BACH – DOUBLE AND TRIPLE CONCERTOS – RACHEL PODGER , BRECON BA

简介：
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer: Rachel Podger – violin
Orchestra: Brecon Baroque
Audio CD
Number of Discs: 1 SACD-R
Format: ISO
Bit Depth: 64 (2.8 MHz/1 Bit)
Number of channels: 5.0, 2.0
Label: Channel Classics
Size: 3.72 GB
Recovery: +3%
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The many admirers of the recordings by Rachel Podger and her Brecon Baroque will be delighted by the appearance of this second SACD of Bach concertos to join her previous Channel Classics release Bach: 2 Violin Concertos – Podger. This time the disc is devoted to double and triple concertos.
Brecon Baroque is a one-to-a-part ensemble, so in each of the four concertos presented here the solo instruments are accompanied by single string players for the ripieno parts. The resulting transparency of sound and unanimity of ensemble is apparent in every bar of these performances. Thanks, however, to both the warm ambience of the recording venue (St. John’s the Evangelist, Upper Norwood, London) and the skill of recording engineer Jared Sacks, the sound quality is as full-bodied as that on other recordings with considerably larger forces.More importantly, freshness and enthusiasm permeate each and everyone of these performances with never a trace anywhere of them being hidebound by the impressive scholarship that underpins them.
The popular D minor Concerto for Two Violins BWV 1043 that opens the disc exemplifies the rewards of the Brecon Baroque approach to these works. The outer movements are zestful and spirited yet the seraphic slow movement is tender, but never sentimentalised as can sometimes be the case on other versions of this concerto. Rachel Podger and her partner Bojan Cicic are ideally matched in this work as is strikingly demonstrated by the way the melody of the ‘Largo ma non tanto’ passes seamlessly between them.
The account of the second double concerto (BWV 1060R) is equally compelling, thanks not least to the piquancy of Alexandra Bellamy’s fine oboe playing. The Concerto for Three Violins in D, BWV1064R is a hypothetical reconstruction of Bach’s more familiar Concerto for Three Harpsichords in C, BWV1064. Tempi are quite steady in the outer movements but this does allow the listener to fully relish both Bach’s contrapuntal writing and the virtuosity of Podger and her two partners – Johannes Pramsohler and once again Bojan Cicic.
For this listener the highlight of this SACD is the brilliant performance of the Triple Concerto in A minor BWV 1044. All three of its movements are based on Bach’s earlier solo keyboard works and in its present form has the same scoring as the 5th Brandenburg Concerto. The richness of the writing is immediately apparent, and special praise must be given to the adroit harpsichord of Marcin Swiatkiewicz whose playing never dominates that of his partners – especially the bright flute of Katy Bircher.
Competition from rival versions on record in this repertoire is intense, but the vivacity and depth of musical utterance of these performances – allied to a state-of-the-art recording – makes this an irresistible disc and one to be unreservedly recommended.
曲目：
Rachel Podger
Brecon Baroque
“J.S. Bach Double & Triple Concertos”
J.S. Bach – “Concerto for Two Violins in D minor (BWV 1043)”
01. Vivace (3:46)
02. Largo ma non tanto (5:59)
03. Allegro (4:25)
J.S. Bach – “Concerto for Harpsichord, Flute & Violin in A minor (BWV 1044)”
04. Allegro (8:33)
05. Adagio (6:00)
06. Alle breve (6:43)
J.S. Bach – “Concerto for Violin & Oboe in C minor (BWV 1060R)”
07. Allegro (4:47)
08. Adagio (4:29)
09. Allegro (3:19)
J.S. Bach – “Concerto for Three Violins in D major (BWV 1064R)”
10. Allegro (6:27)
11. Adagio (5:42)
12. Allegro (4:29)
Brecon Baroque:
Rachel Podger – violin/director
Katy Bircher – flute
Alexandra Bellamy – oboe
Bojan Cicic – violin
Alison McGillivray – cello
Johannes Pramsohler – violin
Sabine Stoffer – violin
Anna Nowak-Pokrzywinska – violin
Jane Rogers – viola
Jan Spencer – violone
Marcin witkiewicz – harpsichord