Intellectual and Philosophical Purity:

Bach ~ "Adagio", BWV 974





There are other versions played by greater performers, but this gives one the chance to see as well as hear compositional genius unfolding. The purposely slow tempo allows one to descend into deep thought and reflection. Although my normal listening repertoire includes Beethoven, Brahms, Prokofiev, Schubert, Rachmaninoff, Scriabin, Ravel, Schumann, Grieg, Richard Strauss, and Tchaikovsky, I find certain Bach compositions, albeit "metronomic", to have a strange quintessence not found elsewhere.

Enjoy.