Brandenburg Concerto No.5 in D major, BWV 1050 (Bach, Johann Sebastian)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 3 movements
Composition Year 1720–21
Genre Categories Concertos; For flute, violin, harpsichord, strings, continuo; Scores featuring the flute; Scores featuring the violin; Scores featuring the harpsichord; Scores featuring string ensemble; Scores with basso continuo; For strings with soloists and continuo; For piano 4 hands (arr); Scores featuring the piano; Scores featuring the piano 4 hands; For 2 players; For piano (arr); For 1 player; For 7 recorders (arr); Scores featuring the recorder; For 7 players

Contents

Performances

Recordings

 I. Allegro
#70879 - 18.27MB - 9:59 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 33800×⇩ - MP3 - Carolus

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Carolus (2010/7/10)

 II. Affettuoso
#70880 - 10.86MB - 5:55 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 10759×⇩ - MP3 - Carolus

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Carolus (2010/7/10)

 III. Allegro
#70881 - 9.06MB - 4:57 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 10473×⇩ - MP3 - Carolus

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Carolus (2010/7/10)

Performer Pages Constance Schoepflin (flute)
Roxana Pavel Goldstein (violin)
Matthew Ganong (harpsichord)
Advent Chamber Orchestra (orchestra)
Publisher Info. Pandora Records/Al Goldstein Archive
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Misc. Notes February 10th & 17th 2008
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 Partial Recording (EU)
#502263 - 8.89MB - 10:37 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/N/!N - 42×⇩ - MP3 - Vangi

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Vangi (2017/11/27)

Performer Pages Kurt Redel (conductor)
Performers Kammerorchester Pro Arte
Publisher Info. Erato LDE 3229/3230, 1962.
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Misc. Notes Source BnF AB 62-23 - 2 Disques microsillon 33 t, 30 cm, mono
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 Complete performance
#492468 - 71.03MB - ? -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 220×⇩ - FLAC - Rgagnaux

FLAC file (audio)
Rgagnaux (2017/9/10)

Performer Pages Philomusica of London (orchestra)
Boyd Neel (conductor)
Performers Geoffrey Gilbert (flute), Emanuel Hurwitz (violin)
George Malcolm (harpsichord)
Publisher Info. London: Musical Masterpiece Society (Philips), 1955.
Reissue Schattdorf: Gagnaux Collection
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Misc. Notes Recorded ca. 1955
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 Complete Performance (EU)
#492107 - 64.60MB - ? -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/N/!N - 86×⇩ - FLAC - Rgagnaux

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Rgagnaux (2017/9/7)

Performer Pages Philomusica of London (orchestra)
Boyd Neel (conductor)
Performers Gareth Morris (flute), Frederick Grincke (violin)
Kathleen Long (pianoforte)
Publisher Info. London: Decca, 1947. K 1889-91.
Reissue Schattdorf: Gagnaux Collection
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Misc. Notes Recorded December 9, 1947. Portrait on the right: Boyd Neel, stamp «MAY 11 1955», «Boyd Neel, conductor of the Hart House Orchestra, featured during the four week inaugural Festival of Music at Stratford, July 9th - August 6th» 1955
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For Recorder Ensemble (Papalin)

 I. Allegro
#255014 - 24.34MB - 10:38 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 4052×⇩ - MP3 - Papalin

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Papalin (2012/10/18)

 II. Affettuoso
#255015 - 12.44MB - 5:26 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 1494×⇩ - MP3 - Papalin

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Papalin (2012/10/18)

 III. Allegro
#255016 - 12.71MB - 5:33 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 1491×⇩ - MP3 - Papalin

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Papalin (2012/10/18)

Performer Pages Papalin (Recorders)
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Synthesized/MIDI

 I. Allegro
#211327 - 0.10MB - ? -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 1995×⇩ - MID - Michrond

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Michrond (2012/4/27)

 II. Affettuoso
#211328 - 0.02MB - ? -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 755×⇩ - MID - Michrond

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Michrond (2012/4/27)

 III. Allegro
#211329 - 0.07MB - ? -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 824×⇩ - MID - Michrond

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Michrond (2012/4/27)

Performers MIDI
Publisher Info. Michel Rondeau
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Misc. Notes These file(s) are part of the Werner Icking Music Collection.
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Sheet Music

