Six Brandenburg Concertos

Album by Johann Sebastian Bach & Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra & Helmuth Rilling

The Brandenburg Concertos are a collection of six concertos by Johann Sebastian Bach, compiled and dedicated to the Margrave of Brandenburg in 1721. They exemplify high Baroque concerto grosso writing, employing varied instrumental combinations, contrapuntal textures and virtuosic solo passages to explore ensemble interplay, and they occupy a central place in Bach's instrumental output and the Baroque orchestral repertoire.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Concerto No. 1 in F major: I. Allegro
    4:18
  2. 2.
    Concerto No. 1 in F major: II. Adagio
    3:54
  3. 3.
    Concerto No. 1 in F major: III. Allegro
    4:10
  4. 4.
    Concerto No. 1 in F major: IV. Minuetto
    8:17
  5. 5.
    Concerto No. 2 in F major: I. Allegro
    5:03
  6. 6.
    Concerto No. 2 in F major: II. Andante
    3:45
  7. 7.
    Concerto No. 2 in F major: III. Allegro assai
    2:53
  8. 8.
    Concerto No. 3 in G major: I. Allegro
    5:56
  9. 9.
    Concerto No. 3 in G major: II. Adagio
    0:24
  10. 10.
    Concerto No. 3 in G major: III. Allegro
    5:17

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Concerto No. 4 in G major: I. Allegro
    7:08
  2. 3.
    Concerto No. 4 in G major: II. Andante
    3:09
  3. 4.
    Concerto No. 4 in G major: III. Presto
    5:02
  4. 5.
    Concerto No. 5 in G major: I. Allegro
    10:18
  5. 6.
    Concerto No. 5 in G major: II. Affettuoso
    5:06
  6. 7.
    Concerto No. 5 in G major: III. Allegro
    5:26
  7. 8.
    Concerto No. 6 in B-flat major: I. Allegro
    6:03
  8. 9.
    Concerto No. 6 in B-flat major: II. Adagio ma non tanto
    4:36
  9. 10.
    Concerto No. 6 in B-flat major: III. Allegro
    5:34

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