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Bach: Overtures, BWV 1066-1069 / Mortensen, Concerto Copenhagen
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Bach: Overtures, BWV 1066-1069 / Mortensen, Concerto Copenhagen

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Details

Composer
BACH, J.S.
Artist
Concerto Copenhagen, Mortensen
Format
CD
Label
CPO
Released
Aug 13, 2021
Catalog #
555346-2
UPC
761203534623

About

Concerto Copenhagen, the Danish National Baroque Orchestra, has developed into one of Scandinavia’s leading Baroque orchestras and has earned its place in the front ranks of the world’s most fascinating and innovative orchestras of this kind. The orchestra now turns to Johann Sebastian Bach’s famous Orchestral Suites. Although extensive research has been conducted for many years, it is not known when the suites were composed. Today everything indicates that the suites were written much earlier than is assumed and then merely had to be adapted to Bach’s new Leipzig circumstances. It is therefore not unusual for them to be performed – as on this recording – without timpani and trumpets. Although the especially popular third suite is a ceremonious, sumptuous work, the material contributed by the wind instruments is hardly of considerable significance. The suite enjoys a top ranking on the charts of Bach’s most attractive and best-loved works. Some of his most popular melodies can be found in their movements. Suite No. 2 in B minor ends with the immensely famous flute solo of the Badinerie (a “joke” comparable to the Italian “scherzo”) frequently employed on television as a signature tune. Here the Johann Sebastian Bach we encounter is not the one who quests for deep spiritual knowledge or probes hidden aspects of the human soul. On the other hand, he rarely wrote mellower, more uplifting melodies or simpler, more elegantly designed dance rhythms than in these twenty-four movements brimming with magical variations, atmosphere, and rich color.

Tracklist 24 tracks

  1. 1 I. Overture 05:49
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Overture
    Duration
    05:49
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Concerto Copenhagen
    Conductor
    Lars Ulrik Mortensen
  2. 2 II. Courante 02:14
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Courante
    Duration
    02:14
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Concerto Copenhagen
    Conductor
    Lars Ulrik Mortensen
  3. 3 III. Gavotte I-II 02:28
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Gavotte I-II
    Duration
    02:28
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Concerto Copenhagen
    Conductor
    Lars Ulrik Mortensen
  4. 4 IV. Forlane 01:15
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Forlane
    Duration
    01:15
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Concerto Copenhagen
    Conductor
    Lars Ulrik Mortensen
  5. 5 V. Menuet I-II 02:13
    Track
    5
    Title
    V. Menuet I-II
    Duration
    02:13
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Concerto Copenhagen
    Conductor
    Lars Ulrik Mortensen
  6. 6 VI. Bourrée I-II 02:12
    Track
    6
    Title
    VI. Bourrée I-II
    Duration
    02:12
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Concerto Copenhagen
    Conductor
    Lars Ulrik Mortensen
  7. 7 VII. Passepied I-II 02:39
    Track
    7
    Title
    VII. Passepied I-II
    Duration
    02:39
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Concerto Copenhagen
    Conductor
    Lars Ulrik Mortensen
  8. 8 I. Ouverture 06:09
    Track
    8
    Title
    I. Ouverture
    Duration
    06:09
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Concerto Copenhagen
    Conductor
    Lars Ulrik Mortensen
  9. 9 II. Rondeau 01:38
    Track
    9
    Title
    II. Rondeau
    Duration
    01:38
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Concerto Copenhagen
    Conductor
    Lars Ulrik Mortensen
  10. 10 III. Sarabande 03:10
    Track
    10
    Title
    III. Sarabande
    Duration
    03:10
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Concerto Copenhagen
    Conductor
    Lars Ulrik Mortensen
  11. 11 IV. Bourrée I-II 01:58
    Track
    11
    Title
    IV. Bourrée I-II
    Duration
    01:58
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Concerto Copenhagen
    Conductor
    Lars Ulrik Mortensen
  12. 12 V. Polonaise - Double 03:15
    Track
    12
    Title
    V. Polonaise - Double
    Duration
    03:15
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Concerto Copenhagen
    Conductor
    Lars Ulrik Mortensen
  13. 13 VI. Menuet 01:01
    Track
    13
    Title
    VI. Menuet
    Duration
    01:01
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Concerto Copenhagen
    Conductor
    Lars Ulrik Mortensen
  14. 14 VII. Badinerie 01:32
    Track
    14
    Title
    VII. Badinerie
    Duration
    01:32
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Concerto Copenhagen
    Conductor
    Lars Ulrik Mortensen
  15. 15 I. Ouverture 06:03
    Track
    15
    Title
    I. Ouverture
    Duration
    06:03
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Concerto Copenhagen
    Conductor
    Lars Ulrik Mortensen
  16. 16 II. Air, "Air on the G String" 04:42
    Track
    16
    Title
    II. Air, "Air on the G String"
    Duration
    04:42
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Concerto Copenhagen
    Conductor
    Lars Ulrik Mortensen
  17. 17 III. Gavotte I-II 03:12
    Track
    17
    Title
    III. Gavotte I-II
    Duration
    03:12
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Concerto Copenhagen
    Conductor
    Lars Ulrik Mortensen
  18. 18 IV. Bourrée - 01:01
    Track
    18
    Title
    IV. Bourrée -
    Duration
    01:01
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Concerto Copenhagen
    Conductor
    Lars Ulrik Mortensen
  19. 19 V. Gigue 02:37
    Track
    19
    Title
    V. Gigue
    Duration
    02:37
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Concerto Copenhagen
    Conductor
    Lars Ulrik Mortensen
  20. 20 I. Overture 07:07
    Track
    20
    Title
    I. Overture
    Duration
    07:07
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Concerto Copenhagen
    Conductor
    Lars Ulrik Mortensen
  21. 21 II. Bourrée I-II 02:47
    Track
    21
    Title
    II. Bourrée I-II
    Duration
    02:47
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Concerto Copenhagen
    Conductor
    Lars Ulrik Mortensen
  22. 22 III. Gavotte 01:52
    Track
    22
    Title
    III. Gavotte
    Duration
    01:52
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Concerto Copenhagen
    Conductor
    Lars Ulrik Mortensen
  23. 23 IV. Menuet I-II 03:18
    Track
    23
    Title
    IV. Menuet I-II
    Duration
    03:18
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Concerto Copenhagen
    Conductor
    Lars Ulrik Mortensen
  24. 24 V. Réjouissance 02:31
    Track
    24
    Title
    V. Réjouissance
    Duration
    02:31
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Concerto Copenhagen
    Conductor
    Lars Ulrik Mortensen