Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1-6 BWV1046-1051
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J. S. BACH
Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1-6 BWV1046-1051
Freiburger Barockorchester
[ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD ]
Release Date: Thursday 20 March 2014
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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.
"The musicianship on this recording is of the very highest order, and every second was an absolute delight to experience. Also of a very high order is the recording quality - each instrument had character and was crystal clear to the ear. The acoustic was also very pleasing. With a great deal of presence, space and depth, I could well have been sat in the front row of a concert! I can definitely recommend this recording for anyone's music library." (AudAud.com May 2014)
"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." (Gramophone)
