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Bach: Six Concertos | 
 enlarge | Creators: Johann Sebastian Bach, Trevor Pinnock, European Brandenburg Ensemble
Label: Avie
Category: Music
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 8431
Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 2119
UPC: 822252211924
EAN: 8222522119240
ASIN: B000XJ1444
Release Date: December 18, 2007
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | 1. [Allegro] | | • | 2. Adagio | | • | 3. Allegro | | • | 4. Menuetto - Trio 1 - Polacca - Trio II | | • | 1. [Allegro] | | • | 2. [Adagio] | | • | 3. Allegro | | • | 1. Allegro | | • | 2. Affettuoso | | • | 3. Allegro |
Disc 2
| • | 1. [Allegro] | | • | 2. Andante | | • | 3. Allegro assai | | • | 1. Allegro | | • | 2. Andante | | • | 3. Presto | | • | 1. [Allegro] | | • | 2. Adagio ma non tanto | | • | 3. Allegro |
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| Customer Reviews:
Beautifully Played May 26, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Clear and beautiful. I have listened to it many times since downloading. I am no music expert, but my wife is a former music teacher and really loves the orchestration. It is far more lively sounding and clean than many of the recordings I remember.
Nice feeling, musical playing, and lovely recorded sound -- a winner February 21, 2008
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
The world isn't dying for another good reading of the Brandenburgs, but here's a fine one. I was especially impressed that everyone plays in tune and with real style. Pinnock leads a band of musicians who make you feel this music, not stand apart and admire it form a distance. Accusations of being too emotional aren't likely to apply; the day is long past when "authentic" meant dry and academic. Tempos adhre to a lively average that's extreme in no direction. Now that period performance has conquered the Baroque field entirely, mature interpretations are emerging that can compete with great musicians like Casals and Menuhin whose style seems outdated but at no cost to their musicality.
For a long time I kept Benjamin Britten's famous Brandenbugs on the shelf as my reference, even though it wasn't in period style (modern instruments were emplyed). I think I can safely put it aside for this new set, which is totally satisfying even to holdouts like me. Avie's sound is close up and beautiful (As usual, the harpsichord is miked larger than life but not egregiously so.)
Wow February 3, 2008
17 out of 17 found this review helpful
In the booklet that accompanies this set, maestro Pinnock notes, "...in 1982 I stood in awe of Bach's discipline and order, today I relish his sense of daring and musical subversion. Eager to cut through any conceptions of period style I invited players from different countries and of different generations to join my new voyage of exploration." I don't know about "subversive" but these performances do bring out Bach's wide emotional range from the sunlit joy of Concerto # 2 to the shady restraint of # 5. This set caused me to rethink these masterworks which is quite an accomplishment for pieces that we tend to take for granted and listen to on autopilot.
There are dozens of recordings of the Brandenburgs available but if you have room for one more please give this beauty a try.
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