Read the Parents' Choice Award-winning product review:
"Another entry in the sleekly produced Maestro Classics “Stories in Music” series, this album about the life of Johann Sebastian Bach, written by series co-creator Bonnie Ward Simon, features expressive narration performed by Yadu (aka Dr. Konrad Czynski). It is accompanied by excerpts of works by the great composer (who in his lifetime was best known for his towering talent as an organist and harpsichordist), performed by noted organist David Enlow and harpsichordist/clavichordist Dongsok Shin of the baroque ensemble, REBEL. Simon presents spoken interludes about the fascinating history and construction of the pipe organ (“the king of instruments”) and additional facts about Bach’s life, and there is an unexpected treat: the Swingle Singers, the group that rose to fame in the early 1960s, is featured in its signature jazz a capella version of Bach’s Fugue in G Minor. The album ends with Enlow’s solo organ performance of the Fugue and includes a 24-page booklet with activities, puzzles, and facts about Bach, about pipe organs, harpsichords and clavichords, and about the baroque period."
Learn more about Bach and the Pipe Organ here
Also available: Music from Bach and the Pipe Organ - a 50 minute CD/MP3 of Bach's music without narration
Other Parents' Choice Award-winning Maestro Classics products:
Gold Award:
The Nutcracker
Mike Mulligan & His Steam Shovel
The Tortoise and the Hare
Silver Award:
Peter and the Wolf
Casey at the Bat
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Juanita the Spanish Lobster
My Name is Handel: The Story of Water Music
Recommended Award:
The Story of Swan Lake
Carnival of the Animals
Merry Pranks of Master Till
The Soldier's Tale