Dunedin ConsortÂ’s formidable reputation for performing Bach is set to scale new heights with this highly anticipated recording. Dutch-Italian violinist Cecilia Bernardini takes a break from leader duties as she steps into the spotlight to deliver a virtuoso performance under the direction of Bach specialist John Butt OBE.
Opening the program is the colorful and joyful concerto for violin and oboe (Alfredo Bernardini oboe) with its supremely lyrical central movement. Two of BachÂ’s solo violin concertos, each overflowing with inventive detail, and the Sinfonia with solo oboe that opens Cantata 21, follow. The program culminates in one of BachÂ’s greatest masterpieces - the Double Concerto for two violins (Huw Daniel violin), with its famous and sublime slow movement.
Although Bach was most famous as an organist and keyboard player, he was also a fine violinist; his idiomatic writing and characteristic flair is evident in the many dazzling moments he creates.
"This group is in full and virtuosic command of its instruments, allowing confident plunges into risk-taking as well as lovely exploitation of the varied colors. Period instrument performances don't get any better than this." - American Record Guide
"BachÂ’s violin concerto in A minor, BWV 1041, with Cecilia Bernardini an outstanding soloist, was even better. The aching lyricism of the slow movement attained a rare eloquence." - Financial Times
Features:
• Super Audio CD
• SACD Stereo SACD Layer
• This Hybrid SACD contains a Super HDCD 24 Bit encoded Stereo CD layer which is playable on most conventional CD Players!
• Made in the EU
Musicians:
Cecelia Bernardini, violin
Huw Daniel, violin
Alfredo Bernardini, oboe
Dunedin Consort
John Butt, director
Selections:
John Sebastian Bach
Concerto for Violin and Oboe in C minor
1. Allegro
2. Adagio
3. Allegro
Violin Concerto in E Major
4. Allegro
5. Adagio
6. Allegro assai
Ich hatte viel Bekummernis
7. Sinfonia
Violin Concerto in A minor
8. Allegro
9. Andante
10. Allegro assai
Concerto for two violins in D minor
11. Vivace
12. Largo ma non tanto
13. Allegro
Opening the program is the colorful and joyful concerto for violin and oboe (Alfredo Bernardini oboe) with its supremely lyrical central movement. Two of BachÂ’s solo violin concertos, each overflowing with inventive detail, and the Sinfonia with solo oboe that opens Cantata 21, follow. The program culminates in one of BachÂ’s greatest masterpieces - the Double Concerto for two violins (Huw Daniel violin), with its famous and sublime slow movement.
Although Bach was most famous as an organist and keyboard player, he was also a fine violinist; his idiomatic writing and characteristic flair is evident in the many dazzling moments he creates.
"This group is in full and virtuosic command of its instruments, allowing confident plunges into risk-taking as well as lovely exploitation of the varied colors. Period instrument performances don't get any better than this." - American Record Guide
"BachÂ’s violin concerto in A minor, BWV 1041, with Cecilia Bernardini an outstanding soloist, was even better. The aching lyricism of the slow movement attained a rare eloquence." - Financial Times
Features:
• Super Audio CD
• SACD Stereo SACD Layer
• This Hybrid SACD contains a Super HDCD 24 Bit encoded Stereo CD layer which is playable on most conventional CD Players!
• Made in the EU
Musicians:
Cecelia Bernardini, violin
Huw Daniel, violin
Alfredo Bernardini, oboe
Dunedin Consort
John Butt, director
Selections:
John Sebastian Bach
Concerto for Violin and Oboe in C minor
1. Allegro
2. Adagio
3. Allegro
Violin Concerto in E Major
4. Allegro
5. Adagio
6. Allegro assai
Ich hatte viel Bekummernis
7. Sinfonia
Violin Concerto in A minor
8. Allegro
9. Andante
10. Allegro assai
Concerto for two violins in D minor
11. Vivace
12. Largo ma non tanto
13. Allegro
