Philip Pickett, New London Consort - Johann Sebastian Bach: 6 Brandenburg Concertos (1994)
Philip Pickett, New London Consort - Johann Sebastian Bach: 6 Brandenburg Concertos (1994)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 493 Mb | Total time: 94:55 | Scans included
Classical | Label: L'Oiseau-Lyre | 440 675-2 | Recorded: 1993
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 493 Mb | Total time: 94:55 | Scans included
Classical | Label: L'Oiseau-Lyre | 440 675-2 | Recorded: 1993
Everything that could be desired in a historically informed performance of J.S. Bach's Brandenburg Concertos is presented in Philip Pickett's brilliant set with the New London Consort, released in 1993 on L'Oiseau Lyre. This version with period instruments and an ensemble of a size according to Baroque norms is much more than a dry run-through of these beloved works. It is a clever and highly expressive re-creation of Bach's most popular concertos, re-imagined through the artistic and philosophical connections and conventions that likely were found in them by Bach's contemporaries, most probably by Bach and the Margrave of Brandenburg himself. The conductor's liner notes provide detailed explanations of the aspects of the Brandenburg Concertos that would have been read with allegorical meanings, and some of the musical choices Bach made can be seen as symbolic representations or keys to deeper meanings that educated listeners familiar with Baroque art and classical mythology would have understood. This adds to a deeper appreciation of the pieces, and Pickett's scholarship in researching this subtext is certainly welcome to anyone who has previously accepted the conventional wisdom that Bach merely cobbled these masterpieces together as a résumé for a prospective court position that never came. But on purely musical grounds that modern listeners can readily understand, this recording of the Brandenburgs ranks highly among any that follow Baroque performance practices. Indeed, Pickett and the New London Consort stand shoulder to shoulder with the likes of Trevor Pinnock and the English Concert, Christopher Hogwood and the Academy of Ancient Music, and Nikolaus Harnoncourt and Concentus Musicus Wien, and fans of early music will only find the slightest differences in interpretation and technique. But for musicality and sound quality, this recording is surely among the finest available in any style of performance.–Blair Sanderson
Performer:
New London Consort
Philip Pickett
Track List:
CD1:
Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F major, BWV 1046
01. Allegro
02. Adagio
03. Allegro
04. Menuetto / Trio I / Polacca / Trio II
Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major, BWV 1047
05. Allegro
06. Andante
07. Allegro assai
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048
08. Allegro
09. Andante
10. Allegro assai
CD2:
Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major, BWV 1049
01. Allegro
02. Andante
03. Presto
Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major, BWV 1050
04. Allegro
05. Andante
06. Presto
Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B flat major, BWV 1051
07. Moderato
08. Adagio ma non tanto
09. Allegro
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Philip Pickett, New London Consort - Johann Sebastian Bach: 6 Brandenburg Concertos (1994)
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