The performers investigated 'Fiauti d'echo', a now-forgotten instrument type of paired recorders, for Concerto No. 4, but did not rebuild them for the recording due to uncertain sources.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Conductor Reinhard Goebel theorizes that each Brandenburg Concerto contains an allegorical description of Margrave Christian Ludwig's virtues, skills, and abilities.
Composition History
Bach dedicated the six Brandenburg Concertos, which vary considerably in form and instrumentation, to Margrave Christian Ludwig of Brandenburg-Schwedt in 1721.
Composition History
The Brandenburg Concertos are a mixture of new compositions and new versions of works Bach had written years earlier, not all originally composed for Margrave Christian Ludwig.
Recording & Production
This recording is the first to implement the finding that Bach intended a 16-foot violone only in the first Brandenburg Concerto, and an 8-foot violone in the others.
Performer Biography
Rüdiger Lotter, the Baroque violinist and director of Hofkapelle München, plays a Baroque violin made by Jakobus Stainer in 1665.
Performer Biography
Hofkapelle München, led by Rüdiger Lotter, is regarded as the leading ensemble for historic performing practice in Southern Germany and was re-formed in 2009.
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