The Brandenburg Concertos

Album by Johann Sebastian Bach & Apollo’s Fire & Jeannette Sorrell

The Brandenburg Concertos is a collection of six concertos by German composer Johann Sebastian Bach, composed and dedicated in 1721. The music is in the Baroque concerto grosso style, with contrasting combinations of solo instruments and ensemble, clear contrapuntal textures and lively rhythmic drive, and it comes from Bach's time at Köthen when he focused on instrumental writing.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Concerto no. 1 in F, BWV 1046: Allegro
    4:05
  2. 2.
    Concerto no. 1 in F, BWV 1046: Adagio
    3:33
  3. 3.
    Concerto no. 1 in F, BWV 1046: Allegro
    4:09
  4. 4.
    Concerto no. 1 in F, BWV 1046: Menuet Trio I
    3:22
  5. 5.
    Concerto no. 1 in F, BWV 1046: Polacca Trio II
    4:08
  6. 6.
    Concerto no. 2 in F, BWV 1047: Allegro
    5:14
  7. 7.
    Concerto no. 2 in F, BWV 1047: Andante
    3:44
  8. 8.
    Concerto no. 2 in F, BWV 1047: Allegro Assai
    2:55
  9. 9.
    Concerto no. 3 in G, BWV 1048: Allegro
    5:43
  10. 10.
    Concerto no. 3 in G, BWV 1048: Adagio
    0:53
  11. 11.
    Concerto no. 3 in G, BWV 1048: Allegro
    4:53

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Concerto no. 4 in G, BWV 1049: Allegro
    6:58
  2. 3.
    Concerto no. 4 in G, BWV 1049: Andante
    3:26
  3. 4.
    Concerto no. 4 in G, BWV 1049: Presto
    5:00
  4. 5.
    Concerto no. 5 in D, BWV 1050: Allegro
    10:08
  5. 6.
    Concerto no. 5 in D, BWV 1050: Affettuoso
    5:27
  6. 7.
    Concerto no. 5 in D, BWV 1050: Allegro
    5:40
  7. 8.
    Concerto no. 6 in B flat, BWV 1051: Allegro
    5:40
  8. 9.
    Concerto no. 6 in B flat, BWV 1051: Adagio
    4:35
  9. 10.
    Concerto no. 6 in B flat, BWV 1051: Allegro
    5:19

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