Tradition Meets the Future!
(Street Date June 15 2008)
Now you can Bach when you walk! You can Bach when you jog! You can Bach on a bus or in your car: Bring Your Bach With You EVERYWHERE!
In celebration of Helmuth Rilling's 75th Birthday, hänssler CLASSIC has made it possible to celebrate the works of Bach anywhere and at any time with the BachPod!Originally released on 172 CDs in the year 2000 to commemorated the 250th anneversary of Bach's dath, the Edition Bachakademie has become one of the most highly regarded collections of Bach's music EVER recorded - and is NOW AVAILABLE on an 80GB Apple iPod classic. For ONLY 499 Euros!
The BachPod Includes:
• 175 hours of Masterpieces by J.S. Bach in brilliant, digital sound• Measures: 10.3 cm x 6.1 cm x 1 cm • Weight: 140 gram • When attached to the Apple docking station (not included) your BachPod is playable through any sound-system - even your car stereo!• Huge Memory capacity: in addition to the complete work of J.S. Bach, there is an additional 63 GB of available memory for several hundred hours of video, several thousand jpgs of your favourite pictures, Podcasts, etc. • All on an 80 GB Apple iPod classic Only 499,- €
The digital Bach-Edition with an iPod - the Perfect Birthday Gift to Celebrate a Most Musical Life!
No musician has been more closely identified with the immortal music of J.S. Bach than Helmuth Rilling.
Beginning his career as a 21-year old music student in the Swabian Alps when he founded the Gächinger Kantorei, Helmuth Rilling has conducted, performed or edited every note of Bach's music. Maestro Rilling has been active as a conductor since 1965 when he established the Bach-Collegiums Stuttgart and since has directed many orchestras and choruses world wide.
As Artistic Director of the International Bach Academy, Rilling has taught generations of musicians, singers, scholars while his Pre-Concert Talks and Demonstration Concerts have introduced tens of thousands of listeners to the mysteries and inner-workings of Bach's masterpieces. About his life's work, RIlling has said "Music should never be comfortable, nor exist as if in a museum or function only as a decoration. It must arouse, and personally touch each human being and provoke him to think."
And to this end, Helmuth Rilling has dedicated his life, with a repertoire that spans the 17th through the 21st centuries, inviting us to explore and be challenged to think and experience something new.
In November 2008, Helmuth Rilling, the Gächinger Kantorei and the Bach-Collegium Stuttgart will perform Bach's B Minor Mass in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome - destined to be a monumental and moving experience. For those not fortunate enough to be able to attend, this very special performance will be available for download as a podcast and can be enjoyed over and over again on your very own iPod.
For additional information, contact:
Matthias Lutzweiler
Hänssler Verlag
SCM-Verlag GmbH & Co. KG / hänssler CLASSIC
Max-Eyth-Straße 41, 71088 Holzgerlingen
Tel.: +49 (0)7031 - 7414 200
Fax: +49 (0)7031 - 7414 359
lutzweiler(at)haenssler.de
