Siegbert Rampe, Nova Stravaganza - Johann Sebastian Bach: The Early Overtures (2002)
dBpoweramp | FLAC | Track (Cue & Log) ~ 586 Mb | Total time: 101:40 | Scans included
Classical | Label: MDG | 341 1131-2 | Recorded: 2001
dBpoweramp | FLAC | Track (Cue & Log) ~ 586 Mb | Total time: 101:40 | Scans included
Classical | Label: MDG | 341 1131-2 | Recorded: 2001
While this cannot be a first-choice recording of the Bach Overtures (Suites), it's certainly a worthy addition to any collector's Bach shelf. Citing numerous examples of recent research, including conductor Siegbert Rampe's own, along with articles by Dirst, Rifkin, and Wolff, Rampe and his excellent period-instrument ensemble Nova Stravaganza strive to show what may have been the original forms of these four famous works. That means we get to hear suites Nos. 3 and 4 without trumpets and timpani; suite No. 2 played in A minor instead of the usual B minor–and with a solo violin rather than flute; and suite No. 1 as "a simple septet"–two oboes, two solo violins, solo viola, bassoon, and harpsichord (reinforced "in accordance with period practice" by 16' violone).