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The Brandenburg Project - 12 Concertos / Dausgaard, Swedish Chamber Orchestra
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The Brandenburg Project - 12 Concertos / Dausgaard, Swedish Chamber Orchestra

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Composer
VARIOUS
Artist
Dusgaard
Format
SACD
Label
BIS
Released
Apr 23, 2021
Catalog #
BIS-2199
UPC
7318599921990

About

Along with Vivaldi’s ‘Seasons’ or Beethoven’s ‘Fifth’, Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos belong to those works that are so well-known that we risk taking them for granted. In order to (re-)discover the special qualities that can inspire us today, in 2001 Thomas Dausgaard and the Swedish Chamber Orchestra decided to contact six contemporary composer, asking each of them to compose a companion piece to one of the concertos. Seventeen years later, in 2018, it was time to present the result, with a performance at the BBC Proms of all the works – new and old. Recorded over a period of 18 months leading up to this event, the present boxed set provides a unique opportunity to experience six very different musical minds and idioms entering into conversation with Bach: Mark-Anthony Turnage, Steven Mackey, Anders Hillborg, Olga Neuwirth, Uri Caine and Brett Dean. Bach’s concertos are remarkable in that they are all scored for different instrumental combinations, and part of the brief to the group of composers was to reflect this. In her Aello, Olga Neuwirth has for instance used several ‘instruments’ to stand in for Bach’s harpsichord, including a synthesizer, a milk frother and a typewriter. Brett Dean, on the other hand, has stayed very close to Bach’s instrumentation, but has chosen to write his work as a preparation for Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 – an Approach to Bach’s extremely tight canonic writing. In performing the twelve works the orchestra and Dausgaard are joined by leading soloists including Clare Chase, Mahan Esfahani, Håkan Hardenberger, Pekka Kuusisto and Tabea Zimmermann.

Tracklist 35 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 I. — 03:33
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. —
    Duration
    03:33
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Mårten Larsson, Lisa Almberg, Daniel Burstedt, Mikael Lindström, Terése Larsson, Göran Hülphers, Antje Weithaas, Mahan Esfahani
    Ensemble
    Svenska Kammarorkestern
    Conductor
    Thomas Dausgaard
  3. 2 II. Adagio 03:41
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Adagio
    Duration
    03:41
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Mårten Larsson, Lisa Almberg, Daniel Burstedt, Mikael Lindström, Terése Larsson, Göran Hülphers, Antje Weithaas, Mahan Esfahani
    Ensemble
    Svenska Kammarorkestern
    Conductor
    Thomas Dausgaard
  4. 3 III. Allegro 04:21
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Allegro
    Duration
    04:21
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Mårten Larsson, Lisa Almberg, Daniel Burstedt, Mikael Lindström, Terése Larsson, Göran Hülphers, Antje Weithaas, Mahan Esfahani
    Ensemble
    Svenska Kammarorkestern
    Conductor
    Thomas Dausgaard
  5. 4 IV. Menuetto - Trio - Menuetto - Polacca - Trio - Menuetto 06:14
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Menuetto - Trio - Menuetto - Polacca - Trio - Menuetto
    Duration
    06:14
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Mårten Larsson, Lisa Almberg, Daniel Burstedt, Mikael Lindström, Terése Larsson, Göran Hülphers, Antje Weithaas, Mahan Esfahani
    Ensemble
    Svenska Kammarorkestern
    Conductor
    Thomas Dausgaard
  6. 5 Maya 14:23
    Track
    5
    Title
    Maya
    Duration
    14:23
    Composer
    Mark-Anthony Turnage
    Performer
    Maya Beiser
    Ensemble
    Svenska Kammarorkestern
    Conductor
    Thomas Dausgaard
  7. 6 I. (Allegro) 04:36
    Track
    6
    Title
    I. (Allegro)
    Duration
    04:36
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Håkan Hardenberger, Fiona Kelly, Mårten Larsson, Antje Weithaas, Björn Gäfvert
    Ensemble
    Svenska Kammarorkestern
