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Hmm. . . I don't recall HIP being mentioned in this discussion thus far

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In Reply to: RE: If you're just getting into Bach, IMHO start with his most generously-lyrical, catchy works. posted by jdaniel@jps.net on April 21, 2017 at 07:45:23

But, since you brought it up, your advice to "try not to be turned off by the HIP/Anti-HIP extremists" is right on - best thing to do is avoid the HIPsters altogether! ;-)

So, in all modesty and meekness, I humbly dare to revise your list in order to (mosty) exclude your HIP selections:

Brandenburg's and Overtures: Karajan/BPO on DG, or, for something more "audiophile" (and less. . . uh. . . expansive!), Benjamin Hudson and the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra on Tacet

Sonatas for Violin and Keyboard: That's a tough one, but I'd probably go for the Frank Peter Zimermann recording on a Euroarts DVD

Sonatas for Flute: Larrieu/Puyana (Philips Duo - it's cheap! And besides, Puyana's realizations of those figured bass lines are the bomb!)

The Secular Cantatas: DHM/ Ameling, Collegium A[u]reum - Actually, that one's not bad at all. An alternative version might be the Peter Schreier conducted albums on the Berlin Classics label

Musical Offering: Philips/ Marriner ASMF - Another one that's not bad. But if you get a chance you should try to obtain and hear the old Markevitch EMI recording, or the magnificent Erich Bergel performance on the Budapest Music Center label

Organ "Favorites": including Toccata and Fugue and Passacaglia in C: Telarc/Murray - I haven't heard this one, but I'm sure it's not bad. I seem to have a couple of no longer obtainable DVD-audios of this repertoire.
Organ "Favorites" Orchestrated: Various Stokowski originals (preferably stereo at least!), with more up to date recordings of these same orchestrations by Serebrier on Naxos and Bamert on Chandos

Violin Concertos: J-Fi [Julia Fischer] and the ASMF on Decca. You'll regret it if you go for HIP in this repertoire! Cover shown below, along with my own very first Bach recording:

Follow Ups:

RE: Hmm. . . - jdaniel@jps.net 11:39:39 04/21/17 (1)
- Lush sometimes - but hardly monochromatic IMHO [nt] - Chris from Lafayette 12:01:02 04/21/17 (0)