Favorite Brandenburg Concerto

[pokerfan]

The six Brandenburg Concertos stand as supreme achievements in the concerto grosso literature of the Baroque. The variety of the instrumental combinations they exploit sets them apart from any other opus, as does the flexibility of Bach's writing — which allows each of the participants to play both leading and supporting roles in a constantly changing pattern of give-and-take. The six works, no two of which sound alike, encompass an impressive range of style and topic, and manifest in combination the courtly elegance of the French suite, the exuberance of the Italian solo concerto and the gravity of German counterpoint. Subtle and brilliant at the same time, they are a microcosm of Baroque music, with an astonishingly vast sample of that era's emotional universe.

1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zpf38dQpMzk
2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EC1E4_imS0A
3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZ9qWpa2rIg
4. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDrLX7FXba4
5. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49IOKnhX0Sk
6. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFrwDNzdTnE

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. A tie between the 2nd and the 5th.

[pokerfan]

4. It should be noted that #2 served as the theme for William F. Buckley, Jr.'s Firing Line

However, in its defense, it was also chosen for the "golden record" and was sent into space on the Voyager probes along with Chuck Berry and Blind Willie Johnson.

[7wo7rees]

5. Hail! Hail! Bach and Roll!

Cool golden record. Where can I download that? jk

[pokerfan]

7. It's out of print due to copyright issues

You can find it used such as: http://www.biblio.com/details.php?dcx=289770984&aid=frg

[7wo7rees]

12. A steal at $2K!

I'll take two!

[pokerfan]

14. from the intro...

"We cast this message into the cosmos ... Of the 200 billion stars in the Milky Way galaxy, Some - perhaps many - may have inhabited planet and space faring civilisations. If one such civilisation intercepts Voyager and can understand these recorded contents, here is our message: We are trying to survive our time so we may live into yours. We hope some day, having solved the problems we face, to join a community of Galactic Civilisations. This record represents our hope and our determination and our goodwill in a vast and awesome universe."

President Jimmy Carter
June 16, 1977

[MilesColtrane]

2. 3 & 5

[pokerfan]

3. 3 is my favorite

but they are all fantastic

[MilesColtrane]

8. I blame Wendy Carlos.

When I was 9 years old my parents had a copy of Switched on Bach that I played over and over.

The first part of Brandenburg #3 was the first thing on the record if I remember correctly.

[pokerfan]

10. I haven't thought about that album for years

[Lionel Mandrake]

9. #5 is my favorite

on account of the long harpsichord solo.

It's amazing what a good harpsichord player can do with a velocity-insensitive keyboard or two.

[blogslut]

6. The Brandenburg Concerto number two, number two

The Brandenburg Concerto number two, number two
The Brandenburg Concerto number two, number two
By Bach, by Bach, by J.S. Bach
By Bach, by Bach, by J.S. Bach
It was written for the Margrave of Canterbury, the Margrave of Canterbury


That's all I remember of this thing I learned in choir class a million years ago

[LaurenG]

11. 3 and 4 but 4 more so at the moment

My back hurts and its soothing.

[pokerfan]

13. no love for #1

:shrug: