Brandenburg Project: Twelve Concertos

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Some purists may take exception to Dausgaard’s tempos or dynamics here and there, but the Bach performances, for the most part, are crisp, lively and expressive, and the BIS recording vivid,... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2021, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 30th Apr 2021
Catalogue No: BIS2199
Label: BIS
Length: 3 hours 26 minutes

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Bach, J S: Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F Major, BWV1046

Work length18:09

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Marten Larsson (oboe), Lisa Almberg (oboe), Daniel Burstedt (oboe), Mikael Lindstrom (bassoon), Terése Larsson (horn), Göran Hülphers (horn), Antje Weithaas (violin), Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord)
Swedish Chamber Orchestra
Thomas Dausgaard

Track length3:36

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II. Adagio

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III. Allegro

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IV. Menuet

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Turnage: Maya

Work length14:35

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Maya Beiser (cello)
Swedish Chamber Orchestra
Thomas Dausgaard

Bach, J S: Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F Major, BWV1047

Work length10:32

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Fiona Kelly (flute), Marten Larsson (oboe), Håkan Hardenberger (trumpet), Antje Weithaas (violin), Bjorn Gafvert (harpsichord)
Swedish Chamber Orchestra
Thomas Dausgaard

Track length4:41

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II. Andante

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III. Allegro assai

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Mackey, S: Triceros

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Fiona Kelly (flute), Marten Larsson (oboe), Håkan Hardenberger (trumpet), Antje Weithaas (violin), Bjorn Gafvert (harpsichord)
Swedish Chamber Orchestra
Thomas Dausgaard

Excerpt, Bach, J S: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV1048

Work length5:29

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Pekka Kuusisto (violin), Sebastien Dube (double bass), Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord), Urban Svensson (violin), Roger Olsson (violin), Göran Fröst (viola), Linn Elvkull (viola), Kate Pelly (viola), Mats Levin (cello), Andreas Tengberg (cello), Rajmund Follmann (cello)
Swedish Chamber Orchestra
Thomas Dausgaard

Track length5:29

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Hillborg: Very Tender (after Bach's BWV 1048)

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Excerpt, Bach, J S: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV1048

Work length4:44

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III. Allegro

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Hillborg: Bach materia (after Bach's BWV 1048)

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Pekka Kuusisto (violin), Sebastien Dube (double bass)
Swedish Chamber Orchestra
Thomas Dausgaard

Beginning

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Cadenza (1)

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Bar 110

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Cadenza (2)

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Bar 191

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Bach, J S: Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major, BWV1049

Work length14:42

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Pekka Kuusisto (violin), Per Gross (recorder), Katarina Widell (recorder), Bjorn Gafvert (harpsichord)
Swedish Chamber Orchestra
Thomas Dausgaard

I. Allegro

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II. Andante

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III. Presto

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Neuwirth, O: Aello

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Claire Chase (flute), Anders Hemstrom (trumpet), Margit Csökmei (trumpet), Oskar Ekberg (synthesizer), Lars Fhager (typewriter)
Swedish Chamber Orchestra
Thomas Dausgaard

Track length8:05

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II.

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III.

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Bach, J S: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major, BWV1050

Work length19:38

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Fiona Kelly (flute), Antje Weithaas (violin), Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord)
Swedish Chamber Orchestra
Thomas Dausgaard

I. Allegro

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II. Affettuoso

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III. Allegro

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Caine: Hamsa

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Fiona Kelly (flute), Antje Weithaas (violin), Uri Caine (piano)
Swedish Chamber Orchestra
Thomas Dausgaard

I. Fast

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II. Adagio

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III. Vivace

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Dean, B: Approach (Prelude to a Canon)

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Tabea Zimmermann (viola), Brett Dean (viola), Bjorn Gafvert (harpsichord)
Swedish Chamber Orchestra
Thomas Dausgaard

I. Allegro impetuoso, volatile

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II. Calm, Serene

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III. Slightly Agitated Though Unhurried

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Bach, J S: Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B flat major, BWV1051

Work length15:55

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Tabea Zimmermann (viola), Brett Dean (viola), Hannah Thorell (cello), Andreas Tengberg (cello), Mats Levin (cello), Peter Nitsche (double bass), Bjorn Gafvert (harpsichord)
Swedish Chamber Orchestra
Thomas Dausgaard

Track length5:25

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II. Adagio, ma non tanto

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III. Allegro

Track length5:48

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Along with Vivaldi’s ‘Seasons’ or Beethoven’s ‘Fifth’, Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos belong to those works that are so well-known that we risk taking them for granted. In order to (re-)discover the special qualities that can inspire us today, in 2001 Thomas Dausgaard and the Swedish Chamber Orchestra decided to contact six contemporary composer, asking each of them to compose a companion piece to one of the concertos. Seventeen years later, in 2018, it was time to present the result, with a performance at the BBC Proms of all the works – new and old. Recorded over a period of 18 months leading up to this event, the present boxed set provides a unique opportunity to experience six very different musical minds and idioms entering into conversation with Bach: Mark-Anthony Turnage, Steven Mackey, Anders Hillborg, Olga Neuwirth, Uri Caine and Brett Dean. Bach’s concertos are remarkable in that they are all scored for different instrumental combinations, and part of the brief to the group of composers was to reflect this. In her Aello, Olga Neuwirth has for instance used several ‘instruments’ to stand in for Bach’s harpsichord, including a synthesizer, a milk frother and a typewriter. Brett Dean, on the other hand, has stayed very close to Bach’s instrumentation, but has chosen to write his work as a preparation for Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 – an Approach to Bach’s extremely tight canonic writing. In performing the twelve works the orchestra and Dausgaard are joined by leading soloists including Clare Chase, Mahan Esfahani, Håkan Hardenberger, Pekka Kuusisto and Tabea Zimmermann.

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August 2021

Some purists may take exception to Dausgaard’s tempos or dynamics here and there, but the Bach performances, for the most part, are crisp, lively and expressive, and the BIS recording vivid, clear and spacious.

August 2021

There’s no doubting Dausgaard has accomplished his mission to make us hear these pieces differently. His ‘Brandenburg Project’ is nourishing and frequently a lot more.

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