Images: Orchestral score, opening of video; 1:11, detail from LP box; 1:26, image of Bach from booklet that accompanies LP set; 1:56, image of von Karajan from same booklet; 2:22, front of LP box; 2:49, LP label; 3:09, 1966 Billboard magazine ad promoting this recording; 3:52, booklet cover; 4:05, detail from booklet. Video concludes with images of Bach's statue in front of, and his resting place in, the Thomaskirche (Church of Saint Thomas) in Leipzig, where the composer spent his final years. To help maintain perspective, as you listen and watch this video please remember that as of this date (2010), von Karajan recorded this work almost half a century ago, while Bach composed it some 240 years earlier. Herbert von Karajan (1908-1989) conducts the Berlin Philharmonic in this 1966 performance of the Air (2nd movement) of Bach's Ouverture (Orchestral Suite) No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068. Icreated this video from the LP depicted in the video above, entitled "Brandenburgilche Konzerte, Orchestersuiten 2 und 3," and issued by Deutsche Grammophon, serial number 138976/78. The black and white images of Bach and von Karajan, as well as those of the printed text, are taken from the booklet that is included in the boxed set. Movement 2: Air You can review the Library of Congress catalog entry for this LP set here: lccn.loc.gov ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Disclaimer- Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use ...
