J.S. BACH: BRANDENBURG CONCERTOS BWV 1046-51

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Label
ALTO
Release Date
February 22, 2019
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      J.S. BACH
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      English Chamber Orchestra / Sir Philip Ledger
    • PERFORMER
      ENGLISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA / SIR PHILIP LEDGER
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      February 22, 2019
    • UPC
      5055354416057
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      AOTL1605.2
    • LABEL
      ALTO
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. I. —

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: José Luis García

      Conductor: Philip Ledger

    2. II. Adagio

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: José Luis García

      Conductor: Philip Ledger

    3. III. Allegro

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: José Luis García

      Conductor: Philip Ledger

    4. IV. Minuet

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: José Luis García

      Conductor: Philip Ledger

    5. I. (Allegro)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: William Bennett, Neil Black, Crispian Steele-Perkins, José Luis García

      Conductor: Philip Ledger

    6. II. Andante

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: William Bennett, Neil Black, Crispian Steele-Perkins, José Luis García

      Conductor: Philip Ledger

    7. III. Allegro assai

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: William Bennett, Neil Black, Crispian Steele-Perkins, José Luis García

      Conductor: Philip Ledger

    8. I. (Allegro)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: William Bennett, Paul Davies, José Luis García

      Conductor: Philip Ledger

    9. II. Adagio - III. Allegro

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: William Bennett, Paul Davies, José Luis García

      Conductor: Philip Ledger

    10. I. Allegro

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: William Bennett, Paul Davies, José Luis García

      Conductor: Philip Ledger

    11. II. Andante

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: William Bennett, Paul Davies, José Luis García

      Conductor: Philip Ledger

    12. III. Presto

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: William Bennett, Paul Davies, José Luis García

      Conductor: Philip Ledger

    13. I. Allegro

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: William Bennett, José Luis García

      Conductor: Philip Ledger

    14. II. Affettuoso

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: William Bennett, José Luis García

      Conductor: Philip Ledger

    15. III. Allegro

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: William Bennett, José Luis García

      Conductor: Philip Ledger

    16. I. —

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: Quintin Ballardie, Norbert Blume

      Conductor: Philip Ledger

    17. II. Adagio ma non tanto

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: Quintin Ballardie, Norbert Blume

      Conductor: Philip Ledger

    18. III. Allegro

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: Quintin Ballardie, Norbert Blume

      Conductor: 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)