artist: European Brandenburg Ensemble

 Trevor Pinnock, director

title: Bach: The Brandenburg Concertos

release date: 12 November 2007

catalogue number: AV 2119 (2CDs)


about the release

Trevor Pinnock first recorded the Brandenburg Concertos some twenty-five years ago. This new recording is a product of Mr. Pinnock’s deep fascination with Bach’s ground-breaking concertos and in the working process and interaction of musicians in ensemble. Eager to cut through any narrow conceptions of period style, players from different countries and of different generations were invited to join this new voyage of exploration. In the early eighteenth century there was no fixed concept of the orchestra; these pieces could be performed on single instruments to a part or with parts doubled. This fine recording demonstrates a variety of approaches.

Trevor Pinnock and the European Brandenburg Ensemble will be performing the Concertos and launching the CD set at London’s Cadogan Hall on Tuesday November 13 2007.

• “With the Brandenburg concertos, it will be like your regular walk in the park – the path is mapped out for you and you know the way – but the light is always different” – Trevor Pinnock

• “Pinnock allies his wisdom, experience and masterful touch to an instrument of palpably rich personality” – The Gramophone (AV 2056 Les Cyclopes: music for harpsichord by Rameau)