BACH J.S.: Brandenburg Concertos / Die Freitagsakademie

CD I
1. Driving in the horse-drawn carriage to Cöthen
Brandenburg Concerto N° 1 in F major (BWV 1046)
2. [Allegro]
3. Adagio
4. Allegro
5. Menuet–Trio I–Menuet–Poloinesse–Menuet–Trio II–Menuet

Brandenburg Concerto N° 2 in F major (BWV 1047)
6. [Allegro]
7. Andante
8. Allegro assai

Brandenburg Concerto N° 3 in G major (BWV 1048)
9. [Allegro]
10. Adagio
11. Allegro

CD II
Brandenburg Concerto N° 4 in G major (BWV 1049)
1. Allegro
2. Andante
3. Presto
4. Before midnight a wonderful fireworks illuminates the sky with thousands of stars and fascinating colours – everyone here is enthusiastic

Brandenburg Concerto N° 5 in D major (BWV 1050)
5. Allegro
6. Affettuoso
7. Allegro
8. The fire of midsummer

Brandenburg Concerto N° 6 in B flat major (BWV 1051)
9. [Allegro]
10. Adagio ma non tanto
11. Allegro

Compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach

total time: 102:00

Conrad Steinmann alto recorder
Katharina Suske recorder, oboe
Verena Fischer traverse flute
Thomas Jahn, Priska Comploi oboe
Lyndon Watts bassoon
Markus Würsch trumpet in F
Olivier Darbellay, Stéphane Moser horn
Plamena Nikitassova violin, violino piccolo
Lenka Torgersen, Vitaly Shestakov violin
Werner Saller, Lorenz Hasler, Andreas Torgersen viola
Jane Achtman, Rebeka Rusò viola da gamba
Bernhard Maurer, Daniel Rosin, Martin Birnstiel violoncello
Jan Krigovsky violone grosso
Jonathan Rubin lute
Vital Julian Frey harpsichord