Full Scores

 Complete score
#247190 - 55.71MB, 40 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 16575×⇩ - Jun T

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Publisher. Info. Holograph manuscript, 1721
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Misc. Notes Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin (D-B), Amalien-Bibliothek: Am.B 78 (5)
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 Complete Score
#02043 - 3.76MB, 40 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 33351×⇩ - Feldmahler

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Feldmahler (2006/11/05)

 Complete Score
#16314 - 8.40MB, 38 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 11866×⇩ - Peter

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Peter (2008/2/9)

 Complete Score
#272348 - 9.09MB, 34 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 9567×⇩ - Pusteblumi

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Pusteblumi (2013/3/6)

Editor Wilhelm Rust (1822-1892)
Publisher. Info. Bach-Gesellschaft Ausgabe, Band 19
Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1871. Plate B.W. XIX.
Reprinted The Six Brandenburg Concertos and the Four Orchestral Suites
New York: Dover Publications, 1976. (#16314)
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Misc. Notes #272348 is a re-edit of #16314: Page margins optimized, some staff lines restored, added bar numbers, condensed harpsichord solo, renumbered pages
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 Complete Score
#457419 - 4.41MB, 38 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 217×⇩ - Cypressdome

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Cypressdome (2017/1/29)

Editor Max Reger
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1915. Plate Part.B. 2343.
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 Complete Score
#468680 - 1.44MB, 30 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/C/V - 187×⇩ - JacopoTore

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JacopoTore (2017/4/26)

Publisher. Info. Moscow: Muzgiz, n.d.
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 Complete Score
#24495 - 1.76MB, 63 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 18024×⇩ - Perlnerd666

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Publisher. Info. Palo Alto: CCARH, 2004.
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 Complete Score
#261183 - 2.04MB, 152 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 5335×⇩ - Notenschreiber

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Editor Michel Rondeau
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 I. Allegro
#234097 - 0.61MB, 42 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 5105×⇩ - RSB

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Parts

First version, BWV 1050a

 Complete Parts
#392032 - 93.70MB, 60 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 676×⇩ - Jun T

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Copyist Johann Christoph Farlau (ca.1735-1770)
Carl Friedrich Zelter (1758-1834)
Johann Heinrich Michel (1739-1810)
Publisher. Info. Manuscript, n.d.(ca.1744-59).
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Misc. Notes Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin (D-B): Mus.ms. Bach St 132
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Second version, BWV 1050

 Complete Parts
#247873 - 47.80MB, 50 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 2043×⇩ - Jun T

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Publisher. Info. Holograph manuscript, n.d.(ca.1720-21)
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Misc. Notes Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin (D-B): Mus. ms. Bach St 130
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Final version, BWV 1050

 Complete Parts
#457541 - 7.74MB, 84 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 244×⇩ - Cypressdome

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Cypressdome (2017/1/30)

Editor Max Reger
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1915. Plate Orch.B. 2279; J.S.B. Orch.18* (piano part).
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 Flute solo
#37646 - 0.75MB, 7 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V*/V*/V* - 17686×⇩ - Ottaviano

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⇒ 6 more: Violin solo • Cembalo (Harpsichord) solo • Violins (ripieno) • Violas • Cellos • Basses

 Violin solo
#37647 - 0.86MB, 7 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V*/V*/V* - 19524×⇩ - Ottaviano

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 Cembalo (Harpsichord) solo
#37648 - 2.62MB, 21 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V*/V*/V* - 17557×⇩ - Ottaviano

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 Violins (ripieno)
#37649 - 0.64MB, 6 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V*/V*/V* - 11716×⇩ - Ottaviano

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 Violas
#37650 - 0.57MB, 6 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V*/V*/V* - 8212×⇩ - Ottaviano

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 Cellos
#37651 - 0.54MB, 5 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V*/V*/V* - 9388×⇩ - Ottaviano

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 Basses
#37652 - 0.42MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V*/V*/V* - 7081×⇩ - Ottaviano

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Ottaviano (2009/8/22)

Editor Heinrich Besseler (1900-1969)
August Wenzinger (1905-1996)
Publisher. Info. Neue Bach Ausgabe, Series VII, Band 2
Kassel: Bärenreiter, 1956. Plate BA 5112.
Reprinted Boca Raton: Edwin F. Kalmus, n.d.(after 1988).
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 Flute solo
#528918 - 0.40MB, 8 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V*/V*/V* - 13×⇩ - JacopoTore

