J.-S. Bach: Brandenburg Concertos

Johan-Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concertos Nos 1-6, BWV1046-1051

Academy of Saint-Martin-in-the-Fields - Neville Marriner, cond.
Philips 6700 045 [2 LPs]

Contents:

LP-1

Johan-Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concertos No. 1 in F, BWV1046

1. (Allegro)
2. Adagio
3. Menuetto
4. Allegro
5. Polacca

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Johan-Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concertos No. 2 in F, BWV1047

6. (Allegro)
7. Adagio
8. Allegro

Johan-Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concertos No. 6 in B flat, BWV1051

9. (Moderato)
10. Adagio ma non toto
11. Allegro

LP-2

Johan-Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concertos No. 3 in G, BWV1048

12. (Allegro)
13. Adagio
14. Allegro

Johan-Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concertos No. 4 in G, BWV1049

15. Allegro
16. Andante
17. Presto

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Johan-Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concertos No. 5 in D, BWV1050

18. Allegro
19. Adagio
20. Allegro

Playing time: ??' ?? + 46' 32"

Performers:
[1]-[5] Academy of Saint-Martin-in-the-Fields [Alan Loveday (violin), Philip Ledger (continuo - harpsichord), Colin Tilney (continuo - harpsichord)] - Neville Marriner, cond.
[6]-[8] Academy of Saint-Martin-in-the-Fields [Iona Brown (violin), David Munrow (recorder), Neil Black (oboe), Barry Tuckwell (horn), Thurston Dart (allegro - harpsichord), Raymond Leppard (continuo - harpsichord)] - Neville Marriner, cond.
[9]-[11] Academy of Saint-Martin-in-the-Fields [Stephen Shingles (viola), Margaret Major (viola), Roderick Skeaping (viole de gamba), Kenneth Skeaping (viole de gamba), Kenneth Heath (cello), Colin Tilney (continuo organ)] - Neville Marriner, cond.
[12]-[14] Academy of Saint-Martin-in-the-Fields [Iona Brown (violin), Thurston Dart (continuo - harpsichord)] - Neville Marriner, cond.
[15]-[17] Academy of Saint-Martin-in-the-Fields [Alan Loveday (violin), David Munrow (sopranino recorder), John Turner (sopranino recorder), Thurston Dart (Allegro), Raymond Leppard (continuo - harpsichord)] - Neville Marriner, cond.
[18]-[20] Academy of Saint-Martin-in-the-Fields [Claude Monteux (flute), George Malcolm (harpsichord), Iona Brown (violin)] - Neville Marriner, cond.

Recording site and date: London, UK [2/1971]

Other releases (identical, first and re-releases):
33 r.p.m.: These are the 2 original 33 r.p.m., stereo 30 cm release.
Cassette: none
CD: none

Other releases (compilation):
33 r.p.m.: none
Cassette: none
CD: none

Other releases (excerpts):
33 r.p.m.: none
Cassette: none
CD:
[1]-[11] Philips 426 088
[12]-[20] Philips 426 089

Reviewed in:
Gramophone (Vol./#-p.): 50/592-479 (sept. 1972)
Diapason (#-p.):
Fanfare ( #-p):

Comments: Information from original LPs. This is from the version edited by Thurston Dart. At the time of the recording, the great musicologist Thurston Dart was at the last stage of a terminal illness and had to be replaced for certain movements.

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