σέρβου is less than 15miles north of Μελισσοπετρα (Melisopetra) the place that Mitropoulos's father was born. I visit Σερβου every summer for vacations and I can assure you that in Arcadia you can feel the present of Mitropoulos's spirit in a way that helps you understand the sensitive artistic nature of mitropoulos's personality. I wish you happiness and health for you and the people you love (sorry for my English) :))
@@giorgosmaragos1807 Hi Georgios, I read your touching words and I want to say thank you very much from the deepest bottom of my heart. And this is one of the most astonishing aspects of music - it connects people from all over the world! Unfortunately, I never got the chance to visit Arcadia, but I am absolutely convinced, that every word you write about it is true. I spent a month on crete Island every summer - and even there I feel music and spirit everywhere. And I love the people there. Always open and friendly. They seem to be very much like you! And you are an empathic good man! Your touching words proved that! Thank you very much, my friend! And very best wishes to you and the ones you love!
Esecuzione grandiosa, come meriterebbe sempre (e, a rigor d'etica, presupporrebbe) l'opera di un grande compositore e/o di uno che alla stesso traguardo mira
@@marcelolasta6636 Info for the concert can be found here archives.nyphil.org/index.php/artifact/f1d589f1-ad67-4627-8651-980d2376e72e-0.1/fullview#page/1/mode/2up
Information about Georg Darmstadt as given by the program notes => "Georg Damstadt, whose transcription is used by Dimitri Mitropoulos, was born in Mainz Germany, the year given being 1886. At Leipzig, he was a pupil of Arthur Nikisch. Subsequently, he has been active as a violinist, conductor, and teacher. In 1934 he left Germany voluntarily and went to Spain, where he remained until the Autumn of 1937. He then lived in Switzerland, whence he came to the United States in March of this year." archives.nyphil.org/index.php/artifact/f1d589f1-ad67-4627-8651-980d2376e72e-0.1/fullview#page/1/mode/2up
An interesting recording from 1940, presenting a symphonic transcription of three fugues from "The Art of the Fugue" by JS Bach. One may ask why take to the symphonic level works that are defined by architecture and not by masses of sound. Perhaps it was considered more attractive to the public to present the music in a more melodic format. One is reminded of the transcription for orchestra, conducted by Stokowsky in Disney's movie "Fantasia", of the organ work by Bach "Tocata and Fugue in D minor". At any rate, an attractive historic recording. Thanks.
It should be noted that Bach did not indicate any instrumentation for this work, and it is not clear that he ever performed It or intended it to be performed. Certainly the manner of performance heard here is no longer in style. Sad.. Wonderful performances. Charles Munch also did this work, with a more limited orchestral range, but also most communicative.
I can honestly say that this particular recording saved my life. After several suicidal attempts and an exhausting battle against my depression, I was institutionalized for therapy. I was allowed to take one album and one book with me. I chose this recording partly because Bach's music gave me peace and Dimitri Mitropoulos is my favorite conductor. After listening to this album over and over, i felt better and better. Music can save lives.
I'm so proud of you and I hope you live in peace now. I am from Greece and my father is from a village called Σέρβου in Arcadia (My father's name is also Dimitris and he is a flamenco guitarist). Σέρβου is less than 15miles north of Μελισσοπετρα (Melisopetra) the place that Mitropoulos's father was born. I visit Σερβου every summer for vacations and I can assure you that in Arcadia you can feel the present of Mitropoulos's spirit in a way that helps you understand the sensitive artistic nature of mitropoulos's personality. I wish you happiness and health for you and the people you love (sorry for my English) :))
@@giorgosmaragos1807 Hi Georgios, I read your touching words and I want to say thank you very much from the deepest bottom of my heart. And this is one of the most astonishing aspects of music - it connects people from all over the world! Unfortunately, I never got the chance to visit Arcadia, but I am absolutely convinced, that every word you write about it is true. I spent a month on crete Island every summer - and even there I feel music and spirit everywhere. And I love the people there. Always open and friendly. They seem to be very much like you! And you are an empathic good man! Your touching words proved that! Thank you very much, my friend! And very best wishes to you and the ones you love!
0:00 Contrapunctus XI, 10:38 Contrapunctus IX, 13:28 Contrapunctus XIV
Sublime Dmitri.
Esecuzione grandiosa, come meriterebbe sempre (e, a rigor d'etica, presupporrebbe) l'opera di un grande compositore e/o di uno che alla stesso traguardo mira
Nicola Manca a parte l’orchestrazione, interessante il completamento dell’ultima fuga incompiuta
@@goodmanmusica where is partiture or biography of Georg Darmstadt? Sublime coda,fantastic version!!
@@marcelolasta6636 Info for the concert can be found here
archives.nyphil.org/index.php/artifact/f1d589f1-ad67-4627-8651-980d2376e72e-0.1/fullview#page/1/mode/2up
Information about Georg Darmstadt as given by the program notes => "Georg Damstadt, whose transcription is used by Dimitri Mitropoulos, was born in Mainz Germany, the year given being 1886. At Leipzig, he was a pupil of Arthur Nikisch. Subsequently, he has been active as a violinist, conductor, and teacher. In 1934 he left Germany voluntarily and went to Spain, where he remained until the Autumn of 1937. He then lived in Switzerland, whence he came to the United States in March of this year."
archives.nyphil.org/index.php/artifact/f1d589f1-ad67-4627-8651-980d2376e72e-0.1/fullview#page/1/mode/2up
An interesting recording from 1940, presenting a symphonic transcription of three fugues from "The Art of the Fugue" by JS Bach. One may ask why take to the symphonic level works that are defined by architecture and not by masses of sound. Perhaps it was considered more attractive to the public to present the music in a more melodic format. One is reminded of the transcription for orchestra, conducted by Stokowsky in Disney's movie "Fantasia", of the organ work by Bach "Tocata and Fugue in D minor". At any rate, an attractive historic recording. Thanks.
It should be noted that Bach did not indicate any instrumentation for this work, and it is not clear that he ever performed It or intended it to be performed. Certainly the manner of performance heard here is no longer in style. Sad.. Wonderful performances. Charles Munch also did this work, with a more limited orchestral range, but also most communicative.