The Early Music Show

Andrew Manze takes a look at this famous set of pieces, arguably the greatest concertos in the Baroque repertoire, and examines how Bach's own countrymen have chosen to perform the works over the past 50 years.

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Playlist

Concerto no.3, 1st movement
Wilhelm Furtwängler,piano
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
EMI Classics CDM 567460

Concerto no.5, 1st movement
Wilhelm Furtwängler,piano
Willi Boskovsky, violin
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
CD details as above

Concerto no.2, 1st movement
Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Concentus Musicus, Wien
Teldec 9031776112

Concerto no.2, 2nd and 3rd movements
Harnoncourt,
Concentus Musicus, Wien
Teldec 4509959802

Concerto no.3
Reinhard Goebel, director
Musica Antiqua, Köln
Archiv 447 287-2

Concerto no.6
Akademie für Alte Musik, Berlin
Harmonia Mundi HMX 29016345

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