The versions of the Brandenburgs usually heard today are those of the presentation set, but this recording makes use of a number of manuscript copies, some dating from shortly after Bach's death , which, by dint of having "bypassed"the Brandenburg versions, may reasonably be taken to be a closer reflection of the concertos as they were actually performed by the composer and his colleagues in Coethen. Differences occur most noticeably in Concertos Nos. 1 and 5. The Coethen version of No. 1, actually entitled "Sinfonia", has only three movements instead of the more familiar four, and there is no Polonaise section for strings in the final movement. In addition, the Brandenburg's solo piccolo violin part is an extraction from the original Coethen texture, which is a tidier one in which the strings are balanced by a group consisting of oboes and bassoon, with a pair of horns "in the middle". Another interesting divergence is in the rather Grainger-like countermelody provided for the violins in the second Trio of the Sinfonia's last movement; in the later version this is replaced by a more military-sounding line for oboes. -- to be continued --

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