Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No.4 - I - Allegro

[angloman1]

the concerto was most likely for 2 alto recorders in G, which makes the high f sharp easier in the first part. Back in those days players didn't try to play everything on an F Alto, which was only one version of many different size recorders. They were used according to the key the music was in, as with the soprano in D (sixth flute) and in B flat (fourth flute)

C and F altos were introduced mainly after the second world war.

Woodwind musicians in 18th cent. often played several instruments

[rustydog1236]

I wonder what Fiauti d'Echo really were.... None of the explanations that it is a recorder (or anything else, for that matter) seem convincing to me, sounds nice on the recorder, but it also fits the traverso very well (but nobody likes to talk about that!). If I only had a time machine....

[claviolino]

you doesn't allow me to write down links to other video, but if you write "Bach Brandenburg 4, 1.movement, Abbado" you find it

[Yrrats]

Way to fast, which is a pity. This piece can be so swinging. Now it's just... fast.

[claviolino]

@Yrrats listen to Abbado's version, which is slower.. i find it a bit boring after listening to this...

[Yrrats]

@claviolino Thanks for your reaction. I can't find an Abbado-version, could you give me the link, please? I did however find a version I knew already and prefer by far: Karl Richter (/watch?v=eWlfmepsUuQ&feature=­related). That version I find so much more beautiful than this one. So much more accurate, with the class and refinement this piece deserves. They actually miss notes now and then in this version, which is ...unforgivable. Anyway, Richter doesn't bore me;-)

[mmenchu]

@Yrrats It's only too fast if clarity and the colors suffer, but that's no the case here. The structures are very well preserved here. The dialogue between the recorders and the first violins right on the beat. I don't think it's too fast.

[Yrrats]

@mmenchu But that exactly is what bothers me in this version: clarity, structure and colors dó suffer here. It sounds hasty and Bach should never sound hasty.

[sdvuhlap]

This music is like the clearest most beautiful crystal against an icy sun

[MozartIsFancylalala]

i love the recorders, their contrast makes this song sound so heavenly and unique

[angloman1]

Who is playing recorder here?

Nice recording though, well done?

[rosalbasemiplena]

The recorder players are Rebecca Miles and Kate Latham

[diegriva]

perché i concerti brandeburghesi vengono suonati (distrutti) sempre piu' veloci, sempre piu' veloci...datevi una calmata!

[Bobbyo60]

Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful!!!

[grg208]

bravi