BACH: BRANDENBURG CONCERTOS BWV 1046-51
English Chamber Orchestra
Sir Philip Ledger
“Ledger has the advantage of fresh and detailed digital recording. He directs resilient, well-paced readings of all 6 concertos on modern instruments, lively, yet never over-forced. The slow movements in particular are most beautifully done, persuasively and without mannerism. Flutes rather than recorders are used in No.4.” (Penguin Guide 3 stars)
“I suggested this as the best of the budget-price CD versions – a commendation it now retains. All the soloists (listed inside) play with accuracy and sensitivity, Garcia earning an honourable mention for the fleet-fingered dispatch in Concerto No.4. There are many good things in this set, not least the expressively played slow movements” (Gramophone)
CD1 [45:03]Brandenburg Concerto No.1 in F major, BWV 1046[1] (no tempo indication) 4:17[2] Adagio 4:07[3] Allegro 4:36[4] Menuetto – Trio I – Polacca – Trio II 7:31
Brandenburg Concerto No.2 in F major, BWV 1047
[5] (no tempo indication) 5:14[6] Andante 4:17[7] Allegro assai 2:56Brandenburg Concerto No.3 in G major, BWV 1048
[8] (no tempo indication) 6:08[9] Adagio – Allegro 5:36CD2 [56:27]
Brandenburg Concerto No.4 in G major, BWV 1049
[1] Allegro 7:27[2] Andante 3:57[3] Presto 5:17Brandenburg Concerto No.5 in D major, BWV 1050
[4] Allegro 10:36[5] Affetuoso 5:26[6] Allegro 5:24Brandenburg Concerto No.6 in B flat major, BWV 1051
[7] (no tempo indication) 6:41[8] Adagio ma non tanto 5:18[9] Allegro 6:00