BACH: BRANDENBURG CONCERTOS BWV 1046-51 - LEDGER, ENGLISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA (2 CDS)

BACH: BRANDENBURG CONCERTOS BWV 1046-51

English Chamber Orchestra
Sir Philip Ledger

“Ledger has the advantage of fresh and detailed digital recording. He directs resilient, well-paced readings of all 6 concertos on modern instruments, lively, yet never over-forced. The slow movements in particular are most beautifully done, persuasively and without mannerism. Flutes rather than recorders are used in No.4.” (Penguin Guide 3 stars)

“I suggested this as the best of the budget-price CD versions – a commendation it now retains. All the soloists (listed inside) play with accuracy and sensitivity, Garcia earning an honourable mention for the fleet-fingered dispatch in Concerto No.4. There are many good things in this set, not least the expressively played slow movements” (Gramophone)

CD1 [45:03]
Brandenburg Concerto No.1 in F major, BWV 1046
[1] (no tempo indication) 4:17
[2] Adagio 4:07
[3] Allegro 4:36
[4] Menuetto – Trio I – Polacca – Trio II 7:31

Brandenburg Concerto No.2 in F major, BWV 1047

[5] (no tempo indication) 5:14
[6] Andante 4:17
[7] Allegro assai 2:56

Brandenburg Concerto No.3 in G major, BWV 1048

[8] (no tempo indication) 6:08
[9] Adagio – Allegro 5:36
CD2 [56:27]

Brandenburg Concerto No.4 in G major, BWV 1049

[1] Allegro 7:27
[2] Andante 3:57
[3] Presto 5:17

Brandenburg Concerto No.5 in D major, BWV 1050

[4] Allegro 10:36
[5] Affetuoso 5:26
[6] Allegro 5:24

Brandenburg Concerto No.6 in B flat major, BWV 1051

[7] (no tempo indication) 6:41
[8] Adagio ma non tanto 5:18
[9] Allegro 6:00