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Johann Sebastian Bach is one of the few composers that has influenced musicians across the entire musical landscape; from traditional to classical to rock and pop! The Brandenburg Concerto no.4 in G and Concerto for Two Violins in D minor are two of his most popular orchestral works. The slow movement of the Concerto for Two Violins has been described as a ‘melody of exquisite calmness and peace’. His cousin Johann Bernhard Bach’s Suite No. 1 in G minor sounds almost Italian and is played with great gusto by the IBO. Whilst JS Bach’s elder son, Wihelm Friedman Bach in his Adagio and Fugue in D minor presents us with an arrestingly moving piece which many will hear here for the first time. This is one recording you will not forget…
The Irish Baroque Orchestra is Ireland’s only professional period instrument orchestra among whose members are some of the most promising young players in the international early music scene. The IBO is fortunate to be directed by London-born Monica Huggett, one of the world’s leading baroque violinists who has won many awards for her recordings and her work as a pioneer of early music.
Track listing:
BACH: Suite no. 1 in G minor
1. Overture
2. Air
3. Rondeau
4. Loure
5. Fantastie
6. Passepied
Bach: Brandenberg Concerto no. 4 In G
7. Allegro
8. Andante
9. Presto
Bach: Concerto for Two Violins in D minor
10. Vivace
11. Largo ma non tanto
12. Allegro
Bach: Sinfonia from cantata no. 209 “non sa che sia dolore”
13. Allegro-andante-allegro
W.F. Bach: Adagio and Fugue in D minor
14. Adagio-allegro
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