Bach: Brandenburg Concertos – Freiburg Baroque (2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | 2 CDs | Digital Booklet | 1.71 GB
Genre: Classical | Official Digital Download – Source: Qobuz
The Brandenburg Concertos need no introduction – doubtless because they owe their fame to a systematic exploration of a genre recently inherited from the Italians, with a still youthful Bach devising as many different scorings as there are concertos. When he received the manuscript of the six works, Christian Ludwig, Margrave of Brandenburg, must have been terrified by their demands, and his musicians even more so! Three centuries later, the cycle is as open as ever to new ‘historically informed’ interpretations, as this set demonstrates. The CD cover represents the importance of numbers in these works eg Concerto No 3 which is scored for three instruments, in 3 time, 3 sections etc. The trumpeter is particularly impressive. Freiburg are recording and touring Bach throughout 2014.
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestra/Ensemble: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra
Reviews:
“I warmed immediately to the Freiburgers’ engagement with the music’s breadth and scale, refusing to squash it in a breathless blaze of “period” mannerisms…you feel the zing of jubilant repartee as multi-layered lines are traded and interwoven within this conductor-less ensemble. That’s authenticity.”
“an uncanny sense of corporate cohesion…yields luxuriant textures, polished ensemble and meticulously plotted conceptions, born of single-mindedness and an embedded familiarity with their colleagues and the material.”
Tracklist:
1. Brandenburg Concerto no 1 in F major, BWV 1046 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestra/Ensemble: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra
Period: Baroque
Written: 1717; ?Cöthen, Germany
2. Brandenburg Concerto no 2 in F major, BWV 1047 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestra/Ensemble: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra
Period: Baroque
Written: 1717-1718; ?Cöthen, Germany
3. Brandenburg Concerto no 3 in G major, BWV 1048 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestra/Ensemble: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra
Period: Baroque
Written: 1711-1713; ?Weimar, Germany
4. Brandenburg Concerto no 4 in G major, BWV 1049 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestra/Ensemble: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra
Period: Baroque
Written: circa 1720; ?Cöthen, Germany
5. Brandenburg Concerto no 5 in D major, BWV 1050 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestra/Ensemble: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra
Period: Baroque
Written: 1720-1721; ?Cöthen, Germany
6. Brandenburg Concerto no 6 in B flat major, BWV 1051 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestra/Ensemble: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra
Period: Baroque
Written: 1708-1710; ?Weimar, Germany
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