“Bach is the supreme genius of music… This man, who knows everything and feels everything, cannot write one note, however unimportant it may appear, which is anything but transcendent. He has reached the heart of every noble thought, and has done it in the most perfect way.” – Pablo Casals
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Johann Sebastian Bach – Cantata BWV 1 “Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern” (How beautifully shines the morning star) – Choir and Orchestra of the J. S. Bach Foundation, Rudolf Lutz – Conductor
Photo credit: By Elias van Nijmegen (Digitized image, RKD) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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