111 J. S. Bach: Concertos Vol. II, BWV 1041-1043, 1056, 1060, 1064

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Johann Sebastian Bach: Concertos Vol. II, BWV 1041-1043, 1056, 1060, 1064
Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Benjamin Hudson

  • Total playing time (mmm:ss): 87:16
  • 5.1 standard channel order: front left – front right – center – subwoofer (not used) – surround left – surround right
  • 48 kHz, 24 bit. Format: Flac (lossless)
  • Download as zip file. Booklet (English, German, French) and cover images included
  • Size: 1,98 GB
  • Barcode: 4009850011125

Also available: Brandenburg Concertos played by Stuttgarter Kammerorchester

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“[…] Having grown up as a lover of music in stereo, I am used to hearing music coming from different directions; but I have never been so close to (recorded) music; no other production has ever captured the mood of the recording location so intensively. […]” stereoplay

“The Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra is a prime example of an ensemble in which the separation of historical and modern instruments, historical and modern styles is simply no longer an issue: here, what belongs together anyway, if one wants to fill music with emotion and expression, has grown together.
In its approach to Bach, the ensemble, which was founded in 1945 and can boast the attribute of being the oldest European chamber orchestra, is as careful as it is spirited. Nothing is exaggerated and nothing is smoothed out; details are lovingly sounded out, and music is deliberately played together.
Benjamin Hudson, who leads the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra here as concertmaster, plays the solo part of the original and reconstructed violin concertos very precisely, smoothly and with a decidedly unsolistic attitude. All this does the pieces good. The fact that they come across here as ensemble pieces rather than virtuoso works is historically correct and rounds off the extremely positive impression of a recording that is spectacular if only because it avoids the spectacular.” (klassikheute.com)

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Reviews

  1. René Zapf –

    Dear TACET team, I would like to thank you for the wonderful DVD-A that I won in your online competition in May. Like all TACET productions—and you can take this as a guaranteed sincere statement—this DVD-A is a high mass for every classical music lover and sound enthusiast. Thank you once again, and please remain one of the best classical music labels worldwide. Best regards,
    René Zapf

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  2. Audiophile Audition –

    Originally founded by Karl Munchinger, the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra has been around for well over a half century, made many recordings and toured the world extensively. This is a fine collection of six of the “hit” concertos of Bach, including three which are reconstructions based on his keyboard concertos for one, two and three harpsichords. The D Minor Concerto for 2 Violins is probably the most perfect work ever written for that instrumental combination, and it boasts a longish and very heartfelt center slow movement.
    The label’s plan to take multichannel reproduction of classical further than the typical players in front & ambience in back is realized even more extensively on this DVD. Not only is every single piece recorded with a slightly different assignment of individual instruments to individual channels, but in one case there are even changes during a piece!
    The first two concertos have the single solo violin in front with the orchestra proper laid out in a U pattern behind the listener. The balance of the various instruments in the orchestra is slightly changed between the two concertos. In the C Minor Concerto the violin solo is at left front, the oboe solo at right front, the rest of the violin section at the center speaker, the harpsichord behind and the bass group at the rear – centered between the viola and second violin.
    The most effective spatial layout of all is in the final concerto for 3 violins – a sort of Violin Summit. The three solo violins are assigned to the L, C and R frontal channels, with the orchestra itself again in a horseshoe pattern behind the listener. This is really effective and exciting when a theme is heard first from the right violin, then taken up by the center violin and finally joined by the left hand instrument.
    The change during a work happens in the second movement of the Concerto in E Major for one solo violin. In the first movement the orchestra sounds rather close and the violin soloist is more distant; the second movement moves the orchestra further away and brings the listener closer aurally to the solo violin to better hear the subtleties of this intimate movement. All these works – whether in multichannel or not – would never fit onto a standard CD – they run a total of 87 minutes. Only DVD allows the greater length.
    Keines dieser Werke – ob in Mehrkanal-Technik oder nicht – würde auf eine Standard-CD passen, da sie insgesamt 87 Minuten umfassen. Nur die DVD ermöglicht diese längere Spieldauer.
    John Sunier

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