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"Fastest" 15 Minutes in Music

I just got thru listening to the Chaconne movement of Bach's D minor violin sonata. The title of my post refers to the fact that every time I listen to this thing, time seems to stand still. This piece is monumental, profound, mysterious, tender, nerve-shattering; any adjective you care to come up with falls short. It is a world. How somebody could do (write) all this with one violin is beyond me. Beyond everyody except Bach I guess. Yes, the recording on my system sounds wonderful, as if the player is in the next room, but all audiophile considerations are forgotten in a moment, just leaving this great music. At the risk of sounding banal or hackneyed: this really is what it's all about, isn't it?

Steve O.
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Regarding the Bach Partita No. 2 for solo violin, try the Arthur Grumiaux recording on Philips:

Bach Partita No. 2 in in D Minor

Both the quality of the performance and the quality of the sound are excellent. And, in this Philips two-CD package, you get all the Bach works for solo violin at a very reasonable price.

Rar1 (Rich), I agree that the the closing scene of Aida is one of the most touching moments in opera. I have the complete opera both on LP (Solti/Price/Vickers) and on CD (Karajan/Tebaldi/Bergonzi). Both performances are excellent, but the duet by Renata Tebaldi and Carlo Bergonzi is my favorite by a slim margin. In either case, just as you said, time stands still for a moment.

This is what it's all about folks!
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