Bach's Virtuosos Midori Seiler & Köthener BachCollektiv

• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750): Concerto BWV 1056R:
• 1Bach: Concerto BWV 1056R: I. —03:20
• 2Bach: Concerto BWV 1056R: II. Largo02:37
• 3Bach: Concerto BWV 1056R: III. Presto03:33
• Augustin Reinhard Stricker (1675 - 1718): Sonata D Major for two Violins & B.C.:
• 4Stricker: Sonata D Major for two Violins & B.C.: I. Adagio01:50
• 5Stricker: Sonata D Major for two Violins & B.C.: II. Allegro01:23
• 6Stricker: Sonata D Major for two Violins & B.C.: III. Rigaudon01:25
• 7Stricker: Sonata D Major for two Violins & B.C.: IV. Menuet (Allegro)01:47
• Joseph Spieß (1838 - 1917): Concerto E Minor for Violin, Strings & B.C.:
• 8Spieß: Concerto E Minor for Violin, Strings & B.C.: I. Allegro - Andante - Allegro06:26
• 9Spieß: Concerto E Minor for Violin, Strings & B.C.: II. Adagio02:28
• 10Spieß: Concerto E Minor for Violin, Strings & B.C.: III. Allegro04:36
• Georg Linike (1680 - 1762): Suite in D Major for Strings & B.C.:
• 11Linike: Suite in D Major for Strings & B.C.: I. Ouverture04:10
• 12Linike: Suite in D Major for Strings & B.C.: II. Air01:33
• 13Linike: Suite in D Major for Strings & B.C.: III. Bourée - Trio02:29
• 14Linike: Suite in D Major for Strings & B.C.: IV. Menuet alternativ - L'autre Menuet02:25
• 15Linike: Suite in D Major for Strings & B.C.: V. Air02:47
• 16Linike: Suite in D Major for Strings & B.C.: VI. Gigue01:14
• Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto BWV 1064R:
• 17Bach: Concerto BWV 1064R: I. Allegro05:51
• 18Bach: Concerto BWV 1064R: II. Adagio05:36
• 19Bach: Concerto BWV 1064R: III. Allegro04:28
• Total Runtime59:58

Info for Bach's Virtuosos

At the heart of the Köthener Bachfesttage is the ensemble founded expressly for the festival, the Köthener BachCollektiv. This is an exceptional company of eminent musicians spanning three generations that meets in Köthen every other year and has embarked on a musical journey of discovery with works newly restored to the repertoire. At the 2022 Bachfesttage, and on this recording, new reconstructions of Bach concertos and some long forgotten works by his Köthen colleagues set the tone. The consequence, under the direction of violinists Midori Seiler and Mayumi Hirasaki, is a strikingly vivid musical portrait of the Köthen Hofkapelle, which recreates the excellent working conditions and musical opportunities available to Johann Sebastian Bach in Köthen.

Midori Seiler, violin, direction
Köthener Bachcollektiv

Midori Seiler
is one of the few specialists in historical performance practice who feels at home in different epochs. As concertmaster, she has led a wide range of projects, including the Budapest Festival Orchestra, Anima Eterna Bruges or the Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. Her chamber music partners include Christian Rieger, Jaap ter Linden and Andreas Staier. In 2015 Midori Seiler received the Saxon Mozart Prize. Her extensive discography includes violin concertos by Mozart, Rimsky-Korsakoff's "Sheherazade" and her own reconstruction of Bach's lost violin concerto BWV 1052. Her longstanding collaboration with Jos van Immerseel is reflected in her recordings of the complete sonatas for violin and piano by Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert. Her two publications of Bach's solo works received great media attention. After working as a professor of baroque violin at the conservatories in Weimar and Salzburg, she has been teaching at the Folkwang University of the Arts Essen since 2020. Since 2016, Midori Seiler has been the artistic director of the BachCollektiv of the Köthener Bachfesttage. Her love of experimenting with unusual concert formats has led to collaborations with contemporary dance, electronic music and choreographed performance: for example, she worked on Bach's sonatas for solo violin with two dancers - choreographed by Juan Kruz de Garaio Esnaola. Her album "La Venezia di Anna Maria" with Concerto Köln was awarded the OPUS Klassik in 2019.

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