Johann Sebastian Bach Guumlnter Kehr Joumlrg Faerber - Bach Violin Concerti Suite No 3 in D Best of the Brandenburgs (26 tracks) +Album Reviews

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Johann Sebastian Bach, Günter Kehr, Jörg Faerber
Bach: Violin Concerti; Suite No. 3 in D; Best of the Brandenburgs
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (14) - Disc #1
1. Concerto for 2 violins, strings & continuo in D minor ('Double'), BWV 1043: Vivace
2. Concerto for 2 violins, strings & continuo in D minor ('Double'), BWV 1043: Largo ma non tanto
3. Concerto for 2 violins, strings & continuo in D minor ('Double'), BWV 1043: Allegro
4. Concerto for violin, strings & continuo No. 2 in E major, BWV 1042: Allegro
5. Concerto for violin, strings & continuo No. 2 in E major, BWV 1042: Adagio
6. Concerto for violin, strings & continuo No. 2 in E major, BWV 1042: Allegro assai
7. Concerto for violin, strings & continuo No. 1 in A minor, BWV 1041: Allegro ma non troppo
8. Concerto for violin, strings & continuo No. 1 in A minor, BWV 1041: Andante
9. Concerto for violin, strings & continuo No. 1 in A minor, BWV 1041: Allegro assai
10. Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068: Grave-Vivace
11. Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068: Air on the G String
12. Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068: Gavotte
13. Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068: Bourree
14. Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068: Gigue
Track Listings (12) - Disc #2
1. Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major, BWV 1047: Allegro
2. Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major, BWV 1047: Andante
3. Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major, BWV 1047: Allegro assai
4. Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048: Allegro
5. Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048: Adagio
6. Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048: Allegro
7. Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major, BWV 1049: Allegro
8. Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major, BWV 1049: Andante
9. Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major, BWV 1049: Presto
10. Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major, BWV 1050: Allegro
11. Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major, BWV 1050: Affettuoso
12. Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major, BWV 1050: Allegro

CD Details

All Artists: Johann Sebastian Bach, Günter Kehr, Jörg Faerber, Mainz Chamber Orchestra, Württemberg Chamber Orchestra
Title: Bach: Violin Concerti; Suite No. 3 in D; Best of the Brandenburgs
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Vox (Classical)
Original Release Date: 1/1/2000
Re-Release Date: 10/2/2002
Genre: Classical
Styles: Chamber Music, Forms & Genres, Concertos, Historical Periods, Baroque (c.1600-1750), Classical (c.1770-1830)
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaCD Credits: 2
UPC: 653269010220

CD Reviews

Great music, very good performance, but bad recording

Jeffrey Chan | Silicon Valley | 07/21/2008

(2 out of 5 stars)

"Greatest music, very good performances, bad recording. Bach's concerti are sublime and this pairing of three violin concerti with four keyboard concerti and the Orchestral Suite No. 3 is without any question great music. The performances by the Maintz Chamber Orchestra and Wuerttemberg Chamber Orchestra are very nice. These are careful, cultured, loving, lively, artful interpretations of some of Bach's finest works.

Unfortunately the recording quality is very bad in places. Quiet portions are surprisingly good from this remaster of an old (undated) analog recording which I would place in the 1950s. But loud passages are almost uniformly distorted due to overload. Lead ins are unusually noisy, as if the tapes were poorly stored and suffered damage, probably oxide flaking (i.e. portions of the actual magnetic recording medium falling off the plastic tape carrier due to heat, age, mishandling, etc., resulting in a partial loss of signal).

Look elsewhere for these heavenly compositions. Vox should not have pressed these tapes."