Janine Jansen - Bach Concertos (2013) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Janine releases a brand new Bach recording, joined by a hand-picked group of friends all exceptional musicians. This is energizing Bach which is lustrous, new and vital made available in vivid, full studio-quality, sound.

Recording the popular E major and A minor concertos alongside the Violin and Oboe Concerto in C minor and two violin sonatas for the first time, Jansen and her ensemble explore these well-known works with a spirit of complete freshness. In the double concerto she is joined by two-time ECHO Award winner RamOn Ortega Quero. Janines ensemble accompaniment on the recording includes her brother, cellist Maarten Jansen, and her father, harpsichordist Jan Jansen.

This record follows the unique chamber footprint that characterize many of her bestselling recordings. Janine is a devotee and advocate of chamber music with her own festival in Utrecht, Holland running for over 10 years.

Janine has been a top selling artist since her debut recording in 2004 for Decca, and has sold more than 300,000 records. Her most recent album, a Prokofiev disc with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Vladimir Jurowski, went Gold in the Netherlands soon after release last autumn.

'Jansen can always be relied upon to bring a fresh approach to chamber music . . . This album is no exception. Pure, thrilling, exhilarating playing.' (Paul Drive, Classic FM, London)

Tracklist:

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

01. Violin Concerto No.2 in E, BWV 1042: 1. Allegro
02. Violin Concerto No.2 in E, BWV 1042: 2. Adagio
03. Violin Concerto No.2 in E, BWV 1042: 3. Allegro assai
04. Violin Concerto No.1 in A minor, BWV 1041: 1. (Allegro moderato)
05. Violin Concerto No.1 in A minor, BWV 1041: 2. Andante
06. Violin Concerto No.1 in A minor, BWV 1041: 3. Allegro assai
07. Concerto in C minor for violin and oboe BWV1060: 1. Allegro
08. Concerto in C minor for violin and oboe BWV1060: 2. Adagio
09. Concerto in C minor for violin and oboe BWV1060: 3. Allegro
10. Sonata for Violin and Harpsichord No.3 in E, BWV 1016: 1. Adagio
11. Sonata for Violin and Harpsichord No.3 in E, BWV 1016: 2. Allegro
12. Sonata for Violin and Harpsichord No.3 in E, BWV 1016: 3. Adagio ma non tanto
13. Sonata for Violin and Harpsichord No.3 in E, BWV 1016: 4. Allegro
14. Sonata for Violin and Harpsichord No.4 in C minor, BWV 1017: 1. Siciliano (Largo)
15. Sonata for Violin and Harpsichord No.4 in C minor, BWV 1017: 2. Allegro
16. Sonata for Violin and Harpsichord No.4 in C minor, BWV 1017: 3. Adagio
17. Sonata for Violin and Harpsichord No.4 in C minor, BWV 1017: 4. Allegro

Personnel:
Janine Jansen, violin
Ramón Ortega Quero, oboe
Jan Jansen, harpsichord

Boris Brovtsyn, violin
Cindy Albracht, violin
Fredrik Paulsson, violin
Julia-Maria Kretz, violin
Tijmen Huisingh, violin
Monika Urbonaite, violin
Nimrod Guez, viola
Pauline Sachse, viola
Maarten Jansen, cello
Rick Stotijn, double bass

Recorded at Andreaskirche, Wannsee, Berlin, 7–13 June 2013
Executive Producer: Alexander Van Ingen
Recording Producer: Andrew Walton
Recording Engineer: Philip Siney