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Classics Explained: Brandenburg Concertos 4 & 5 [Box set, Deluxe Edition]

Johann Sebastian Bach (Composer), Jeremy Siepmann (Composer), Helmut-Muhler Bruhl (Conductor), Cologne Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra) | Format: Audio CD
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Disc 1:

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listen  1. Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G: The Brandenburgs as concerti grossi 1:28$0.99 Buy Track
listen  2. Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - First Movement: Introduction: Melody, Theme and Motif; Bach's opening gambit 2:15$0.99 Buy Track
listen  3. Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - First Movement: Onwards and upwards: Motif No. 2 and its function0:51$0.99 Buy Track
listen  4. Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - First Movement: The two elements of Motif No. 2 and the effect of their combination0:29$0.99 Buy Track
listen  5. Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - First Movement: The 'motto' rhythm hidden even within the opening bar 1:07$0.99 Buy Track
listen  6. Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - First Movement: Motif No. 3, introduced by the two recorders, has a kind of 'hovering' character0:27$0.99 Buy Track
listen  7. Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - First Movement: Motif No. 3 repeated for a second, 'directed' listen0:23$0.99 Buy Track
listen  8. Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - First Movement: Bach reminds us of the opening0:17$0.99 Buy Track
listen  9. Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - First Movement: Motif No. 4 - a steadily rising derivative of Motif No. 10:19$0.99 Buy Track
listen10. Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - First Movement: Motif No. 5, a lovely, bouncy, syncopated flourish, in which all the instruments join0:23$0.99 Buy Track
listen11. Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - First Movement: Opening Ritornello (complete) 1:47$0.99 Buy Track
listen12. Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - First Movement: Episode 1 begins with virtuoso entry of the solo violin, made up of alternating arpeggios 1:15$0.99 Buy Track
listen13. Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - First Movement: Motif No. 3 returns, courtesy of the recorders, recently sidelined by the violin0:47$0.99 Buy Track
listen14. Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - First Movement: Ritornello 2, a varied repeat of Ritornello 1, arrives after much harmonic movement0:43$0.99 Buy Track
listen15. Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - First Movement: Episode 2, Part 1, preceded by the 'fanfare' motif from which its first theme derives0:59$0.99 Buy Track
listen16. Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - First Movement: Episode 2 continued, with more bravura dazzle from the solo violin 1:05$0.99 Buy Track
listen17. Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - First Movement: Repeat of section for purposes of hearing the harmonic movement0:48$0.99 Buy Track
listen18. Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - First Movement: Ritornello 3, with the prominent participation of the soloists0:47$0.99 Buy Track
listen19. Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - First Movement: Episode 3 proves retrospective, featuring transposed repeats of earlier material0:49$0.99 Buy Track
listen20. Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - First Movement: Ritornello 4, not altogether what it might seem; solo violin takes 'motto' motif0:48$0.99 Buy Track
listen21. Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - First Movement: Episode 4. Cue to Part 1, focusing on 'soloistic' counterpoint provided by the continuo0:56$0.99 Buy Track
listen22. Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - First Movement: Return to Ritornello 4 to hear sources of Episode 4, Part 20:37$0.99 Buy Track
listen23. Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - First Movement: Episode 4 continued, with emphasis placed on conversational interchanges0:28$0.99 Buy Track
listen24. Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - First Movement: Return to opening Ritornello in order to enhance awareness of the contrast0:53$0.99 Buy Track
listen25. Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - First Movement: Ritornello 5, beginning0:10$0.99 Buy Track
listen26. Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - First Movement: Ritornello 5 continued, with emphasis on the determined banishment of B minor0:56$0.99 Buy Track
listen27. Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - First Movement: Cue to complete performance of First Movement0:46$0.99 Buy Track
listen28. Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - First Movement: First Movement (complete) 6:20$0.99 Buy Track
listen29. Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - Second Movement: Introduction: Rhythmic Motif provides basis for whole movement 1:17$0.99 Buy Track
