Warner Classics presents Best of Bach, a spirited selection of works by Bach, both choral and instrumental, performed by some of Warner Classics's most highly acclaimed artists…amazon.co.uk
Bach’s music society, the Collegium Musicum of Leipzig (founded 1702, by none other than G.P.Telemann), often met for coffee at the coffee house of Gottfried Zimmermann, also frequently attended by professional musicians and university students. Ah, some things in this world don’t change at all. The drinking was naturally accompanied with music. These were divided between small-scale pieces such as harpsichord concertos and chamber pieces, and large-scale open-air festive cantatas held outside the house. Sounds kinda more engaging than piped radio music.
"…Atemberaubend, wie es Regener hier gelingt, drei separate Erzählebenen gegen Ende wie selbstverständlich zusammen laufen zu lassen, kulminierend in der Frage: "Wie viele Erdbeereise muss der Mensch noch essen?". So einen Song wünscht man sich mal bei einer dieser lächerlichen TV-Jubelheimer-Veranstaltungen wie dem Echo, wo es gang und gäbe ist, der Republik die Abwrack-Poesie talentierter Nichtskönner vorzuführen…" ~laut.de