(August 2014) I have completed phase 34 of my “opus project” in which I listen to the complete works of an artist. This episode: JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH. This was the biggest I have done and will do in this project. Some 1150 pieces of music (I did not include items in the catalogue whose authorship is doubtful or falsely attributed to J.S. Bach). It took almost six months. I don’t know how many hours, but I see that the running time of the complete Bach CD box set is 175 hours.
Favorite big work: Mass in B minor
Favorite category of music: orchestral pieces (concertos)
Favorite concerto: Brandenberg #4
Favorite movement: Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, II. Air (the most beautiful piece of music ever written)
Favorite chorale prelude: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme
Compared to expectations: same
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