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Helmut Koch - Bach: 4 Orchestral-Suites / J.C.Bach: Sinfonias - Import 2 SACD Hybrid Limited Edition
Helmut Koch - Bach: 4 Orchestral-Suites / J.C.Bach: Sinfonias - Import 2 SACD Hybrid Limited Edition
Hybrid SACD
Classical Music
June 29, 2025
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Catalog No.: 0303999BC
JAN/ISBN: 885470039992
Number of Discs: 2
Country/Region of Manufacture: Import
Credits:
Helmut Koch
Description:
＜50th anniversary of Helmut Koch's death The ultimate in beautiful Bach playing! The album also includes the East German Disc Award winning disc of 1971, J.C. Bach's Sinfonia Collection. This is the 38th release of the SACD hybridization project. The world's first SACD hybrid release of master conductor Helmut Koch (1908-1975), known worldwide for his tasteful conducting of chamber orchestras and choirs. Koch was born on April 5, 1908, exactly the same day as Karajan in Barmen (now Wuppertal), Germany, and began playing the violin at age 12. Before the war, he conducted choirs and also worked as a recording engineer for broadcasting stations and record companies. After the war, he was asked by the Berlin Radio in the East to organize choral groups, and in 1948 he founded the small Berlin Radio Soloist Society and the large Berlin Radio Choir. He also founded the Berlin Chamber Orchestra in 1945 from members of the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra.The Berlin Chamber Orchestra, which Koch called his "Liebe Kinder" (beloved children), was nurtured by him until his death and remains one of the world's leading chamber orchestras today. Koch, whose repertoire was centered on Bach and Handel, performed and recorded oratorios, cantatas, and concertos with the choir and chamber orchestra he founded, earning him the nickname "King of Choral Music" and respect in East Germany. His recordings were also released abroad and were highly acclaimed, winning two French Disc Awards. Koch's recordings were released in Japan from around 1970, and his popularity grew, and his first visit to Japan was scheduled for the end of 1974, but it was cancelled due to his illness. This is a beautiful performance of Bach, with the music flowing gracefully with a calm, clear sound. Koch's conducting was neither academic nor innovative, but truly orthodox. For example, the famous aria following the magnificent overture in Orchestral Suite No. 3. Such a pure and impressive performance, free of artifice, has become unheard of in our time.The J.C. Bach performance is a serious and deeply sculpted performance with a deep, shadowy sound reflecting the "gale-force" style. No wonder it won the East German Disc Award in 1971. (1/2)
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