COMPOSERS: JS Bach
LABELS: Supraphon
ALBUM TITLE: JS Bach
WORKS: Brandenburg Concertos
PERFORMER: Melkus (violin), Harnoncourt (cello, viola da gamba), Leonhardt (harpsichord); Vienna Chamber Orchestra/Josef Mertin
CATALOGUE NO: SU 4213-2 (1950)
Despite mustering Harnoncourt and Leonhardt, this pioneering 1950 recording of the Brandenburgs, the first to deploy period instruments, is one for the curious rather than the library.
Paul Riley