The Brandenburg Concertos

Album by Johann Sebastian Bach & I Musici

The Brandenburg Concertos are a collection of six concertos by German composer Johann Sebastian Bach, compiled and presented in 1721. They exemplify Baroque concerto and concerto grosso forms through varied instrumental groupings, lively ritornello passages and intricate counterpoint, and they occupy an important place in Bach's output as a key statement of his instrumental writing within the Baroque repertoire.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Concerto No. 1 in F major, BWV 1046: I. (-)
    3:44
  2. 2.
    Concerto No. 1 in F major, BWV 1046: II. Adagio
    4:12
  3. 3.
    Concerto No. 1 in F major, BWV 1046: III. Allegro
    4:12
  4. 4.
    Concerto No. 1 in F major, BWV 1046: IV. Menuet - Trio - Menuet - Polonaise - Menuet - Trio - Menuet
    7:22
  5. 5.
    Concerto No. 2 in F major, BWV 1047: I. (-)
    4:56
  6. 6.
    Concerto No. 2 in F major, BWV 1047: II. Andante
    3:29
  7. 7.
    Concerto No. 2 in F major, BWV 1047: III. Allegro assai
    2:47
  8. 8.
    Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048: I. (-)
    5:49
  9. 9.
    Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048: II. Adagio
    0:25
  10. 10.
    Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048: III. Allegro
    4:43

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Concerto No. 4 in G major, BWV 1049: I. Allegro
    6:47
  2. 3.
    Concerto No. 4 in G major, BWV 1049: II. Andante - III. Presto
    8:27
  3. 4.
    Concerto No. 5 in D major, BWV 1050: I. Allegro
    10:11
  4. 5.
    Concerto No. 5 in D major, BWV 1050: II. Affettuoso
    5:29
  5. 6.
    Concerto No. 5 in D major, BWV 1050: III. Allegro
    5:22
  6. 7.
    Concerto No. 6 in B-flat major, BWV 1051: I. (-)
    6:20
  7. 8.
    Concerto No. 6 in B-flat major, BWV 1051: II. Adagio, ma non tanto
    4:19
  8. 9.
    Concerto No. 6 in B-flat major, BWV 1051: III. Allegro
    5:40

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