SINGLE RELEASE: 2st MOVEMENT FROM CONCERTO XI AFTER BWV 529 
2nd Movement, Largo, from Concerto XI after BWV 529 is a beautiful and deep largo – if you ask the musicians behind the composition.

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CONCERTO XI AFTER BWV 529
“In his original Brandenburg Concertos, Bach loved to put together improbable combinations of instruments like violino piccolo and horns, for example, or trumpet and recorder. We followed his example with the four soloists of this concerto: Alongside violin and oboe d’amore – two instruments commonly used by Bach in his cantatas – we hear the bassoon in an unusual concertante role. A welcome reconciliation: Bach had a fight in his youth with a particularly arrogant bassoonist and rarely offered anything else than relatively shadowy roles to the instrument” – Antoine Torunczyk

And he adds: “Last, but not least, we hear the viola pomposa also called viola da spalla – an instrument already used by Bach in his 6th cello suite, a sort of large viola but with the range of a 5-string cello. The difference of timbre between those four soloists is, in this beautiful and deep Largo, underlined by the alternance of a 8 foot and 16-foot bass line, as if an organist were pulling out new stops...”

THE NEW BRANDENBURG CONCERTOS – A WORK OF FICTION 

Following the example set by Bach himself—who never hesitated to transform, for instance, a prelude for solo violin into a sinfonia for grand organ and orchestra with strings, oboes, trumpets, and timpani—this album presents an expanded version of the Organ Trio Sonatas: six new “Concertos for Several Instruments,” echoing the original French title Concerts avec plusieurs instruments that Bach gave to the equally famous Brandenburg Concertos.

The result is a work of fiction—far from any claim to authenticity, a concept usually central to an historically informed ensemble such as Concerto Copenhagen. 

But, as Antoine Torunczyk puts it: “I have come up with an attempt at ‘Historically Informed Fiction’ (..) At the end of the journey, the music seems unquestionably transformed, yet strangely familiar – like meeting an old friend after many years. My only wish is that the listener will take as much pleasure in rediscovering these pieces in a new light as I have enjoyed spending these years in their company.”

The album will be released on Berlin Classics on October 24th and will be available on CD and all major streaming platforms.

PRELISTENING OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL CIRCLES MEMBER
Next Friday we will share a prelistening link for all our CoCo-Circles members here on Sleeve. Exclusively we will share a listening link to the whole album - normally only available for the pres