Brandenburg Concertos Brandenburg Concertos The Brandenburg Concertos by Johann Sebastian Bach (BWV 1046–1051, original title: Six Concerts à plusieurs instruments) are a collection of six instrumental works presented by Bach to Christian Ludwig, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt, in 1721 (though probably composed earlier). They are widely regarded as some of the best orchestral compositions of the Baroque era. Bach wrote out the music himself for presentation to the Margrave rather than leaving it to a copyist. While he took the opportunity to revise the music, most likely, it was not freshly composed. He appears to have selected the six pieces from concertos he
Concertos (Michael Nyman album) Concertos (Michael Nyman album) Concertos is the 31st album by Michael Nyman, released in 1997. It contains three concerti commissioned from Nyman, the Mazda-sponsored "Double Concerto for Saxophone and Cello", featuring John Harle and Julian Lloyd Webber, the "Harpsichord Concerto" for Elisabeth Chojnacka, and the "Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra" for Christian Lindberg. The album was intended as the first in a series of Nyman recordings, as it reads "NYMAN EDITION No1: Concertos" on the EMI label, but Nyman's only other release on EMI (until "The Actors" in 2003), "The Suit and the Photograph" does not have such designation. The