Siegbert Rampe, La Stravaganza Hamburg - Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburgische Konzerte (1996)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 709 Mb | Total time: 52:08+73:33 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Virgin Veritas | # 7243 5 45255 2 0 | Recorded: 1993, 1995
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 709 Mb | Total time: 52:08+73:33 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Virgin Veritas | # 7243 5 45255 2 0 | Recorded: 1993, 1995
La Stravaganza, under their director/harpsichordist Siegbert Rampe, are a Hamburg-based ensemble. Their performances of the six Brandenburg Concertos, together with the Triple Concerto in A minor (BWV 1 044), and a version of the Fifth Brandenburg which predates by about three years Bach's presentation copy to the Margrave, provide stimulating and mainly satisfying listening. It is perhaps a pity that the earlier version of the First Concerto was omitted from the recording, since it reveals significant textual variants from the Brandenburg, above all the scoring of the second of the two Trios.