The Six Brandenburg Concertos
Album by Johann Sebastian Bach & Anthony Newman and Friends & Anthony Newman
The Six Brandenburg Concertos is a collection of six instrumental concertos by Johann Sebastian Bach, composed in 1721. They exemplify the Baroque concerto grosso and solo concerto idioms through varied instrumental combinations, brisk dance-like movements, contrapuntal textures and virtuosic solo passages, and they occupy a central place in Bach's instrumental output and the wider Baroque concerto repertoire.
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Disc 1
- 1.Concerto No. 1 in F major, BWV 1046: I. (Allegro)3:59
- 2.Concerto No. 1 in F major, BWV 1046: II. Adagio4:14
- 3.Concerto No. 1 in F major, BWV 1046: III. Allegro4:26
- 4.Concerto No. 1 in F major, BWV 1046: IV. Menuet; Trio; Menuet; Polonaise; Menuet; Trio; Menuet8:28
- 5.Concerto No. 2 in F major, BWV 1047: I. (Allegro)4:55
- 6.Concerto No. 2 in F major, BWV 1047: II. Andante4:07
- 7.Concerto No. 2 in F major, BWV 1047: III. Allegro assai2:39
- 8.Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048: I. (Allegro)6:25
- 9.Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048: II. Adagio (Trio in D minor for Organ, BWV 583, transcribed for two violins, harpsichord and cello continuo and transposed to E Minor.)4:25
- 10.Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048: III. Allegro5:29
Disc 2
- 1.Concerto No. 4 in G major, BWV 1049: I. (Allegro)7:00
- 2.Concerto No. 4 in G major, BWV 1049: II. Andante3:49
- 3.Concerto No. 4 in G major, BWV 1049: III. Presto4:53
- 4.Concerto No. 5 in D major, BWV 1050: I. (Allegro)9:13
- 5.Concerto No. 5 in D major, BWV 1050: II. Affettuoso6:11
- 6.Concerto No. 5 in D major, BWV 1050: III. Allegro5:15
- 7.Concerto No. 6 in D major, BWV 1051: I. (Allegro)6:30
- 8.Concerto No. 6 in D major, BWV 1051: II. Adagio, ma non tanto6:49
- 9.Concerto No. 6 in D major, BWV 1051: III. Allegro5:28