    Conductor
    Thomas Dausgaard
  8. 7 II. Andante 03:16
    Track
    7
    Title
    II. Andante
    Duration
    03:16
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Håkan Hardenberger, Fiona Kelly, Mårten Larsson, Antje Weithaas, Björn Gäfvert
    Ensemble
    Svenska Kammarorkestern
    Conductor
    Thomas Dausgaard
  9. 8 III. Allegro assai 02:32
    Track
    8
    Title
    III. Allegro assai
    Duration
    02:32
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Håkan Hardenberger, Fiona Kelly, Mårten Larsson, Antje Weithaas, Björn Gäfvert
    Ensemble
    Svenska Kammarorkestern
    Conductor
    Thomas Dausgaard
  10. 9 Triceros 18:26
    Track
    9
    Title
    Triceros
    Duration
    18:26
    Composer
    Steven Mackey
    Performer
    Håkan Hardenberger, Fiona Kelly, Mårten Larsson, Antje Weithaas, Björn Gäfvert
    Ensemble
    Svenska Kammarorkestern
    Conductor
    Thomas Dausgaard
  11. Disc 2
  12. 1 Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048: I. (Allegro) 05:25
    Track
    1
    Title
    Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048: I. (Allegro)
    Duration
    05:25
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Pekka Kuusisto, Urban Svensson, Roger Olsson, Göran Fröst, Linn Elvkull, Kate Pelly, Mats Levin, Andreas Tengberg, Rajmund Follmann, Sébastien Dubé, Mahan Esfahani
  13. 2 2nd movement for J.S. Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048 01:06
    Track
    2
    Title
    2nd movement for J.S. Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048
    Duration
    01:06
    Composer
    Anders Hillborg
    Performer
    Pekka Kuusisto, Urban Svensson, Roger Olsson, Göran Fröst, Linn Elvkull, Kate Pelly, Mats Levin, Andreas Tengberg, Rajmund Follmann, Sébastien Dubé, Mahan Esfahani
  14. 3 Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048: III. Allegro 04:44
    Track
    3
    Title
    Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048: III. Allegro
    Duration
    04:44
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Pekka Kuusisto, Urban Svensson, Roger Olsson, Göran Fröst, Linn Elvkull, Kate Pelly, Mats Levin, Andreas Tengberg, Rajmund Follmann, Sébastien Dubé, Mahan Esfahani
  15. 4 Beginning (bar 1) - 06:50
    Track
    4
    Title
    Beginning (bar 1) -
    Duration
    06:50
    Composer
    Anders Hillborg
    Performer
    Pekka Kuusisto, Sébastien Dubé
    Ensemble
    Svenska Kammarorkestern
    Conductor
    Thomas Dausgaard
  16. 5 Cadenza (bar 109) - 03:07
    Track
    5
    Title
    Cadenza (bar 109) -
    Duration
    03:07
    Composer
    Anders Hillborg
    Performer
    Pekka Kuusisto, Sébastien Dubé
  17. 6 bar 110 - 05:48
    Track
    6
    Title
    bar 110 -
    Duration
    05:48
    Composer
    Anders Hillborg
    Performer
    Pekka Kuusisto, Sébastien Dubé
    Ensemble
    Svenska Kammarorkestern
    Conductor
    Thomas Dausgaard
  18. 7 Cadenza (bar 190) - 03:02
    Track
    7
    Title
    Cadenza (bar 190) -
    Duration
    03:02
    Composer
    Anders Hillborg
    Performer
    Pekka Kuusisto, Sébastien Dubé
  19. 8 bar 191 03:18
    Track
    8
    Title
    bar 191
    Duration
    03:18
    Composer
    Anders Hillborg
    Performer
    Pekka Kuusisto, Sébastien Dubé
    Ensemble
    Svenska Kammarorkestern
    Conductor
    Thomas Dausgaard
  20. 9 I. Allegro 06:43
    Track
    9
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    06:43
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Per Gross, Katarina Widell, Pekka Kuusisto, Björn Gäfvert
    Ensemble
    Svenska Kammarorkestern
    Conductor
    Thomas Dausgaard
  21. 10 II. Andante 03:24
    Track
    10
    Title
    II. Andante
    Duration
    03:24
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Per Gross, Katarina Widell, Pekka Kuusisto, Björn Gäfvert
    Ensemble
    Svenska Kammarorkestern
    Conductor
    Thomas Dausgaard
  22. 11 III. Presto 04:21
    Track
    11
    Title
    III. Presto
    Duration
    04:21
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Per Gross, Katarina Widell, Pekka Kuusisto, Björn Gäfvert
    Ensemble
    Svenska Kammarorkestern
