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Press Release

Yes - at last we have resolved the remaining snags and are ready with the long promised Press Release for our More Bach Collection:

New World Instrumental Recordings of JS Bach Released.

The latest additions to the Online Percussion MP3 Source Download2MP3.com have just been released. Original arrangements of famous pieces selected from the enormous output of JS Bach have been specially arranged and recorded in HiFi MP3 format for sale exclusively online - a Bach's Dozen freshly baked.

In several of these recordings the Steel Drums and Marimbas are supplement by new Synthesizer sounds to give added depth to the novel percussion interpretations of these pieces.

Highlights of this collection include:

The incomparable Air on a G string - reinterpreted on Marimba and Steel Drums;
An amusing Choral Prelude with "humorous" Brass effects;
All three movements of the A minor Steel Drums (formerly Flute) Concerto - introducing the Log Marimba on Basso Continuo;
A brilliant Fantasy on Percussion;
The moving Chaconne originally composed for Violin , famously reinterpreted on Guitar by John Williams and now played out on Steel Drums;
The delicate minuet in F on Celtic Harp with percussion in support;
A complete recording of the glorious Double Violin Concerto - now a double Drum Band Concerto with Marimba accompaniment.

These recordings augment and complement the existing catalog of Bach's Fugues, Toccatas and selected movements from the Brandenburg Concertos with yet more popular Classics.

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