Johann Sebastian Bach – The Brandenburg Concertos and Orchestral Suites – Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki (2009) [eClassical FLAC 24bit/44,1kHz]

Johann Sebastian Bach – The Brandenburg Concertos and Orchestral Suites – Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki (2009)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz  | Time – 03:21:02 minutes | 2,66 GB | Genre: Classical
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Recorded: June 2008 at the MUZA Kawasaki Symphony Hall, Japan (Brandenburg Concertos) and October 2003 at Kobe Shoin Women’s University, Japan (Orchestral Suites)

Bach Collegium Japan was first noticed internationally for undertaking the huge project of recording the complete church cantatas of J. S. Bach. Although the ensemble’s discography consists of predominately vocal works, the participating instrumentalists have attracted acclaim ever since the outset. On the present offering, it is Bach’s two great sets of orchestral works that form the programme and the choir of the BCJ is silent. Bach Collegium Japan and Masaaki Suzuki first recorded the Brandenburg Concertos in 2000, but now return to these great works. The new recording took place in the recently completed MUZA Kawasaki Hall, a venue that is highly suitable to an approach focussing on the chamber music qualities of this music. In four of the concertos Masaaki Suzuki has chosen to replace the traditional cello with the violoncello da spalla – a smaller instrument played horizontally on the shoulder or held against the breast. The instrument has already featured in the BCJ Cantata series, and opens for new possibilities in timbre, for instance in Concerto No. 6, where the violoncello da spalla blends particularly well with the two solo violas and the viola da gambas.

Tracklist:

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Concerto No.1 in F major, BWV1046
1. I. [No tempo indication] 4’00
2. II. Adagio 3’45
3. III. Allegro 4’07
4. IV. Menuet 8’25

Concerto No.2 in F major, BWV1047
5. I. [No tempo indication] 5’19
6. II. Andante 3’43
7. III. Allegro 2’59

Concerto No.3 in G major, BWV1048
8. I. [No tempo indication] 5’42
9. II. Adagio 4’28
10. III. Allegro 4’19

Concerto No.4 in G major, BWV1049
11. I. Allegro 6’58
12. II. Andante 3’38
13. III. Presto 4’31

Concerto No.5 in D major, BWV1050
14. I. Allegro 9’31
15. II. Affettuoso 5’19
16. III. Allegro 5’04

Concerto No.6 in B flat major, BWV1051
17. I. [No tempo indication] 6’37
18. II. Adagio ma non tanto 5’03
19. III. Allegro 5’31

Suite No.4 in D major, BWV1069
20. I. Ouverture 12’21
21. II. Bourrée I / II 2’55
22. III. Gavotte 1’57
23. IV. Menuet I / II 4’11
24. V. Réjouissance 2’31

Suite No.3 in D major, BWV1068
25. I. Ouverture 10’19
26. II. Air 4’41
27. III. Gavotte I / II 4’26
28. IV. Bourrée 1’10
29. V. Gigue 2’48

Suite No.1 in C major, BWV1066
30. I. Ouverture 10’01
31. II. Courante 2’21
32. III. Gavotte I / II 3’48
33. IV. Forlane 1’19
34. V. Menuet I / II 3’27
35. VI. Bourrée I / II 2’32
36. VII. Passepied I / II 3’06

Suite No.2 in B minor, BWV1067
37. I. Ouverture 10’41
38. II. Rondeau 1’52
39. III. Sarabande 2’53
40. IV. Bourrée I / II 2’05
41. V. Polonaise – Double 3’52
42. VI. Menuet 1’17
43. VII. Badinerie 1’23

Personnel:
Bach Collegium Japan
Masaaki Suzuki, conductor

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