Die Freitagsakademie - Bach: The Brandenburg Concertos 1721 (The Celebration) (2012) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Driving in the Horse-Drawn Carriage to Coethen
02. Brandenburg Concerto N° 1 in F Major (BWV 1046): (Allegro)
03. Brandenburg Concerto N° 1 in F Major (BWV 1046): Adagio
04. Brandenburg Concerto N° 1 in F Major (BWV 1046): Allegro
05. Brandenburg Concerto N° 1 in F Major (BWV 1046): Menuet-Trio I-Menuet-Poloinesse-Menuet-Trio II-Menuet
06. Brandenburg Concerto N° 2 in F Major (BWV 1047): (Allegro)
07. Brandenburg Concerto N° 2 in F Major (BWV 1047): Andante
08. Brandenburg Concerto N° 2 in F Major (BWV 1047): Allegro assai
09. Brandenburg Concerto N° 3 in G Major (BWV 1048): (Allegro)
10. Brandenburg Concerto N° 3 in G Major (BWV 1048): Adagio
11. Brandenburg Concerto N° 3 in G Major (BWV 1048): Allegro
12. Brandenburg Concerto N° 4 in G Major (BWV 1049): Allegro
13. Brandenburg Concerto N° 4 in G Major (BWV 1049): Andante
14. Brandenburg Concerto N° 4 in G Major (BWV 1049): Presto
15. Before Midnight a Wonderful Fireworks Illuminates the Sky With Thousands of Stars and Fascinating Colours-Everyone Here Is Enthusiastic
16. Brandenburg Concerto N° 5 in D Major (Bwv1050): Allegro
17. Brandenburg Concerto N° 5 in D Major (BWV 1050): Affetuoso
18. Brandenburg Concerto N° 5 in D Major (BWV 1050): Allegro
19. The Fire of Midsummer
20. Brandenburg Concerto N° 6 in B-Flat Major (BWV 1051): (Allegro)
21. Brandenburg Concerto N° 6 in B-Flat Major (BWV 1051): Adagio ma non tanto
22. Brandenburg Concerto N° 6 in B-Flat Major (BWV 1051): Allegro



This album carries the listener off to the year 1721 to a glittering baroque feast. The composition for this sound story has been written by Johann Sebastian Bach. Coaches arrive at twilight bringing superbly dressed guests; from afar sound the first tones of Bach’s new oeuvre 'Six Concerts Avec plusieurs Instruments'. Margrave Christian Ludwig of Brandenburg-Schwedt is the host and to him Bach dedicates this music that will later become world famous under the title 'The Brandenburg Concertos'. An orchestra consisting of over 20 musicians with horns, trumpets and string instruments unfolds on a square. Italian overtures resound; fugues, concerti grossi and group concertos alternate. Bach creates a firework in the truest sense.

Die Freitagsakademie, an ensemble of the best Swiss baroque musicians, plays the six concertos. The recording is analogue without digital tricks and the interpretation in natural sound promises to be a listening experience.

The music of Die Freitagsakademie is a true joy, this special ensemble enables the listeners to experience the well-known composition in a new way.

Conrad Steinmann, alto recorder
Katharina Suske, recorder, oboe
Verena Fischer, traverse flute
Thomas Jahn, oboe
Priska Comploi, oboe
Lyndon Watts, bassoon
Markus Würsch, trumpet in F
Olivier Darbellay, horn
Stéphane Moser, horn
Plamena Nikitassova, violin, violino piccolo
Lenka Torgersen, violin
Vitaly Shestakov, violin
Werner Saller, viola
Lorenz Hasler, viola
Andreas Torgersen, viola
Jane Achtman, viola da gamba
Rebeka Rusò, viola da gamba
Bernhard Maurer, violoncello
Daniel Rosin, violoncello
Martin Birnstiel, violoncello
Jan Krigovsky, violone grosso
Jonathan Rubin, lute
Vital Julian Frey, harpsichord

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