listen30. Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - Second Movement: The melody not much to write home about; nor is the meek 'answer' offered by the soloists0:14$0.99 Buy Track
listen31. Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - Second Movement: Putting the two together, thereby establishing a relationship0:21$0.99 Buy Track
listen32. Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - Second Movement: Contrast and syncopation - their relationship in opening section 2:18$0.99 Buy Track
listen33. Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - Second Movement: Listening from the 'botton up' 2:48$0.99 Buy Track
listen34. Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - Second Movement: The intertwining and alternation of solo and orchestra; the irregularity of metrical groupings 2:14$0.99 Buy Track
listen35. Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - Second Movement: The next orchestral phrase; slowing the pace but not the tempo0:28$0.99 Buy Track
listen36. Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - Second Movement: The First Section (complete) 1:37$0.99 Buy Track
listen37. Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - Second Movement: The next section; foreground symmetry and background variety 1:29$0.99 Buy Track
listen38. Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - Second Movement: The central section's groupings are hugely asymmetrical 1:12$0.99 Buy Track
listen39. Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - Second Movement: Cue to Second Movement as a whole0:11$0.99 Buy Track
listen40. Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - Second Movement: Second Movement (complete) 3:17$0.99 Buy Track
listen41. Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - Third Movement: Introduction to the Third Movement... 4:57$0.99 Buy Track
listen42. Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - Third Movement: Fugue subject 1:04$0.99 Buy Track
listen43. Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - Third Movement: First counter-subject0:31$0.99 Buy Track
listen44. Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - Third Movement: Second counter-subject0:51$0.99 Buy Track
listen45. Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - Third Movement: Bass entry of the subject0:14$0.99 Buy Track
listen46. Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - Third Movement: Exposition (complete)0:33$0.99 Buy Track
listen47. Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - Third Movement: First Episode; the use of fragmentary derivatives0:33$0.99 Buy Track
listen48. Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - Third Movement: The difference a detail can make!0:15$0.99 Buy Track
listen49. Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - Third Movement: Harmonic Rhythm defined; back to the beginning to find the seed... 1:07$0.99 Buy Track
listen50. Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - Third Movement: ...and now the blossom0:21$0.99 Buy Track
listen51. Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - Third Movement: The First Solo Episode; a confusion of terms; onwards, to the introduction of the solo episode 1:59$0.99 Buy Track
listen52. Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - Third Movement: Ritornello 2 complete 1:11$0.99 Buy Track
listen53. Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - Third Movement: Solo Episode 2 dominated by thrilling virtuosity from the solo violin 1:47$0.99 Buy Track
listen54. Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - Third Movement: Ritornello 3: highly contrapuntal and dominated by subject-derivatives, with much harmonic fluidity0:47$0.99 Buy Track
listen55. Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - Third Movement: Ritornello 3 continues: engine of harmonic motion repeated at higher pitch0:06$0.99 Buy Track
listen56. Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - Third Movement: More on Ritornello 3: the use of long, sustained, slightly syncopated notes in upper strings0:21$0.99 Buy Track
listen57. Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - Third Movement: Ritornello 3 (complete)0:31$0.99 Buy Track
listen58. Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - Third Movement: Solo Episode 3 - less solo than earlier ones, what with (albeit very discreet)0:28$0.99 Buy Track
listen59. Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - Third Movement: The two recorders converse in canon, accompanied for six exhilarating bars by cello 'continuo'0:22$0.99 Buy Track
listen60. Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - Third Movement: Finishing Solo Exposition 3: orchestral cellos introduce what sounds0:34$0.99 Buy Track
listen61. Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - Third Movement: Approaching the final Ritornello; stretto explained0:56$0.99 Buy Track
listen62. Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - Third Movement: Cue to Finale Ritornello, noting tension-building 'pedal point' in cellos and double bass 1:02$0.99 Buy Track
listen63. Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - Third Movement: Coda - the 'tail-piece', with its surprising 'hammer strokes'0:58$0.99 Buy Track
