I ended up listening to the Bach 1 disc a bunch of times, and I never found it less than delightful. But last night I decided to move on to 2. And it was good, of course. Good enough that during one of the pieces I had to stop and just really concentrate on the harpsichord solo, because it was truly amazing...even though I was six sheets to the wind at the time. It made me think, "Ah, Bach invented Jimmy Page, then, didn't he?"
But I did say harpsichord, yes. Seems that this "second set" of "Brandburg Concertos" relies heavily upon harpsichord and recorder, whereas my impression was that the first three had a lot more to do with the trumpet. (I may have to go back and check on that. Besides, another listen to 1 - 3 would not be a chore.) And while I can admire the musicianship and the tunes are still fairly crackin', I have to say that this set just wasn't quite my cup of tea. I did give it a fair number of listens...in fact, even as we speak I'm on my second go-round this morning, when all vestiges of drunkenness have been washed away...and it still just not my thing. Onward to disc 3, then, I think.
ADDENDUM: I did go back and give Bach 1 another spin, and sure enough, it was much more horn led...and the one concerto which wasn't horn led was heavy on the violins. I don't think I much like the clavichord and recorder duo as lead instruments. It just seems kind of phony to me for some reason. Like a bad beer commercial.
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