    Conductor
    Thomas Dausgaard
  23. 12 I. — 08:03
    Track
    12
    Title
    I. —
    Duration
    08:03
    Composer
    Olga Neuwirth
    Performer
    Claire Chase, Anders Hemstrom, Margit Csökmei, Oskar Ekberg, Lars Fhager
    Ensemble
    Svenska Kammarorkestern
    Conductor
    Thomas Dausgaard
  24. 13 II. — 05:07
    Track
    13
    Title
    II. —
    Duration
    05:07
    Composer
    Olga Neuwirth
    Performer
    Claire Chase, Anders Hemstrom, Margit Csökmei, Oskar Ekberg, Lars Fhager
    Ensemble
    Svenska Kammarorkestern
    Conductor
    Thomas Dausgaard
  25. 14 III. — 03:30
    Track
    14
    Title
    III. —
    Duration
    03:30
    Composer
    Olga Neuwirth
    Performer
    Claire Chase, Anders Hemstrom, Margit Csökmei, Oskar Ekberg, Lars Fhager
    Ensemble
    Svenska Kammarorkestern
    Conductor
    Thomas Dausgaard
  26. Disc 3
  27. 1 I. Allegro 09:24
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    09:24
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Fiona Kelly, Antje Weithaas, Mahan Esfahani
    Ensemble
    Svenska Kammarorkestern
    Conductor
    Thomas Dausgaard
  28. 2 II. Affettuoso 04:52
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Affettuoso
    Duration
    04:52
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Fiona Kelly, Antje Weithaas, Mahan Esfahani
    Ensemble
    Svenska Kammarorkestern
    Conductor
    Thomas Dausgaard
  29. 3 III. Allegro 05:05
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Allegro
    Duration
    05:05
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Fiona Kelly, Antje Weithaas, Mahan Esfahani
    Ensemble
    Svenska Kammarorkestern
    Conductor
    Thomas Dausgaard
  30. 4 I. Fast 11:12
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Fast
    Duration
    11:12
    Composer
    Uri Caine
    Performer
    Fiona Kelly, Antje Weithaas, Uri Caine
    Ensemble
    Svenska Kammarorkestern
    Conductor
    Thomas Dausgaard
  31. 5 II. Adagio 09:53
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Adagio
    Duration
    09:53
    Composer
    Uri Caine
    Performer
    Fiona Kelly, Antje Weithaas, Uri Caine
    Ensemble
    Svenska Kammarorkestern
    Conductor
    Thomas Dausgaard
  32. 6 III. Vivace 09:16
    Track
    6
    Title
    III. Vivace
    Duration
    09:16
    Composer
    Uri Caine
    Performer
    Fiona Kelly, Antje Weithaas, Uri Caine
    Ensemble
    Svenska Kammarorkestern
    Conductor
    Thomas Dausgaard
  33. 7 Allegro impetuoso, volatile - 03:19
    Track
    7
    Title
    Allegro impetuoso, volatile -
    Duration
    03:19
    Composer
    Brett Dean
    Performer
    Tabea Zimmermann, Brett Dean, Hannah Thorell, Andreas Tengberg, Mats Levin, Peter Nitsche, Björn Gäfvert
    Conductor
    Thomas Dausgaard
  34. 8 Calm, serene - 05:08
    Track
    8
    Title
    Calm, serene -
    Duration
    05:08
    Composer
    Brett Dean
    Performer
    Tabea Zimmermann, Brett Dean, Hannah Thorell, Andreas Tengberg, Mats Levin, Peter Nitsche, Björn Gäfvert
    Conductor
    Thomas Dausgaard
  35. 9 Slightly agitated though unhurried 04:21
    Track
    9
    Title
    Slightly agitated though unhurried
    Duration
    04:21
    Composer
    Brett Dean
    Performer
    Tabea Zimmermann, Brett Dean, Hannah Thorell, Andreas Tengberg, Mats Levin, Peter Nitsche, Björn Gäfvert
    Conductor
    Thomas Dausgaard
  36. 10 I. — 05:23
    Track
    10
    Title
    I. —
    Duration
    05:23
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Tabea Zimmermann, Brett Dean, Hannah Thorell, Andreas Tengberg, Mats Levin, Peter Nitsche, Björn Gäfvert
  37. 11 II. Adagio ma non tanto 04:39
    Track
    11
    Title
    II. Adagio ma non tanto
    Duration
    04:39
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Tabea Zimmermann, Brett Dean, Hannah Thorell, Andreas Tengberg, Mats Levin, Peter Nitsche, Björn Gäfvert
  38. 12 III. Allegro 05:34
    Track
    12
    Title
    III. Allegro
    Duration
    05:34
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Tabea Zimmermann, Brett Dean, Hannah Thorell, Andreas Tengberg, Mats Levin, Peter Nitsche, Björn Gäfvert