Mogens Wöldike conducts the Chamber Orchestra of the Palace Chapel, Copenhagen, in Bach’s ‘Brandenburg Concerto No. 3,’ recorded in Copenhagen on 1 December 1949.
The movements are:
00:00 1st movement: Allegro-Adagio
06:58 2nd movement: Allegro
From Wikipedia: Mogens Wöldike (5 July 1897, Copenhagen – 20 October 1988, Copenhagen) was a Danish conductor, choirmaster, organist, and scholar known for his interpretation of music from the Baroque and Classical periods. His son-in-law was the Haydn scholar Jens Peter Larsen. He studied under Carl Nielsen and Thomas Laub and graduated from Copenhagen University in 1920. He was organist at the Marine church in 1924 and the Christiansborg Palace Church from 1931; from 1959 to 1972 he was organist at Copenhagen Cathedral.
After the war he conducted the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and from 1950 to 1967 worked regularly with the Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra.
He composed sets of organ chorales published in 1943, 1960 and 1972.
He was the founder of the Copenhagen Royal Chapel Choir.
He is the 1976 laureate of the Léonie Sonning Music Prize, the most prestigious musical award in Denmark.
He left many recordings. After a series of mainly baroque records in the 1930s, he recorded Saul, the St Matthew Passion, Mass in Time of War, a number of Haydn symphonies, Nielsen concertos and choral works. He was the choir master of the Copenhagen Boys Choir on the 1953 recording of Britten’s ‘A Ceremony Of Carols’ Op.28 with Benjamin Britten conducting.
I made this transfer from English pressings of HMV C 3947/8.
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B❤a❤c❤h….one of my first experiences in the field of classic world…..and these concertos, of course, 45 years ago ……here played far from the later so-called "historically informed performance"…….thanks for this : ❤B A C H❤
I was immediately engaged by his choice of tempo – neither too fast nor too slow. A truly civilised performance.
I really love Bach's music. ❤️ ❤❤ Thanks.
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Sad —– when I was it
this sound
his rod and his staff
comfort me
the LPs the broadcast the churches
away
sadness away
his rod and his staff comfort
me
heaven which is me
watches over all
made his rod and his
staff
for comfort
to rejoice with the joyful
including myself…….
God listening BACH
Sublime. Beats any of the so-called HIP performances of the last 60 years hands down. Thank you for posting this gem!
Deep joy! I have a CD transfer of this, but your effort is so fine. No comparison to be made.
Musically I find this my favourite recording of this, my favourite Brandenburg Concerto. This music is one the recordings you issued where I am playing, and truth to tell though everyone was enthusiastic for it, it was produced in concerts in six or seven performances over two years because of my contributions in rehearsal, always something fresh to get it better each time.
In those days I had not come across Woldike's recordings, so the similarity of approach is quite mind-boggling for me! I am so glad you found this among your 78 treasury!
I believe that EMI wanted fresh recordings of these concerti after 1945, and I think they chose wisely to record them with Woldike.
A little historical side note is the the Danish Royal Chapel Orchestra is probably the oldest musical ensemble in Europe with a history right back to pre-baroque times.
Best wishes and thanks from George