Concert Claudio Abbado conducts Bach's Brandenburg Concertos

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Johann Sebastian Bach, Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F Major, BWV 1046
- 1. [Allegro]
- 2. Adagio
- 3. Allegro
- 4. Menuet – Trio I – Menuet da capo – Polacca – Menuet da capo – Trio II – Menuet da capo
Johann Sebastian Bach, Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048
- 1. [Allegro]
- 2. Adagio - Allegro
Johann Sebastian Bach, Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major, BWV 1050
- 1. Allegro
- 2. Affettuoso
- 3. Allegro
Johann Sebastian Bach, Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B Flat Major, BWV 1051
- 1. [Alla breve]
- 2. Adagio ma non tanto
- 3. Allegro
Johann Sebastian Bach, Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G Major, BWV 1049
- 1. Allegro
- 2. Andante
- 3. Presto
Johann Sebastian Bach, Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F Major, BWV 1047
- 1. [Allegro]
- 2. Andante
- 3. Allegro assai

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Claudio Abbado conducts Bach's Brandenburg Concertos Orchestra Mozart

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Now considered to be among the finest examples of Baroque orchestration, the Brandenburg Concertos were nearly lost forever. Their 1721 dedicatee, Christian Ludwig of Brandenburg, likely did not have sufficient numbers to perform Bach’s remarkably innovative score, which sat unused and forgotten until music theorist Siegfried Dehn rediscovered it in the archives over a century later. How fortunate Dehn’s find was, for without it we may never have heard these marvels of texture and virtuosity, unprecedented in the variety of solo combinations and the originality of ideas.

In this 2007 film, experience all six of the Baroque gems with a world-class chamber orchestra under the leadership of one of the greatest conductors of all time: the inimitable Claudio Abbado and the Orchestra Mozart make this a Brandenburg for the ages, stately and spirited and impeccably rendered.

Cast

Victor Aviat | Oboist
Lucas Macías Navarro | Oboist
Guido Gualandi | Oboist
Giuliano Carmignola | Violino piccolo

Giuliano Carmignola | Violinist
Raphael Christ | Violinist
Lorenza Borrani | Violinist
Danusha Waskiewicz | Violist
Simone Jandl | Violist
Behrang Rassekhi | Violist
Mario Brunello | Cellist
Enrico Bronzi | Cellist
Benoît Grenet | Cellist

Jacques Zoon | Flutist
Giuliano Carmignola | Violinist
Ottavio Dantone | Harpsichordist

Danusha Waskiewicz | Violist
Simone Jandl | Violist
Rainer Zipperling | Gambist
Sabina Colonna Preti | Gambist
Enrico Bronzi | Cellist
Alois Posch | Violone

Giuliano Carmignola | Violinist
Michala Petri | Recorder
Nikola Tarasov | Recorder

Reinhold Friedrich | Trumpeter
Michala Petri | Recorder
Lucas Macías Navarro | Oboist
Giuliano Carmignola | Violinist

Orchestra Mozart
Claudio Abbado | Conductor

Program

Johann Sebastian Bach, Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F Major, BWV 1046
- 1. [Allegro]
- 2. Adagio
- 3. Allegro
- 4. Menuet – Trio I – Menuet da capo – Polacca – Menuet da capo – Trio II – Menuet da capo
Johann Sebastian Bach, Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048
- 1. [Allegro]
- 2. Adagio - Allegro
Johann Sebastian Bach, Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major, BWV 1050
- 1. Allegro
- 2. Affettuoso
- 3. Allegro
Johann Sebastian Bach, Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B Flat Major, BWV 1051
- 1. [Alla breve]
- 2. Adagio ma non tanto
- 3. Allegro
Johann Sebastian Bach, Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G Major, BWV 1049
- 1. Allegro
- 2. Andante
- 3. Presto
Johann Sebastian Bach, Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F Major, BWV 1047
- 1. [Allegro]
- 2. Andante
- 3. Allegro assai