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 Violin solo
#528919 - 0.38MB, 8 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V*/V*/V* - 24×⇩ - JacopoTore

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Editor Heinrich Besseler (1900-1969)
August Wenzinger (1905-1996)
Publisher. Info. Neue Bach Ausgabe, Series VII, Band 2
Kassel: Bärenreiter, 1956. Plate BA 5112.
Copyright
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 Flute
#247949 - 0.28MB, 7 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 2843×⇩ - Notenschreiber

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⇒ 7 more: Violins I • Violins II • Violas • Cellos • Basses • Harpsichord • Engraving files (Finale)

 Violins I
#247950 - 0.33MB, 9 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 3435×⇩ - Notenschreiber

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 Violins II
#247951 - 0.20MB, 7 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 2315×⇩ - Notenschreiber

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 Violas
#247952 - 0.15MB, 5 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 1274×⇩ - Notenschreiber

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 Cellos
#247953 - 0.14MB, 5 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 1471×⇩ - Notenschreiber

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 Basses
#247954 - 0.11MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 1139×⇩ - Notenschreiber

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 Harpsichord
#247955 - 0.96MB, 35 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 4372×⇩ - Notenschreiber

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 Engraving files (Finale)
#211326 - 1.74MB, ? pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 1142×⇩ - Notenschreiber

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Editor Michel Rondeau
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Complete

For Piano 4 hands (Reger)

 Complete Score
#01902 - 1.71MB, 36 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 4302×⇩ - Peter

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Arranger Max Reger (1873–1916)
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: C.F. Peters, No.3108, n.d. Plate 9030.
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For Piano (Isida)

 Complete Score
#261184 - 1.29MB, 49 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 6694×⇩ - Notenschreiber

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Arranger Kazue Rockzaemon Isida
Publisher. Info. Tokyo: 露久左庵音楽出版 Rockza Music Edition
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Misc. Notes This score is before calibration draft. The latest version is I am sold in our site.
Recordings I. Allegro
II. Affetuoso
III. Allegro
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For Piano (Katz)

 I. Allegro
#465705 - 0.48MB, 20 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 593×⇩ - RTK

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 II. Affetuoso
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 III. Allegro
#465707 - 0.28MB, 12 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 177×⇩ - RTK

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Arranger Richard T. Katz (b. 1956)
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For Piano (Sun)

 Complete Score
#398612 - 4.58MB, 25 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 1733×⇩ - Ruoshi

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Arranger Ruoshi Sun
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Recordings Midi rendition of the first movement
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I. Allegro

For 7 Recorders (Wiebes)

 Complete Score and Parts
#460227 - 19.12MB, 34 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 478×⇩ - Zandeavande

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Arranger Jaap Wiebes
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Free Recordings

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I. Allegro
II. Affetuoso
III. Allegro

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General Information

Work Title Brandenburg Concerto No.5
Alternative. Title
Name Translations 5. Brandenburgisches Konzert; Concerto brandeburghese n. 5; Concert de Brandenburg núm. 5; Brandenburg Concerto No. 5; concerto brandebourgeois n° 5; ブランデンブルク協奏曲 第5番
Name Aliases Concert núm. 5 re major, BWV 1050; Concert núm. 5 en re major; Concert núm. 5 en re major, BWV 1050
Authorities Wikipedia; BNF: 13909437r
Composer Bach, Johann Sebastian
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. BWV 1050
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IJB 47
Key D major
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 3 movements:
I. Allegro
II. Affettuoso
III. Allegro
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1720–21
First Publication. 1852 - Leipzig: C.F. Peters (ed. Dehn)
Dedication Christian Ludwig, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt
Average DurationAvg. Duration 21 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Baroque
Piece Style Baroque
Instrumentation Solo: flute, violin, harpsichord
Orchestra: violin, viola, cello, violone
Primary Sources Bach Digital (source list)
External Links Wikipedia article (6 Brandenburg concertos)
Brandenburg Concerto No.5 - scores at Sheet Music Plus
Extra Information About the three versions of this work

Misc. Comments

Concertos by Johann Sebastian Bach
The Six Brandenburg Concertos Harpsichord Concertos
Violin Concertos
Oboe Concertos Concertos for various instruments
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