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Bach: Brandenburg Concertos

J.S. Bach Audio CD
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  • Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
  • Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Audio CD (7 Jun 1999)
  • SPARS Code: DDD
  • Number of Discs: 2
  • Label: Veritas x 2
  • ASIN: B00000J2PP
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 75,366 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Disc 1:

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Song TitleArtist Time Price
Listen  1. Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F BWV1046: I. [Allegro]Catherine MacKintosh/Paul Goodwin/Timothy Brown/Susan Dent/Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment 4:04£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  2. Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F BWV1046: II. AdagioCatherine MacKintosh/Paul Goodwin/Timothy Brown/Susan Dent/Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment 3:44£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  3. Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F BWV1046: III. AllegroCatherine MacKintosh/Paul Goodwin/Timothy Brown/Susan Dent/Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment 4:13£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  4. Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F BWV1046: IV. Menuet - Trio I - Menuet - Polonaise - Menuet - Trio II - MenuetCatherine MacKintosh/Paul Goodwin/Timothy Brown/Susan Dent/Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment 7:35£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  5. Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F BWV1047: I. [Allegro]Mark Bennett/Rachel Beckett/Paul Goodwin/Monica Huggett/Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment 5:07£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  6. Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F BWV1047: II. AndanteMark Bennett/Rachel Beckett/Paul Goodwin/Monica Huggett/Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment 3:44£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  7. Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F BWV1047: III. Allegro assaiMark Bennett/Rachel Beckett/Paul Goodwin/Monica Huggett/Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment 2:47£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  8. Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G BWV1048: I. [Allegro]Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment/Alison Bury 5:36£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  9. Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G BWV1048: II. Adagio - III. AllegroOrchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment/Alison Bury 5:00£0.89  Buy MP3 


Disc 2:

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Song TitleArtist Time Price
Listen  1. Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G BWV1049: I. AllegroMonica Huggett/Rachel Beckett/Marion Scott/Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment 7:23£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  2. Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G BWV1049: II. AndanteMonica Huggett/Rachel Beckett/Marion Scott/Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment 3:41£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  3. Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G BWV1049: III. PrestoMonica Huggett/Rachel Beckett/Marion Scott/Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment 4:31£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  4. Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D BWV1050: I. AllegroElizabeth Wallfisch/Lisa Beznosiuk/Malcolm Proud/Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment 9:22£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  5. Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D BWV1050: II. AffettuosoElizabeth Wallfisch/Lisa Beznosiuk/Malcolm Proud/Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment 6:10£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  6. Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D BWV1050: III. AllegroElizabeth Wallfisch/Lisa Beznosiuk/Malcolm Proud/Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment 5:12£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  7. Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B flat BWV1051: I. [Allegro]Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment/Monica Huggett 5:24£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  8. Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B flat BWV1051: II. Adagio ma non tantoOrchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment/Monica Huggett 4:30£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  9. Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B flat BWV1051: III. AllegroOrchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment/Monica Huggett 5:29£0.89  Buy MP3 


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2CD Orch Of The Age Of Enlightenment

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68 of 70 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Bright and transparent 23 Jan 2008
By Jon Chambers TOP 1000 REVIEWER VINE™ VOICE
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
At the time of writing, the relevant Amazon pages list 14 CD recordings of Bach's complete Brandenburg Concertos. This particular one can lay a strong claim to being one of the best. It offers a faithful, superbly played and authentically Baroque reading of these evergreen works.

The six concertos that make up the Brandenburgs are very varied - they may not even have been conceived as a set - so it's refreshing to see that no artificial attempt at uniformity is made: the mantle of 'musical director' is shared between three highly accomplished violinists - Monica Huggett, Catherine Mackintosh and Elizabeth Wallfisch.

Technically, concertos four and five offer the greatest challenge. I remember reading somewhere that Bach may never have had the chance to hear such demanding works actually played during his lifetime. A sobering thought. The pieces are played here with verve and precision by Huggett and Malcolm Proud, on violin and harpsichord respectively. The harpsichord solo in the opening Allegro of the fifth concerto is a spellbinding passage which gets increasingly frenetic (almost manic) and prefigures Classical/Romantic cadenzas and much else. Proud is always controlled and introduces subtle variations of tempo and dynamic to avoid sounding prosaic.

Artistically, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment brings a creative engagement to the works without ever putting themselves before JSB. I particularly liked the horns' cross rhythms throwing confusion and an air of modernity into the mix in the first concerto. (Recently, I heard this effect again on radio - by Europa Galante, if memory serves.) The small scale of the ensemble, meanwhile, creates a sound that is transparent and lucid, nowhere more so than in the second concerto, where Mark Bennett's trumpet is crisp and clear. My only complaint is that the ensemble make no attempt to fill the lacuna in Brandenburg 3. A meagre two or three bar violin solo bridges movements 1 and 3. Two chords in the manuscript are all that's left of the slow movement - but it is enough to tell us that something is missing. Interpolations from The English Suites have been used to good effect in other recordings and it's a shame something more ambitious isn't attempted here. But what we have is excellent music and unbeatable value.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent 10 April 2011
Format:Audio CD
Performances are pleasing: proper sense of scale with being overblown, sensible tempi and fine nuances bending/nudging the 'line' of the music. The sound is excellent - at least through my Quad electrostatic loudspeakers: clear, focused, with depth and transparency; no signs of the concerns expressed by others (which there will be with MP3 compression).
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A delight 17 Dec 2011
Format:Audio CD
This has to be one of the best recording of the Brandenburg Concertos. The variety of the the instrumental groups involved often give complete sets the feeling that they are just a set of different recordings brought together. It's clear from this set that there is a clarity of purpose and consistency across the recording that tie all the concertos together. There are some moments of great beauty like the opening of the Adagio of the first concerto to the pure energy and joy of Mark Bennet's trumpet in the final movement of the second concerto.

Well worth listening to.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Good recording
I would recommend this recording. I think this is very happy music and this rendition is particularly graceful and relaxing, being played on original instruments and recorded in... Read more
Published 1 month ago by grace21
5.0 out of 5 stars CHILL OUT MUSIC!
Downloaded this for my husband for part of his Christmas present. He was very pleased with it as it replaced a long lost tape recording. Read more
Published 3 months ago by A. Goddard
4.0 out of 5 stars J S Bach's "Brandenburg Concertos" from the Orchestra of the Age of...
I recently re-bought this 1989 recording of Bach's near-ubiquitous "Brandenburg Concertos" in a fit of nostalgia for the late 1980s, early 1990s "period instrument boom", which... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Mr. Mark A. Meldon
3.0 out of 5 stars Average - Hold Out for Better
The Brandenburg Concertos are my favorite and they were my thesis at University and they are my passion still today. Read more
Published on 9 May 2011 by Roger Treat
4.0 out of 5 stars Clear recording
Brandenburgs altogether is quite difficult to purchase. This recording is clear and at a good tempo mainly. Read more
Published on 1 Dec 2010 by Sharon
1.0 out of 5 stars Terrible sound...
Being an admiror of the OAE, i was expecting much of this recording of the brandenburgs. For me, the issue here is not the performance itself, but the recording sound. Read more
Published on 21 May 2010 by Michael Keys
1.0 out of 5 stars Brandenburg Concertos (Orchestra Age of Enlightenment)
A truly appalling recording, fuzzy and unconvincing.

Would not have thought it possible to issue and sell such an effort. Read more
Published on 5 Mar 2010 by John Martin
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent recording on period instruments
A great recording of the Brandenburg Concertos, definitely worth adding to your collection of music, especially if you love J.S. Bach and baroque music.
Published on 15 Oct 2009 by Decani
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