Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concertos (Music CD) available on July 09 2018 from Base for 15.99
Bach: Brandenburg Concertos, Nos. 1-6 available on November 21 2015 from Amazon for 15.29
UPC bar code 885470005935 ξ1 registered July 09 2018
UPC bar code 885470005935 ξ2 registered November 21 2015
Product category is MUSIC CD - CD - Classical Audio
Manufacturered by Berlin Classics
Product weight is 0.3 lbs.
A new spin on the familiar, as the Concerto Koln have again incorporated new perspectives on preexisting ideas into Bachs compendium of Baroque orchestral literature. To that end, here, as with their recording of the orchestral suites, the ensemble chose the low tuning pitch of a1 = 392 Hz for their recording of the Brandenburg Concertos. As to the Fiauti dEcho called for in No. 4, a newly constructed double flute possibly known to Bach is the answer. Another particularity is in the use of differing and specific modern replica harpsichords as well as use of the violone.
After being confronted with the extreme pace of the BWV 1046, I thought that Concerto Köln might be trying to squeeze all six on to one CD. Alas, they fell just short at 88 minutes. This puts them well outside the mainstream of both traditional and HIP practitioners: compare, for instance, to Savall (98 minutes), Egarr (96 minutes), Gardiner (92 minutes), Chailly (94 minutes), Pinnock (94 minutes) and Harnoncourt (105 minutes).The album has its moments. The harpsichordist..
