Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F BWV1047 - Mov. 2-3/3

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685-1750)

Brandenburg concerto No. 2 for trumpet, recorder, oboe, violin, ripieno violins I & II, cello, violone, and harpsichord in F major BWV1047

2. Andante

3. Allegro Assai

Performed by Concerto Italiano
Conducted by Rinaldo Alessandrini

*Winner of the Grammaphone editor's Choice award, and the 2006 Grammaphone award for best baroque intrumental recording

*This piece was almost certainly written with the court trumpeter in Cöthen, Johann Ludwig Schreiber, in mind. The trumpet part is still considered one of the most difficult in the entire repertoire, played on either the natural or the modern valved trumpet. This recording uses the natural trumpet as the valved version was not invented until the end of the 18th century. The trumpet does not play in the second movement, as is common practice in baroque era concerti due to the construction of the instrument, which allows the trumpet to play only in one key. Because concerti often move to a different key in the second movement, the trumpet is unable to play.

This piece was also chosen as the first to be played on the "golden record", a phonograph record containing a broad sample of Earth's common sounds, languages, and music sent into outer space with the two Voyager probes.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• vivaldi
• handel
• mozart
• beethoven
• baroque
• classical
• piano
• harpsichord
• fugue
• clavier
• suite
• organ
• overture
• canon
• pachelbel

[queequeg8942]

You've made an odd choice with the picture... ^_^

I love Bach though. ^_^

[HARMONICO101]

Just sticking with a theme, and trying to do something a little different.

[jonathantosio]

Who is the trumpeter in this? It's insane!!

[HARMONICO101]

Gabriele Cassone. Using a natural horn too of course.

[7yvy]

Thank you... thank you... thank you... thank you... thank you... Bellísimo!

[Sledgehammer117]

Is this on Itunes?



[redbrian3655]

I Love your two toad-stools (or fungi is it?) Will you be uploading Concert 3-6, or have you already done it and I can't find it? Thank you.

[polymath7]

@Silviola824 *chuckle*

Its's funny you should say that. I'm fond of referring to the part for harpsichord in the third movement of concerto 5 as "simply badass" (or, variously, "kickass").

[polymath7]

@earthdude10 You're alluding to the inclusion of this piece on the Voyager Golden Record, yes?

[Silviola824]

Hahahahaha, nice! What piece was this?

[wjsado]

no my favorite comment on a classical pieve was "i love to get crunk to this song"

[Silviola824]

Pardon my rudeness, but I found the ending of the third movement to be simply badass in this recording!

[earthdude10]

This music will remain intact quite likely till the end of the universe.... On a small 700kg space craft flying accross the galaxy... Humans maybe a feeble species yet in one way, a buteful creation of ours will remain long after we are gone.

[Darkbunny1890]

Is A BAroQue MusHRooms?!?!? jajajaja (^_^)

[iLikeBaroqueMusic]

Of course this is familiar. But this much better than all the recordings I heard before. And how did you post so much recordings? Do you have to pay the copyright fee? (as you can see from my name, I am very keen in this)