Miriam Méndez's Bach por Flamenco is one of the most exciting Flamenco albums ever made. The merging of Bach and flamenco is thrilling in such an unexpected way.
"I have a confession, it wasn't until now that I listened to J. S. Bach's Brandenburg Concertos Nos.2 and 5 played with traditional classical instruments, I'd always listened to the Wendy Carlos versions which had been performed on the legendary Moog Synthesizer."
"Wendy Carlos's Switched-On Bach is one of those rare novelty recordings that never gets boring. In the capable hands of Carlos, Bach's keyboard masterpieces sound like they were made for the otherworldly blurps, farts, and chimes of a Moog synthesizer. And, in a sense, they were. Bach's inventive music doesn't lose any of it's contrapuntal punch in these complicated arrangements and, novelties asi..."
"This is a must have for anyone and everyone (footed and pawed alike) ! Flower essences can be used to relieve stress or induce calm in hectic times without using pharmaceuticals."
"Don't run away so fast. I understand why classical music is such a turn-off for pretty much anyone under 70. The music is often slow, always long (compared to 2 minute pop songs), have no catchy 'hooks', and, to top it all off, there's this enormous amount of pretentious, educational-sounding knowledge that is associated with pretty much anyone into classical music.
With all that said though, I..."
"Glen Gould's two recordings of the Goldberg variations are stunning. They're not something you can really listen to as background music because they'll captivate you."