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"…under those circumstances the box set represents an expansion of an already intimate knowledge…"

Yes, and that's a good reason to buy such a set, especially at this sort of price.

But at US $107 including shipping, roughly the cost of 7 full price CDs, I think it's just as valid a decision to buy this set if you're just starting out with Bach. You get to sample a bit of everything and then explore the areas that interest you in depth. You can go on to buy other performances of works that really move you in order to explore them further as well.

If I suggested to someone interested in a representative sample of Bach that they buy 1 disc each of the solo keyboard works, organ works, chamber music, cantatas, the violin concertos, and one of the Passions or the B Minor Mass, then they'd be up for close to the cost of this set for just that small sample if they purchased full price discs.

Usually I'd agree with you about the drawbacks associated with complete sets but in this case, at this price, it's probably just as good a buy for someone just getting into Bach as it is for someone with an already extensive collection of Bach including multiple performances of some works.

David Aiken

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