digital (Parallel)-Interpretation
"really....?"
The fact that the instruments of the 21st century are more precise and powerful does not mean that those of the 18th to the 20th century are per se "more real", "more authentic" or even "truer".
Tradition is dialogue
For bach.resampled.de there is no fundamentally 'perfect' or 'absolute' standard, especially not in music and its (i.e. our) tradition.
Rather it is attempted here to contribute something to the honest dialogue to strive for most soulful use of the technology available today and keep the tradition alive. In order to follow that way the exsample of the most skillful and innovative masters of the music history like Bach.
digital interpretation...
The machine automation of music is not such a new invention. In fact, it can be traced back to a contemporary of Jesus such as the scholar Heron of Alexandria. Hardly any instrument in the classical-romantic tradition can have a comparably long history. The decisive challenge, however, is to make the narrative character of musical thoughts as detailed and intimately appealing as one would expect from any good interpreter of the classically romantic tradition. However, this assumes that one can not only answer the question 'how' the articulation of musical ideas is technically possible, but also which thoughts are understood and formulated there. bach.resampled.de assumes that the more detailed design options are advantageous for those who know what they want to design. It is precisely in this sense that bach.resampled.de uses the technical possibilities of our time to vividly communicate the thoughts of our tradition according to today's best knowledge and belief.
Parallel-Interpretation
Most of the recordings of Bach's works presented here show two properties. They are part of a smaller or often larger group of Bach's works and there are either various arrangements or different established forms of performance. In the past, some discussions, about what is possible and reasonable to do with Bach's music and what is not, often got stuck where wrong alternatives vied for a supposedly 'one and only valid' view. Here it is instead assumed that different views can not only develop their own coherence, but can also show very different and yet remarkable things in the comparison of both. Therefore, Bach.resampled tries to juxtapose diofferent interpretations of most of the works he has written, which are derived from a historically very different sound idiom and can still of course have their own effects and coherences.
Listen and compare
You will find the parallel interpretations in the recordings, sorted by groups of works.