J.S. Bach. The Brandenburg Concertos. Cond. Linde-Consort. EMI, 1982.

Written between 1718 and 1721:

"These works not only represent peaks of achievement within Bach's orchestral oeuvre, they are simultaneously among the culminations of the Baroque musical spirit that was moving towards the age of majority, and, as the utmost artistic manifestations of the old orchestral style, exchange greetings with the quite differently contructed climaxes of the classical symphony" (Rudolf Gerber).