Matthew Passion, I added it to two other Harnoncourt recordings in my collection: his B minor Mass and Christmas Oratorio. When I procured Harnoncourt’s recording of the St. There is a story to be told about each one of them, and I share with you my memories from my first encounter with the mighty St. Though my social skills were still in formation, it was many years later that I first learned of the word “nerd.” By my teenage years I knew most of the BWV catalogue by heart. Soon enough I started buying my own recordings – mostly Bach’s oratorios and later on cantatas by Harnoncourt. Labrousse still attends most of my concerts in Québec by the way. If I’m a musician today, it is because of her. I’m sure the LPs were returned to her in very bad condition, but she never complained about it. She lent me her most precious LPs: Bach cantatas by Karl Richter, Brandenburg Concertos and Monteverdi’s Orfeo by Harnoncourt, and recorder repertoire performed by the Holy Trinity of Brüggen, Leonhardt and Bylsma. I turned 7 in 1970, and only a couple of years later was I introduced to baroque music by my music teacher in elementary school, Odette Labrousse. What were you listening to in the 70s? If some of you were not even born, not to worry, as my question is for the ancient people among our readers.Īs a leading member of the Pack of Ancients, I can tell you that the 70s were for me the years of my musical awakening. I invite you to join me on a trip down memory lane.
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