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Brandenburg concerto 1 BWV1046

O Mozart/Claudio Abbado Medici 2056738 review
DG 4778908 review
Musica Amphion/Pieter-Jan Belder Brilliant 94050 review
London PO/Sir Adrian Boult EMI 6356572 review
English CO/Benjamin Britten Eloquence 4429521 review
Busch Chamber Players/Adolf Busch EMI 2126992 review
Gewandhaus O/Ricardo Chailly Decca 4782191 review
Philomusica of London/Thurston Dart Forgotten Recirds FR341 review
AAM/Richard Egarr Harmonia Mundi HMU80746/2 review
I Barocchisti/Diego Fasolis Arts 477158 review review
Swiss Baroque Soloists/Andrés Gabetta Naxos 8.557755-6 review
English Baroque Soloists/Sir John Eliot Gardiner Soli Deo Gloria SDG707 review
London Baroque Ensemble/Karl Haas Forgotten Records FR671/2 review
Concentus musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt DG 0734450 review
La Petite Bande/Sigiswald Kuijken Accent ACC24224 review
Boyd Neel O/Boyd Neel Forgotten Records FR731/2 review
Academy St James/Carl Pini Silverline 2882329 review
European Baroque Ens/Trevor Pinnock Avie AV2119 review review
Oregon Bach Festival CO/Helmuth Rillling Hanssler 098620000 review
Hanssler CD94615 review
O des Cento Soli/Hermann Scherchen Forgotten Records FR197/8 review
Apollo’s Fire/Jeannette Sorrell Avie AV2207 review
Café Zimmermann/Pablo Valetti Alpha 811 review

Brandenburg concerto 2 BWV1047

O Mozart/Claudio Abbado Medici 2056738 review
DG 4778908 review
Musica Amphion/Pieter-Jan Belder Brilliant 94050 review
London PO/Sir Adrian Boult EMI 6356572 review
English CO/Benjamin Britten Eloquence 4429521 review
Busch Chamber Players/Adolf Busch EMI 2126992 review
Gewandhaus O/Ricardo Chailly Decca 4782191 review
Philomusica of London/Thurston Dart Forgotten Recirds FR341 review
AAM/Richard Egarr Harmonia Mundi HMU80746/2 review
I Barocchisti/Diego Fasolis Arts 477158 review review
Swiss Baroque Soloists/Andrés Gabetta Naxos 8.557755-6 review
English Baroque Soloists/Sir John Eliot Gardiner Soli Deo Gloria SDG707 review
London Baroque Ensemble/Karl Haas Forgotten Records FR671/2 review
Concentus musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt DG 0734450 review
La Petite Bande/Sigiswald Kuijken Accent ACC24224 review
London Conchord Ens Champs Hill CHRCD014 review review
Yehudi Menuhin, unknown EMI 2641312 review
Boyd Neel O/Boyd Neel Forgotten Records FR731/2 review
Academy St James/Carl Pini Silverline 2882329 review
European Baroque Ens/Trevor Pinnock Avie AV2119 review review
Oregon Bach Festival CO/Helmuth Rillling Hanssler 098620000 review
Hanssler CD94615 review
O des Cento Soli/Hermann Scherchen Forgotten Records FR197/8 review
Apollo’s Fire/Jeannette Sorrell Avie AV2207 review
NBC SO/Arturo Toscanini Guild GHCD2364/5 review
Café Zimmermann/Pablo Valetti Alpha 811 review

Brandenburg concerto 3 BWV1048

O Mozart/Claudio Abbado Medici 2056738 review
DG 4778908 review
Royal PO/Sir Thomas Beecham Somm Beecham31 review
Musica Amphion/Pieter-Jan Belder Brilliant 94050 review
London PO/Sir Adrian Boult EMI 6356572 review
English CO/Benjamin Britten Eloquence 4429521 review
Busch Chamber Players/Adolf Busch EMI 2126992 review
Gewandhaus O/Ricardo Chailly Decca 4782191 review
Philomusica of London/Thurston Dart Forgotten Recirds FR341 review
English Baroque Soloists/Kati Debretzeni Soli Deo Gloria SDG707 review
AAM/Richard Egarr Harmonia Mundi HMU80746/2 review
I Barocchisti/Diego Fasolis Arts 477158 review review
Berlin PO/Wilhelm Furtwangler Naxos 8.111136 review
Vienna PO/Wilhelm Furtwängler Orfeo C409048L review
Swiss Baroque Soloists/Andrés Gabetta Naxos 8.557755-6 review
English Baroque Soloists/Sir John Eliot Gardiner Soli Deo Gloria SDG138 review
London Baroque Ensemble/Karl Haas Forgotten Records FR671/2 review
Concentus musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt DG 0734450 review
La Petite Bande/Sigiswald Kuijken Accent ACC24224 review
Yehudi Menuhin, unknown EMI 2641312 review
Boyd Neel O/Boyd Neel Forgotten Records FR731/2 review
Yale Cello/Aldo Parisot (transc. cello orch) Naxos 8.557816 review
Academy St James/Carl Pini Silverline 2882329 review
European Baroque Ens/Trevor Pinnock Avie AV2119 review review
Oregon Bach Festival CO/Helmuth Rillling Hanssler 098620000 review
Hanssler CD94615 review
O des Cento Soli/Hermann Scherchen Forgotten Records FR197/8 review
Apollo’s Fire/Jeannette Sorrell Avie AV2207 review
Café Zimmermann/Pablo Valetti Alpha 811 review
Warsaw Ph CO CD Accord ACD1742 review

Brandenburg concerto 4 BWV1049

O Mozart/Claudio Abbado Medici 2056738 review
DG 4778908 review
Musica Amphion/Pieter-Jan Belder Brilliant 94050 review
London PO/Sir Adrian Boult EMI 6356572 review
English CO/Benjamin Britten Eloquence 4429521 review
Busch Chamber Players/Adolf Busch EMI 2126992 review
Gewandhaus O/Ricardo Chailly Decca 4782191 review
Consort of London/Robert Haydon Clark Brilliant 92416 review
Philomusica of London/Thurston Dart Forgotten Recirds FR341 review
English Baroque Soloists/Kati Debretzeni Soli Deo Gloria SDG707 review
AAM/Richard Egarr Harmonia Mundi HMU80746/2 review
I Barocchisti/Diego Fasolis Arts 477158 review review
Swiss Baroque Soloists/Andrés Gabetta Naxos 8.557755-6 review
London Baroque Ensemble/Karl Haas Forgotten Records FR671/2 review
Concentus musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt DG 0734450 review
Amsterdam Bar O/Ton Koopman Warner Apex 2564613642 review
La Petite Bande/Sigiswald Kuijken Accent ACC24224 review
London Conchord Ens Champs Hill CHRCD014 review review
Boyd Neel O/Boyd Neel Forgotten Records FR731/2 review
Academy St James/Carl Pini Silverline 2882329 review
European Baroque Ens/Trevor Pinnock Avie AV2119 review review
Oregon Bach Festival CO/Helmuth Rillling Hanssler 098620000 review
Hanssler CD94615 review
O des Cento Soli/Hermann Scherchen Forgotten Records FR197/8 review
Apollo’s Fire/Jeannette Sorrell Avie AV2207 review
Café Zimmermann/Pablo Valetti Alpha 811 review

Brandenburg concerto 5 BWV1050

O Mozart/Claudio Abbado Medici 2056738 review
DG 4778908 review
Akademie Für Alte Musik Berlin/Raphael Alpermann Capriccio 71048 review
Musica Amphion/Pieter-Jan Belder Brilliant 94050 review
London PO/Sir Adrian Boult EMI 6356572 review
English CO/Benjamin Britten Eloquence 4429521 review
Busch Chamber Players/Adolf Busch EMI 2126992 review
Gewandhaus O/Ricardo Chailly Decca 4782191 review
Philomusica of London/Thurston Dart Forgotten Recirds FR341 review
English Baroque Soloists/Kati Debretzeni Soli Deo Gloria SDG707 review
AAM/Richard Egarr Harmonia Mundi HMU80746/2 review
O de l’Association des Concerts de Chambre de Paris/George Enescu Forgotten Records FR171 review
I Barocchisti/Diego Fasolis Arts 477168 review review
Philharmonia O/Edwin Fischer EMI 6294992 review
Vienna PO/Wilhelm Furtwängler Orfeo C409048L review
Swiss Baroque Soloists/Andrés Gabetta Naxos 8.557755-6 review
Netherlands CO/Szymon Goldberg Music & Arts CD1223 review
London Baroque Ensemble/Karl Haas Forgotten Records FR671/2 review
Concentus musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt DG 0734450 review
COE/Daniel Hope Warner 2564 625452 review
Budapest RSO/Otto Klemperer Guild GHCD2360 review review
USSR State SO/ Kyrill Kondrashin Andromeda ANDRCD5046 review
Amsterdam Bar O/Ton Koopman Warner Apex 2564613642 review
La Petite Bande/Sigiswald Kuijken Accent ACC24224 review
London Conchord Ens Champs Hill CHRCD014 review review
Yehudi Menuhin, unknown EMI 2641312 review
NBC SO/Dmitri Mitropoulos Music & Arts CD1214 review
Boyd Neel O/Boyd Neel Forgotten Records FR731/2 review
Glenn Gould, Misha Mishakoff, Albert Tripton, Detroit SO/Paul Paray IDIS 6643 review
ASMF/Murray Perahia Sony 88697 824292 review
Academy St James/Carl Pini Silverline 2882329 review
European Baroque Ens/Trevor Pinnock Avie AV2119 review review
Oregon Bach Festival CO/Helmuth Rillling Hanssler 098620000 review
Hanssler CD94615 review
O des Cento Soli/Hermann Scherchen Forgotten Records FR197/8 review
Apollo’s Fire/Jeannette Sorrell Avie AV2207 review
Australian CO/Richard Tognetti Hyperion CDA67307 review
Café Zimmermann/Pablo Valetti Alpha 811 review

Brandenburg concerto 6 BWV1051

O Mozart/Claudio Abbado Medici 2056738 review
DG 4778908 review
Musica Amphion/Pieter-Jan Belder Brilliant 94050 review
London PO/Sir Adrian Boult EMI 6356572 review
English CO/Benjamin Britten Eloquence 4429521 review
Busch Chamber Players/Adolf Busch EMI 2126992 review
Gewandhaus O/Ricardo Chailly Decca 4782191 review
Philomusica of London/Thurston Dart Forgotten Recirds FR341 review
English Baroque Soloists/Kati Debretzeni Soli Deo Gloria SDG707 review
AAM/Richard Egarr Harmonia Mundi HMU80746/2 review
I Barocchisti/Diego Fasolis Arts 477168 review review
Swiss Baroque Soloists/Andrés Gabetta Naxos 8.557755-6 review
Netherlands CO/Szymon Goldberg Music & Arts CD1223 review
London Baroque Ensemble/Karl Haas Forgotten Records FR671/2 review
Concentus musicus Wien/Nikolaus Harnoncourt DG 0734450 review
Amsterdam Bar O/Ton Koopman Warner Apex 2564613642 review
La Petite Bande/Sigiswald Kuijken Accent ACC24224 review
Boyd Neel O/Boyd Neel Forgotten Records FR731/2 review
Yale Cello/Aldo Parisot (transc. cello orch) Naxos 8.557816 review
Academy St James/Carl Pini Silverline 2882329 review
European Baroque Ens/Trevor Pinnock Avie AV2119 review review
Oregon Bach Festival CO/Helmuth Rillling Hanssler 098620000 review
Hanssler CD94615 review
O des Cento Soli/Hermann Scherchen Forgotten Records FR197/8 review
Apollo’s Fire/Jeannette Sorrell Avie AV2207 review
Café Zimmermann/Pablo Valetti Alpha 811 review
unknown O/Henry Wood Beulah 2PD3 review

 
 


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