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Release Date: 6th Oct 2008
Catalogue No: 2176172
Label: Warner Classics
Series: Gemini
Length: 2 hours 28 minutes

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

Work length21:27

$5.20

$6.80

Yehudi Menuhin (violin)
Bath Festival Chamber Orchestra
Yehudi Menuhin
Recorded: 1959-07-11
Recording Venue: 4 & 11 July 1959: No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

I. [Allegro]

Track length4:17

$1.30

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II. Adagio

Track length4:28

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III. Allegro

Track length4:38

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IV. Menuet - Trio I - Menuet - Polacca - Trio II - Menuet

Track length8:04

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

Work length12:29

$3.90

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Yehudi Menuhin (violin)
Bath Festival Chamber Orchestra
Yehudi Menuhin
Recorded: 1959-07-11
Recording Venue: 10 & 11 July 1959 / No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

I. [Allegro]

Track length5:04

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II. Andante

Track length4:29

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III. Allegro assai

Track length2:56

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

Work length18:43

$3.90

$5.10

Yehudi Menuhin (violin)
Bath Festival Chamber Orchestra
Yehudi Menuhin
Recorded: 1959-07-13
Recording Venue: 9 & 13 July 1959 / No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

I. [Allegro]

Track length6:05

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II. Adagio (Trio Sonata for organ, BWV 530, movement II: arranged for violin, viola and continuo by Benjamin Britten)

Track length7:00

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III. Allegro

Track length5:38

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

Work length17:07

$3.90

$5.10

Yehudi Menuhin (violin)
Bath Festival Chamber Orchestra
Yehudi Menuhin
Recorded: 1959-07-11
Recording Venue: 10 & 11 July 1959 / No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road

I. Allegro

Track length7:35

$1.30

$1.70

II. Andante

Track length3:55

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III. Presto

Track length5:37

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Bach, J S: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D, BWV 1050 (1989 - Remaster): I. Allegro

Work length10:46

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Yehudi Menuhin (violin)
Bath Festival Chamber Orchestra
Yehudi Menuhin
Recorded: 1959-07-09
Recording Venue: 6 & 9 July 1959 / No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

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

Work length12:01

$2.60

$3.40

Yehudi Menuhin (violin)
Bath Festival Chamber Orchestra
Yehudi Menuhin
Recorded: 1959-07-09
Recording Venue: 6 & 9 July 1959 / No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

II. Affettuoso

Track length6:39

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III. Allegro

Track length5:22

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

Work length19:52

$3.90

$5.10

Yehudi Menuhin (viola)
Bath Festival Chamber Orchestra
Yehudi Menuhin
Recorded: 1959-07-06
Recording Venue: 6 July 1959 / No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

I. [Allegro]

Track length7:12

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II. Adagio ma non tanto

Track length6:37

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III. Allegro

Track length6:03

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Bach, J S: Double Violin Cocnerto in D Minor, BWV 1043 (1989 - Remaster): I. Vivace

Work length4:18

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Christian Ferras (violin), Yehudi Menuhin (violin)
Bath Festival Orchestra
Yehudi Menuhin
Recorded: 1959-07-08
Recording Venue: 8 July 1959 / Kingsway Hall, London

Bach, J S: Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, BWV1043: Largo ma non tanto

Work length7:44

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Christian Ferras (violin), Yehudi Menuhin (violin)
Bath Festival Orchestra
Yehudi Menuhin
Recorded: 1959-07-08
Recording Venue: 8 July 1959 / Kingsway Hall, London

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

Work length5:31

$1.30

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Christian Ferras (violin), Yehudi Menuhin (violin)
Bath Festival Orchestra
Yehudi Menuhin
Recorded: 1959-07-08
Recording Venue: 8 July 1959 / Kingsway Hall, London

Bach, J S: Violin Concerto No. 2 in E major, BWV1042

Work length19:03

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Yehudi Menuhin (violin)
Bath Festival Orchestra
Yehudi Menuhin
Recorded: 1958-10-07
Recording Venue: 7 October 1958 / Kingsway Hall, London

I. Allegro

Track length8:56

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II. Adagio

Track length7:10

$1.30

$1.70

III. Allegro assai

Track length2:57

$1.30

$1.70

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Johann Sebastian Bach collected six concertos together, which must have been written over a considerable period such is their difference in style, for dedication to the Margrave Christian Ludwig of Brandenburg in March 1721. It is thought that either Bach was commissioned or seeking a move from Cöthen to become chapel organist at the princely court, but what is certain he did not get a new job nor even a letter of thanks from the Margrave whose orchestra was too small to perform them. They have become popular classics in their field owing to their being distinctly different from the standard type of concerto grosso. This Bach achieved by the use of a variety of solo combinations and the virtuosity required by these soloists. The concertos for violin also date from his time in Cöthen and have become favourites of soloists and audiences alike through their charm and beauty. Yehudi Menuhin was a leading exponent of the music of Bach throughout his life and here he conducts and plays with his Bath Festival Orchestra in recordings dating from 1958/9.

Bach - Brandenburg Concertos & Violin Concertos

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