CD8/2009
Leipzig Gewandhaus Bach Orchestra
Gerhard Bosse
Camden Theatre, London
Recording: October 1966
Fanfare
“The Mozart and Haydn works are […] both for the most part enjoyably stylish with impressively sonorous, unanimous string playing in the former and many fine solo contributions in the latter.”
—Boyd Pomeroy, Fanfare 33:5, May/June 2010
American Record Guide
“The orchestra is a fine one, but its style, particularly in Bach, reflects older ideals … On the other hand, their style, which brings out a cantilena quality […], reveals dimensions of his harmony and phrasing that period groups regularly overlook.”
“Bosse is a fine soloist in the concerto”
“The sound is good for a concert recording of the period”
—Paul Althouse, American Record Guide, July/August 2010
MusicWeb International
“Bosse is the soloist and director and he’s an accomplished practitioner in both arts.”
“It’s a performance of considerable merit.”
“The recording is very decent, capturing Bosse’s tone with fidelity.”
—Jonathan Woolf, MusicWeb International, September 2011
“This CD is of particular significance because the orchestra rarely appears under this name nowadays … They do not use period instruments but do conform to period practice as far as they can.”
“This recording, made at the Camden Theatre, […] is clear and well spread left to right, simply reproducing the sound as heard from the centre of the stalls … It is all very real and, as a record of past performance style, it is of considerable interest. The audience are fairly restrained during the music and greet the concert with justified enthusiasm.”
—Dave Billinge, MusicWeb International, August 2018
International Record Review
“…a performance of sturdy conviction that is characteristic of Bach playing at the time. There are solid musical virtues here that will appeal to anyone who yearns to relive this kind of approach to Bach.”
“Mozart’s Divertimento in D, K205 is done with poise, as is Haydn’s Symphony, ‘Le Matin’ – perhaps my favourite performance on this disc.”
—Nigel Simeone, International Record Review, June 2012
| Track listing | Time | |
|---|---|---|
| Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral Suite no 1 in C major, BWV 1066 | 18' 59" | |
| 1 | I Ouverture† | 6' 34" |
| 2 | II Courante | 1' 27" |
| 3 | III Gavotte I alternativement – Gavotte II | 2' 09" |
| 4 | IV Forlane | 1' 48" |
| 5 | V Menuet I alternativement – Menuet II* | 2' 11" |
| 6 | VI Bourrée I alternativement – Bourrée II | 1' 56" |
| 7 | VII Passepied I alternativement – Passepied II | 2' 54" |
| Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin Concerto in E major, BWV 1042 | 17' 30" | |
| 8 | I Allegro | 8' 05" |
| 9 | II Adagio | 6' 30" |
| 10 | III Allegro assai | 2' 55" |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Divertimento in D major, K205 | 15' 54" | |
| 11 | I Largo – II Allegro | 3' 27" |
| 12 | III Menuetto | 3' 08" |
| 13 | IV Adagio | 3' 07" |
| 14 | V Menuetto | 2' 53" |
| 15 | VI Finale: Presto | 3' 19" |
| Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony no 6 in D major, Hob 1:6 (Le Matin) | 17' 07" | |
| 16 | I Adagio – Allegro | 4' 02" |
| 17 | II Adagio – Andante – Adagio | 5' 50" |
| 18 | III Menuetto & Trio | 4' 05" |
| 19 | IV Finale: Allegro | 3' 10" |
| Encore: Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, BWV 1068 | 4' 12" | |
| 20 | II Air | 4' 12" |
| Total time: | 73' 44" | |
*Sample extract (control with the Sound Sample tab at the top of the page)
†This track may be heard on the Sampler CD