I've never in my life enjoyed the Bach Brandenburg Concertos as much as I have recently through listening to a batch of HIP versions, which really swing. Fast tempi - gorgeous sonorities. Top of my tree are:
Il Giardino Armonico
Akademie fur Alte Musik, BerlinAnd also the original "tempi de Mickey Mouse" pioneer, Musica Antiqua Köln - Reinhard Goebel
To me, these wipe the older versions off the map, including Britten and my previous favourite, Munchinger.
Any other Brandenburg fans out there?
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Topic - Some really FUN Brandenburgs - andy evans 13:32:46 12/18/06 (23)
- Alessandrini, Concerto Italiano on naive - Bob Neill 16:14:53 12/19/06 (0)
- Ristenpart is fun. (nt) - Pat D 08:10:58 12/19/06 (0)
- As with the beethoven symphonies, there is no complete set that is ideal... - C.B. 04:37:18 12/19/06 (6)
- Orchestral Suites - castironandtubes 15:41:11 12/20/06 (0)
- the Leonhardt Consort set on Sony/RCA-seon? - Timbo in Oz 12:12:43 12/20/06 (0)
- Il Giardino Armonico - over the top? - andy evans 06:17:25 12/19/06 (3)
- Re: Il Giardino Armonico - over the top? - Kas 06:38:03 12/20/06 (1)
- Rampe - right over the top? - andy evans 12:43:28 12/20/06 (0)
- What bothers me most about Il Giardino Armonico playing Bach... - C.B. 07:13:10 12/19/06 (0)
- What about the Wendy Carlos versions? :-) NT - David Aiken 23:02:04 12/18/06 (0)
- Hogwood's version w/ The AAM is a fun version - risabet 22:17:48 12/18/06 (0)
- "Il Giardino Armonico": translated: "The Guards' Harmonicas" - Bambi B 21:23:28 12/18/06 (0)
- Another really FUN Brandenburgs - Kal Rubinson 19:01:28 12/18/06 (0)
- Newer Recording with the Stuttgarter Kammerorchester - Chris from Lafayette 18:50:39 12/18/06 (0)
- Re: Some really FUN Brandenburgs - castironandtubes 18:12:57 12/18/06 (1)
- Re: Some really FUN Brandenburgs - Brian Cheney 19:11:44 12/18/06 (0)
- Try Casals/Marlboro festival. - sser2 13:56:33 12/18/06 (1)
- Agree, an excellent classic version - edta 16:23:22 12/18/06 (0)
- "Il Giardino Armonico" -- Yay! nt - clarkjohnsen 13:53:11 12/18/06 (4)
- But Clark, "Il Giardino Armonico" did not record on shellac! (nt) - Chris from Lafayette 18:29:50 12/18/06 (3)
- Your point being...? nt - clarkjohnsen 07:56:28 12/19/06 (2)
- Re: Your point being...? nt - Brian Cheney 09:23:17 12/19/06 (1)
- Koussevitsky's recording. . . - Chris from Lafayette 16:16:05 12/19/06 (0)