Notes and Editorial Reviews
Dating from 1721, the six concerti written for the Margrave of Brandenburg form a varied set of pieces unrivaled in the history of the baroque period. Certainly, other composers such as Corelli, Handel and Vivaldi collected together wonderful concerti in impressive groupings, but only Bach somehow satisfies our desire for encyclopedic completeness and gives us variety at the same time. The Cambridge Baroque Camerata was founded in 1984 by its director, the British harpsichordist Jonathan Hellyer Jones, to perform the music of the 17th and 18th centuries on period instruments. He has spent much of his life in Cambridge where he read music at St. John's College. He now lives in Cambridge where he teaches at both universities, specializing in
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Works on This Recording
1.
Brandenburg Concerto no 1 in F major, BWV 1046 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Conductor:
Jonathan Hellyer Jones
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Cambridge Baroque Camerata
Period: Baroque
Written: 1717; ?Cöthen, Germany
2.
Brandenburg Concerto no 2 in F major, BWV 1047 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Conductor:
Jonathan Hellyer Jones
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Cambridge Baroque Camerata
Period: Baroque
Written: 1717-1718; ?Cöthen, Germany
3.
Brandenburg Concerto no 4 in G major, BWV 1049 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Conductor:
Jonathan Hellyer Jones
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Cambridge Baroque Camerata
Period: Baroque
Written: circa 1720; ?Cöthen, Germany
4.
Brandenburg Concerto no 5 in D major, BWV 1050 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Conductor:
Jonathan Hellyer Jones
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Cambridge Baroque Camerata
Period: Baroque
Written: 1720-1721; ?Cöthen, Germany
5.
Brandenburg Concerto no 6 in B flat major, BWV 1051 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Conductor:
Jonathan Hellyer Jones
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Cambridge Baroque Camerata
Period: Baroque
Written: 1708-1710; ?Weimar, Germany
6.
Sonata for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord no 1 in G major, BWV 1027 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Conductor:
Jonathan Hellyer Jones
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Cambridge Baroque Camerata
Period: Baroque
Written: circa 1720; Cöthen, Germany
Notes: Arranged: Duncan Druce
7.
Brandenburg Concerto no 3 in G major, BWV 1048 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Conductor:
Jonathan Hellyer Jones
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Cambridge Baroque Camerata
Period: Baroque
Written: 1711-1713; ?Weimar, Germany
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