audiophile vinyl. Concerto K?ln: Brandenburg Concerto K?ln - more than 25 years of historical performance practice at the highest level. The ensemble, which has been awarded several times with the ECHO Klassik and other prizes (including the German Record Critics' Prize, MIDEM Classic Award), is popular for its lively musical style and is a regular guest at renowned concert halls and major festivals around the globe. With this recording, Bach's Brandenburg Concerts will be shining in new splendour. For Concerto K?ln wanted to include Bach's compendium of baroque orchestral literature in its programme only if it was possible to add something new to the existing perspectives. Thus, familiar terrain was measured anew and questions of sound and instrumentation were made the starting point of the research. How should the Continuo group be occupied in the various concerts, for example, which trumpet will be played in the second Brandenburgish language? What is it about the "Fiauti d' Echo" that Bach demands in the fourth concert, which violas did he have for the sixth in his ear? In the recording, Concerto K?ln chose the low chamber tone a1 = 392 Hz, in which the trumpet's high passages allow a softer interaction in the soloist quartet,"explains Lorenzo Alpert, bassoonist of the ensemble. Concerto K?ln has now also answered the question of flutes in the 4th Brandenburg Concert. For the "Fiauti d' Echo" requested by Bach, a double flute was developed according to old drawings, which produces the desired echo effect. This makes Concerto K?ln the first orchestra to use such echo flutes in the fourth concert. The use of harpsichord and violone, replicas of original instruments from the Bach era, the sound qualities of which Bach may have been familiar with, is another special feature. With this new recording, Concerto K?ln present an extraordinary interpretation of great intensity and warmth, yet with the accustomed freshness and lightness and with the highest technical precision. Historical performance practice at the highest level.
