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Teeters Takes On Bookspan: The Brandenburg Concertos

  •  Kent Teeters 
Thursday, September 5, 2013 | Sacramento, CA | Permalink
  

This is one of my favorite books on music, given to me in 1974 by my parents when I was studying music in college. It has travelled with me to many record shops and guided my selections as I built my first collection of recorded classical music.

Today my copy of Martin Bookspan’s 101 Masterpieces of Music and Their Composers is definitely showing its age…the dust cover is in tatters and countless notes are penciled in the margins…but it continues to bring back fond memories of hours pleasantly spent tracking down those elusive classical LPs!

The book is arranged alphabetically by composer. As a result, historical chronology is ignored, making for some interesting jumps between the various musical periods. Sometimes a composer is represented by several masterpieces and sometimes only one or two are mentioned.

The “101” limitation surely presented Bookspan with some tough choices, and to be honest, I don’t always agree with his opinions.

Regardless, I’m happy begin a monthly series of articles in order to share a few of Bookspan’s comments about each masterpiece, provide information on a recommended vintage recording that is currently available on CD, and to humbly offer up my own suggestion of a modern performance I think you’d enjoy.

It’ll be fun!

~Kent Teeters, Classical Content Coordinator & Host

September's Selection:
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
The Brandenburg Concertos

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Bookspan: “In the six Brandenburg Concertos,  Bach left the world a veritable syllabus of the  art of Baroque instrumentation and a  matchless demonstration of the varied  textures and sonorities possible to the  Baroque orchestra.”

Bookspan’s vintage choice: Lucerne Festival Strings, conductor Rudolf Baumgartner.

My modern choice: Akademie Fur Alte Musik Berlin (Academy for Ancient Music Berlin).  Harmonia Mundi Records, CD 501634.

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Kent Teeters

Former Classical Music Coordinator and Host

Kent was Capital Public Radio's Classical Music Coordinator and morning host through the fall of 2015.   Read Full Bio 

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