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Andres Gabetta

Description:

This performance features an ensemble formed in 2004, led by Andrs Gabetta and Niklas Eklund, who is well known for the Baroque Trumpet Techniques series on Naxos. With a small number of players in each section and crisp ensemble playing, they bring a fresh interpretation to this masterpiece. The flute version of the Harpsichord Concerto No. 5 is also a rarity.The collection of six orchestral works famously known as the Brandenburg Concertos is a masterpiece by J.S. Bach, commissioned by and dedicated to the Elector of Brandenburg. They represent the pinnacle of Baroque compositional technique, featuring a style of unprecedented complexity and virtuosity in which solo instruments are frequently grouped together. In Concerto No. 5, the harpsichord part stands out so brilliantly that it makes for a magnificent harpsichord concerto.