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Special offer. JS Bach: Brandenburg Concertos

Zefiro, Alfredo Bernardini

[Bernardini] has much to say...and clearly inspires much energy in his players. The abiding impression, however, is that his talented soloists have been allowed to find their own answers and...

Special offer. JS Bach: Brandenburg Concertos

Zefiro, Alfredo Bernardini

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[Bernardini] has much to say...and clearly inspires much energy in his players. The abiding impression, however, is that his talented soloists have been allowed to find their own answers and...

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Following its highly acclaimed album featuring the three most richly scored Ouvertures (Gramophone Editor’s Choice – shortlisted for the 2017 Gramophone Awards and included among the Top 10 recent Bach recordings), Zefiro comes full circle with the famous collection of Concerts avec plusieurs instruments, that kaleidoscope of colours that seems almost tailor-made to highlight the salient qualities of the ensemble founded by the three historical wind specialists, Alfredo Bernardini and Paolo and Alberto Grazzi. Thanks to experience gained in countless performances and recordings with the leading conductors and ensembles, but also to thorough research into the most appropriate instruments and pitch (398 Hz, i.e. the ‘authentic’ French pitch), this brand new recording exudes liveliness, flair and knowledge, and features some of the greatest names on the Baroque music scene, among them Cecilia Bernardini, Gabriele Cassone, Francesco Corti, Lorenz Duftschmid, Marcello Gatti, Gaetano Nasillo and Dorothee Oberlinger. Also included is the more intimate B minor Suite with flute (BWV 1067), thus filling the gap left by the earlier recording.

Contents and tracklist

I. [¢]
Track length3:41
II. Adagio
Track length3:29
III. Allegro
Track length4:03
IV. Menuet - Trio I - Poloinesse - Trio II
Track length6:16
I. [¢]
Track length4:36
II. Andante
Track length3:36
III. Allegro assai
Track length2:27
I. [¢] - Adagio
Track length5:31
II. Allegro
Track length4:32
I. Allegro
Track length6:36
II. Andante
Track length3:34
III. Presto
Track length4:44
I. Allegro
Track length9:12
II. Affettuoso
Track length5:11
III. Allegro
Track length5:08
I. [¢]
Track length5:34
II. Adagio ma non tanto
Track length4:42
III. Allegro
Track length5:37
I. Ouverture
Track length9:59
II. Rondeaux
Track length1:51
III. Sarabande
Track length2:55
IV. Bourrées 1 & 2
Track length2:08
V. Polonoise (Moderato e staccato. Lentement) - Double
Track length3:34
VI. Menuet
Track length1:08
VII. Battinerie
Track length1:40

Awards and reviews

November 2018

[Bernardini] has much to say...and clearly inspires much energy in his players. The abiding impression, however, is that his talented soloists have been allowed to find their own answers and truly express themselves as individuals…it has to be said that the sheer enthusiasm of the playing on this disc leads at times to a bit of murky ensemble and maybe a little coarseness of sound, but really it is all to much fun to be worrying about that.
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