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'Rachel Podger created Brecon Baroque in 2007 as the resident orchestra for her annual Brecon Festival. They re first-rate players, lending an intimate one-to-a-part chamber-music quality to these four familiar concertos. Their light, transparent quality encourages some lively tempos the last movement of BWV1041 and the first of BWV1042 are thrilling, thoughtfully shaped and articulated but without inhibiting a powerful sense of propulsion and drive and Podger enhances the da capo of the E major opening movement with some irrepressibly high-spirited decorations. The slow movements of these two (original) concertos are beautifully conceived, the first played with its recurring bass rhythm peacefully relaxed, the second with a foundation of absolute legato not a trace of vibrato over which the soloist sings its melancholy line. ' BBC Music Magazine - November 2010 - George Pratt Performance 5/5 --BBC Music Magazine --BBC Radio 3 - CD Review
Above all this is a community endeavour. Podger's six supporting musicians play alongside with exquisite skill and freshness. They illuminate the secret parts in Bach's dancing counterpoint (there's a lovely example in the first movement of BWV1042) and provide a thrilling kaleidoscope of colours. With playing of this level, ironing the bedsheets is impossible. For, wrapped in concentration, transported in bliss, you'd probably put down the iron and scorch them. ----The Times - Geoff Brown CD of the Week
Above all this is a community endeavour. Podger's six supporting musicians play alongside with exquisite skill and freshness. They illuminate the secret parts in Bach's dancing counterpoint (there's a lovely example in the first movement of BWV1042) and provide a thrilling kaleidoscope of colours. With playing of this level, ironing the bedsheets is impossible. For, wrapped in concentration, transported in bliss, you'd probably put down the iron and scorch them. ----The Times - Geoff Brown CD of the Week
About the Artist
The dynamic ensemble Brecon Baroque was founded in 2007 by violinist Rachel Podger as resident ensemble at her annual Brecon Baroque Festival. The international line-up consists of some of some of the leading lights in the period-instrument world, such as cellist Alison McGillivray, flautist Katie Bircher, oboist Alexandra Bellamy and violist Jane Rogers, as well as some of Rachel's 'star' former students who now occupy leading positions in many of Europe's finest ensembles.
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16 of 19 people found the following review helpful
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This is another really fine, enjoyable disc from Rachel Podger. She is now established as one of the world's finest baroque violinists, as well as a great interpreter of Mozart. Two of her previous Bach recordings have been the Radio 3 Building a Library First Choice in the face of competition from many of the greatest violinists (Bach: Complete Sonatas and Partitas for Violin Solo and Bach: Complete Sonatas for Violin and Obbligato Harpsichord /Podger · Pinnock) and I think this disc is just as good.
The programme here comprises Bach's two familiar violin concertos in A minor and E major, BWV 1041 and 1042, plus two reconstructions from harpsichord concertos BWV 1055 and 1056. They are all very fine works which show Bach's real mastery and the variety of his writing, with the vigorous and dance-like beside the beautiful and tender.
Rachel Podger shows her real depth of understanding of Bach here, but it is lightly worn: she plays the concertos with immense grace and lightness of touch so that they really dance and shine with charm and beauty, but she never loses any of their intellectual weight. The ensemble is small - just six players, hand-picked by Podger - which gives a delightful spring and suppleness to the quicker movements and a wonderful beauty to the slow movements, which to me are the highlights of this disc. It is exemplary Bach playing, I think.
The recorded sound is excellent and the notes very good. Channel Classics have even managed to make the presentation attractive, which hasn't always been their strong point. It's a really outstanding disc - I have loved these works for many years and already have a number of treasured recordings, but I think these may take their place as my favourites
The programme here comprises Bach's two familiar violin concertos in A minor and E major, BWV 1041 and 1042, plus two reconstructions from harpsichord concertos BWV 1055 and 1056. They are all very fine works which show Bach's real mastery and the variety of his writing, with the vigorous and dance-like beside the beautiful and tender.
Rachel Podger shows her real depth of understanding of Bach here, but it is lightly worn: she plays the concertos with immense grace and lightness of touch so that they really dance and shine with charm and beauty, but she never loses any of their intellectual weight. The ensemble is small - just six players, hand-picked by Podger - which gives a delightful spring and suppleness to the quicker movements and a wonderful beauty to the slow movements, which to me are the highlights of this disc. It is exemplary Bach playing, I think.
The recorded sound is excellent and the notes very good. Channel Classics have even managed to make the presentation attractive, which hasn't always been their strong point. It's a really outstanding disc - I have loved these works for many years and already have a number of treasured recordings, but I think these may take their place as my favourites
2 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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I am a keen chamber and Baroque fan. This CD is fantastic value and an absolute joy to listen to. Rachel Podger brings Bach to life in a way I have not experienced before. I would recommend this CD to anyone who has an interest in Bach.
7 of 34 people found the following review helpful
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J. S. Bach
Violin Concerto BWV 1041, 1042, 1055, 1056
Rachel Podger - violin
Brecon Baroque:
Bojan Cicic - violin
Johannes Pramsohler - violin
Jane Rogers - viola
Alison McGillivray - cello
Jan Spencer - violone
Christopher Bucknall - harpsichord
Recording date May 2010
After all, this ensemble is one-woman's ensemble of Rachel Podger. Other members are only playing according to her instruction. It's boring. It's a fresh performance, but a background music not exciting.
I mean it's missing a dialogue between the soloist and orchestra and the soloist and orchestra don't stimulate each other, that are necessary to play the ritornello and solo of Bach's Violin Concertos. I believe it's because Brecon Baroque doesn't take any shape of an orchestra.
Yes, I think, Mutter's BWV 1041 / 42 in Bach Violin Concertos & Gubaidulina 'In Tempus Praesens' are better. Because I feel a thrill at the ritornello begins after the music paused after Mutter's solo (5' 26) of the first movement E major, because Trondheim Soloists give me a contrast between the ritornello of orchetra and the solo. Podger and Brecon Baroque lack it.
Violin Concerto BWV 1041, 1042, 1055, 1056
Rachel Podger - violin
Brecon Baroque:
Bojan Cicic - violin
Johannes Pramsohler - violin
Jane Rogers - viola
Alison McGillivray - cello
Jan Spencer - violone
Christopher Bucknall - harpsichord
Recording date May 2010
After all, this ensemble is one-woman's ensemble of Rachel Podger. Other members are only playing according to her instruction. It's boring. It's a fresh performance, but a background music not exciting.
I mean it's missing a dialogue between the soloist and orchestra and the soloist and orchestra don't stimulate each other, that are necessary to play the ritornello and solo of Bach's Violin Concertos. I believe it's because Brecon Baroque doesn't take any shape of an orchestra.
Yes, I think, Mutter's BWV 1041 / 42 in Bach Violin Concertos & Gubaidulina 'In Tempus Praesens' are better. Because I feel a thrill at the ritornello begins after the music paused after Mutter's solo (5' 26) of the first movement E major, because Trondheim Soloists give me a contrast between the ritornello of orchetra and the solo. Podger and Brecon Baroque lack it.
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