Johann Sebastian Bach, Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1-6

This recording once existed on more than one Youtube channel, but it gradually disappeared over the years—leaving behind only a couple of low quality uploads. Here it is once again, resurrected in all its former glory, for your viewing and listening pleasure. Performed by the Freiburger Barockorchester in the picturesque Palace of Cöthen, where the composer once served as Kapellmeister to the court. Recorded at the Hall of Mirrors, Palace of Cöthen, 23-26 March 2000. From the DVD inlay card: The Six Concerts avec plusieurs instruments (Six Concertos with Several Instruments) that are now known as the Brandenburg Concertos after their dedicatee, the Margrave Christian Ludwig of Brandenburg, were written between 1717 and 1721 and, like much of Bach’s orchestral music, date from his years as Kappellmeister to the Prince of Anhalt-Cöthen (1717-1723). For the present recording, the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra follows in the historical footsteps of Bach’s own orchestra by