Since I have your ear and I know you like Bach, is there some concert DVD stuff that you could recommend on Netflix?
Alex, I've only seen two Bach videos, believe it or not. I think. Well, I've watched footage/interviews of Gould as well, but not a full concert by any means. Hm, I think that's it though.
This is a DVD of some old brothers performing the masterpiece known as the Musical Offering.
They are Belgian, IIRC. I've seen it only once; I do not own it. I highly recommend it for the performance. FYI, the Benelux area, and perhaps most specifically Holland, is known for historically excellent performers of Baroque music. I don't know how much of this tradition stemmed directly from what is known as the "Franco-Flemmish" school, where, IMO, the most beautiful vocal music was ever written in the history of the world.
Guess how I found/bought my favorite Cello Suites recording. It had a sticker on it that said, "Made In Holland". No joke, never heard of the performer. I really like Heinrich Schiff! (though Austrian born.)
The BD I own is this, the Brandenburg Concertos:
The size and instrumentation changes from one work to another. I will say, visually, the hall is beautiful. I will also say, that a couple of the female performers are much more pleasurable to look at, compared to the old men performing the Musical Offering. You can click on the little vid that Amazon provides
here, but the BD will look about nine million times better, of that you can trust me. It might still be just 1080i, I think, and it seems that this is common with classical concerts. But, at least it's still hi-def, and while coming from a guy w/o SACD capability, classical BDs in general offer the best mch I've ever heard.
Almost forgot, make sure to select 2.0 PCM with the Musical Offering DVD. When in doubt, always choose the lossless stereo over lossy mch for classical DVDs. On the above, I do remember trying both, and it was no contest. This is why I have great hope for BD concerts.