listen64. Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - Third Movement: Cue to Third Movement0:20$0.99 Buy Track
listen65. Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G - Third Movement: Third Movement (complete) 4:32$0.99 Buy Track


Disc 2:

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listen  1. Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D - First Movement: Opening Music; analysis and phony analysis; Shaw quote; music: Motif No. 1 3:08$0.99 Buy Track
listen  2. Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D - First Movement: Music, energy and relationship0:59$0.99 Buy Track
listen  3. Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D - First Movement: The outlines of a melody emerge0:42$0.99 Buy Track
listen  4. Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D - First Movement: The opening bar again0:25$0.99 Buy Track
listen  5. Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D - First Movement: Motif No. 2: ta / dee-ya, dee-ya, dee-ya0:11$0.99 Buy Track
listen  6. Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D - First Movement: Motif No. 3, and an important feature of its rhythm0:32$0.99 Buy Track
listen  7. Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D - First Movement: Beethoven Fifth Symphony (opening)0:20$0.99 Buy Track
listen  8. Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D - First Movement: Motif No. 40:12$0.99 Buy Track
listen  9. Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D - First Movement: Motif No. 50:05$0.99 Buy Track
listen10. Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D - First Movement: Motif No. 60:06$0.99 Buy Track
listen11. Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D - First Movement: Episode 1: a 'Love Duet' 1:39$0.99 Buy Track
listen12. Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D - First Movement: Episode 1 continued; violin and flute reverse direction of their theme 1:01$0.99 Buy Track
listen13. Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D - First Movement: 'False' Ritornello; soloists interrupt; rising 'sighing' motif; harpsichord continues downwards0:59$0.99 Buy Track
listen14. Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D - First Movement: Four things going on at once, in violin, flute, harpsichord right hand, harpsichord left hand0:39$0.99 Buy Track
listen15. Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D - First Movement: The orchestra returns, picking up at exactly the spot where it was interrupted0:28$0.99 Buy Track
listen16. Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D - First Movement: The harpsichord intervenes with derivative of Motif 4; key shifts from A major to B minor0:25$0.99 Buy Track
listen17. Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D - First Movement: The orchestra returns to foreground and brings this section to an end0:42$0.99 Buy Track
listen18. Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D - First Movement: Harpsichord emerges as virtuoso; a series of expectations are frustrated 2:33$0.99 Buy Track
listen19. Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D - First Movement: A backwards look; blurred distinctions between soloists and orchestra; 'Mozartian' development 4:36$0.99 Buy Track
listen20. Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D - First Movement: Out of the Twilight Zone; a sequence of surprises 1:57$0.99 Buy Track
listen21. Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D - First Movement: The epoch-making harpsichord cadenza and the final Ritornello 4:51$0.99 Buy Track
listen22. Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D - First Movement: Cue to First Movement0:52$0.99 Buy Track
listen23. Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D - First Movement: First Movement (complete) 9:00Album Only
listen24. Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D - Second Movement: Introduction; the opening Ritornello 2:34$0.99 Buy Track
listen25. Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D - Second Movement: The first bar; the first main building block0:16$0.99 Buy Track
listen26. Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D - Second Movement: The flute motif0:16$0.99 Buy Track
listen27. Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D - Second Movement: Opening of the first solo episode 1:04$0.99 Buy Track
listen28. Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D - Second Movement: An important motif; the second main building block0:17$0.99 Buy Track
listen29. Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D - Second Movement: The second main theme0:33$0.99 Buy Track
listen30. Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D - Second Movement: Ritornello 2; violin and flute as 'orchestra'0:52$0.99 Buy Track
listen31. Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D - Second Movement: Episode 2; inversion of original motifs0:38$0.99 Buy Track
listen32. Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D - Second Movement: More on Episode 20:10$0.99 Buy Track
listen33. Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D - Second Movement: Episode 1 and Episode 2 compared0:22$0.99 Buy Track
