Undercover Bach - Orchestral Suites & Concertos / Jurgen Gross, Elbipolis Baroque Orchestra

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Label
Challenge Classics
Release Date
November 15, 2013
Format
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    Featuring
    • COMPOSER
      BACH, J.S.
    • PERFORMER
      Elbipolis Barockorchester Hamburg, Gross
    Product Details
    • RELEASE DATE
      November 15, 2013
    • UPC
      0608917262520
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      CC72625
    • LABEL
      Challenge Classics
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE

The tradition of adapting other composers’ works was a common convention in the early 18th century; adopting a piece by another composer was regarded as a sign of the highest esteem for fellow composers. As he grew older, Bach practiced this frequently for his own works. He arranged concertos written in Köthen for other ensembles in Leipzig, adapted Weimar cantatas to suit Leipzig conditions, and transformed chamber music into orchestral music (and vice versa). This CD by the Elbipolis Baroque Orchestra of Hamburg features five works by Johann Sebastian Bach, recorded in orchestral arrangements specially created by Jörg Jacobi, as well as the presumed original version of the Overture in B minor (BWV 1067) in a reconstruction by Werner Breig.