Bach, J S: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1-6 BWV1046-1051

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Like Pinnock's earlier set with the English Concert, the newcomer… displays Pinnock's seemingly unassailable ability to choose an effective, just tempo for each movement, and his infectious rhythmic... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2008, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 12th Nov 2007
Catalogue No: AV2119
Label: Avie
Length: 94 minutes

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Bach, J S: Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F Major, BWV1046

Work length19:12

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European Brandenburg Ensemble
Trevor Pinnock

I. [Allegro]

Track length3:52

$1.00

$1.40

II. Adagio

Track length3:39

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$1.40

III. Allegro

Track length4:09

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IV. Menuetto-Trio I-Polacca-Trio II

Track length7:32

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$2.10

Bach, J S: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV1048

Work length11:47

$3.00

$4.20

European Brandenburg Ensemble, Kati Debretzeni
Trevor Pinnock

I. [Allegro]

Track length5:32

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II. [Adagio]

Track length1:29

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$1.40

III. Allegro

Track length4:46

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$1.40

Bach, J S: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major, BWV1050

Work length20:43

$3.50

$4.90

European Brandenburg Ensemble
Trevor Pinnock

I. Allegro

Track length9:58

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$2.10

II. Affettuoso

Track length5:30

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$1.40

III. Allegro

Track length5:15

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$1.40

Bach, J S: Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F Major, BWV1047

Work length11:32

$3.00

$4.20

European Brandenburg Ensemble
Trevor Pinnock

I. [Allegro]

Track length4:54

$1.00

$1.40

II. Andante

Track length3:45

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$1.40

III. Allegro assai

Track length2:53

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Bach, J S: Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major, BWV1049

Work length15:04

$3.00

$4.20

European Brandenburg Ensemble
Trevor Pinnock

I. Allegro

Track length6:46

$1.00

$1.40

II. Andante

Track length3:38

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$1.40

III. Presto

Track length4:40

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Bach, J S: Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B flat major, BWV1051

Work length15:51

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European Brandenburg Ensemble
Trevor Pinnock

I. [Allegro]

Track length5:54

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$1.40

II. Adagio ma non troppo

Track length4:33

$1.00

$1.40

III. Allegro

Track length5:24

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“With the Brandenburg concertos, it will be like your regular walk in the park – the path is mapped out for you and you know the way – but the light is always different” – Trevor Pinnock

Trevor Pinnock first recorded the Brandenburg Concertos some twenty-five years ago. This new recording is a product of Mr. Pinnock’s deep fascination with Bach’s ground-breaking concertos and in the working process and interaction of musicians in ensemble. Eager to cut through any narrow conceptions of period style, players from different countries and of different generations were invited to join this new voyage of exploration. In the early eighteenth century there was no fixed concept of the orchestra; these pieces could be performed on single instruments to a part or with parts doubled. This fine recording demonstrates a variety of approaches.

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February 2008

Like Pinnock's earlier set with the English Concert, the newcomer… displays Pinnock's seemingly unassailable ability to choose an effective, just tempo for each movement, and his infectious rhythmic energy both as director from the harpsichord and as accomplished soloist in the Fifth Concerto... In summary, this is a splendid achievement.

2010

When Trevor Pinnock first recorded the Brandenburgs with The English Concert for Archiv in 1982, period performances of these works were relatively rare; today they abound, and it has become harder to make a mark in music that does not readily admit a wide range of interpretations.
Not that Pinnock need worry about that at this point in his career. This new recording, made with an ensemble hand-picked for the job, is a 60th-birthday present to himself, and is just what such a project should be: talented musicians relishing each other's company in music of truly inspiring greatness.
Unsurprisingly, it reflects the increased playing standards of 25 years of period-instrument growth. Only Pinnock himself remains from that first line-up, and while the players then were a high-class team, the players of the European Brandenburg Ensemble include some of the finest of today's Baroque chamber players, and there is a relaxed expertise about their performances which seems to allow them to communicate directly and without technical or ideological hindrance. A hint of over-exuberant thickness in the texture of Concerto No 1 is perhaps a reflection of this, but elsewhere it is good to hear playing from the likes of violinist Kati Debretzeni, flautist Katy Bircher and the excellent David Blackadder on trumpet that is bold and confident without straying into coarseness. The clarity achieved in Nos 4, 5 and 6 also has a more natural air than the 'studio-y' balance of the Archiv set, no doubt helped by the decision to use a violone at pitch rather than the more usual octave below. The pensive violin improvisation which links the two movements of No 3 is surely a miscalculation, feeling like more of a hold-up than it need be; more lastingly refreshing to my ears were the subtle relaxations of tension in the first movement of No 6, these days so often given the hard-drive treatment.
This is not a Brandenburg set that seeks to score points, and all that is needed from us is to sit back and enjoy its relaxed, celebratory spirit.

March 2008

…the players of the European Brandenburg Ensemble include some of the finest of today's Baroque chamber players, and there is a relaxed expertise about their performances which seems to allow them to communicate directly and without technical or ideological hindrance. This is not a Brandenburg set that sets out to score points, and all that is needed from us is to sit back and enjoy its relaxed, celebratory spirit.

Offer,Bach, J S: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1-6 BWV1046-1051

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