listen34. Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D - Second Movement: Episode 2; key shifts from D major to F sharp minor0:49$0.99 Buy Track
listen35. Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D - Second Movement: Ritornello 3: an exact transposition of Ritornello 10:47$0.99 Buy Track
listen36. Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D - Second Movement: Episode 3 contrasted with Episode 10:34$0.99 Buy Track
listen37. Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D - Second Movement: Episode 3 described in detail 1:05$0.99 Buy Track
listen38. Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D - Second Movement: Ritornello 4; second main theme's first appearance in a Ritornello0:57$0.99 Buy Track
listen39. Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D - Second Movement: Episode 4: dominated by inversions 1:34$0.99 Buy Track
listen40. Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D - Second Movement: Cue to Second Movement0:06$0.99 Buy Track
listen41. Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D - Second Movement: Second Movement (complete) 5:39$0.99 Buy Track
listen42. Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D - Third Movement: Introduction: Ritornello 10:54$0.99 Buy Track
listen43. Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D - Third Movement: The Fugue Subject: close juxtaposition of contrasting elements 1:21$0.99 Buy Track
listen44. Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D - Third Movement: Flute takes the 'answer', with countersubject in the violin0:33$0.99 Buy Track
listen45. Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D - Third Movement: Contrary motion as a contrapuntal device0:23$0.99 Buy Track
listen46. Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D - Third Movement: Contrary motion as a listening aid; a new theme0:32$0.99 Buy Track
listen47. Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D - Third Movement: Playing with the counter-subject; a musical game of tag0:51$0.99 Buy Track
listen48. Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D - Third Movement: Hidden rhythms: background variety behind foreground uniformity0:44$0.99 Buy Track
listen49. Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D - Third Movement: Fugal writing and the compatibility of parts; the Exposition 1:35$0.99 Buy Track
listen50. Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D - Third Movement: Episode 1, taken by soloists, contains important 'seeds'0:37$0.99 Buy Track
listen51. Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D - Third Movement: The orchestra enters at last, but by stealth 1:19$0.99 Buy Track
listen52. Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D - Third Movement: Stretto and musical football 1:02$0.99 Buy Track
listen53. Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D - Third Movement: Key changes to B minor, introducing extensive Middle Section 1:24$0.99 Buy Track
listen54. Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D - Third Movement: The Middle Section a precursor of the Mozartian 'development' 3:06$0.99 Buy Track
listen55. Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D - Third Movement: The Fugue Subject out in force: first four immediately consecutive entries yet 1:51$0.99 Buy Track
listen56. Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D - Third Movement: Ambiguity of mode and a Scottish twist0:38$0.99 Buy Track
listen57. Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D - Third Movement: Middle Section sontinued; harpsichord dominates 2:11$0.99 Buy Track
listen58. Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D - Third Movement: Cue to Last Movement0:19$0.99 Buy Track
listen59. Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D - Third Movement: Last Movement (complete) 4:55$0.99 Buy Track

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  • Orchestra: Cologne Chamber Orchestra
  • Conductor: Helmut-Muhler Bruhl
  • Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach, Jeremy Siepmann
  • Audio CD (July 16, 2002)
  • Number of Discs: 2
  • Format: Box set, Deluxe Edition
  • Note on Boxed Sets: During shipping, discs in boxed sets occasionally become dislodged without damage. Please examine and play these discs. If you are not completely satisfied, we'll refund or replace your purchase.
  • Label: Naxos
  • ASIN: B0000666A9
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Great series, June 13, 2006
This review is from: Classics Explained: Brandenburg Concertos 4 & 5 (Audio CD)
I own a couple of these Naxos "classics explained" series, and I really enjoy them. They really go in-depth -- it's basically a bar-by-bar analysis of the piece. The booklet that accompanies the CD's is also very worthwhile.

One piece of advice: if you are going to listen to these tapes, I highly recommend that you also get a copy of the full score. Most scores (including the Brandenburgs) are now available for free on the internet. It's a lot easier to understand the CD's if you're also following along in the score.
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