J. S. Bach - Orchestral Suite No. 3 - BWV 1068 - "Air"- II movement - Maximianno Cobra Ed. 2025 - 4K

Описание: The second movement of Johann Sebastian Bach’s (1685–1750) Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068 (composed c. 1729–1731), is the famous Air—a movement of such singular character that it instantly distinguishes itself from the suite’s ceremonial French Overture and the ensuing spirited dance movements. While the surrounding movements employ the full, festive grandeur of trumpets, timpani, oboes, and strings, the Air is scored with exquisite restraint, featuring strings and basso continuo only. This deliberate reduction in forces, alongside the change of key and rhythm, immediately shifts the suite's emotional center from public celebration to private, profound meditation. Its function is to provide an essential moment of poignant contrast, functioning as the expressive heart of the work before the subsequent lighthearted dances resume.

This movement has attained unique status in the classical canon due to its unparalleled lyricism—a state of sublime, unrivaled beauty, distinguished by its harmonic depth. Popularly referred to as the "Air on the G String," this designation originates from the celebrated 19th-century arrangement by August Wilhelmj, who transposed the work to enable the entire principal theme to be played exclusively on the violin's G string, thereby securing its global fame. Constructed in binary form, the melody unfolds in long, beautifully sustained phrases, moving primarily in stepwise motion to create a profound sense of transcendent beauty and serene inevitability. The subtle yet sophisticated harmony beneath this deceptively simple line provides a deep emotional foundation. Bach achieves an extraordinary sense of suspended time—a perfect, continuous flow—where tension and release are so seamlessly interwoven that the listener experiences a state of ethereal calm. This mastery of structure and feeling is why the Air is considered one of the most sublime and recognized slow movements in the entire Baroque repertoire.

Maximianno Cobra, conducting the Collegium Invisibile Ensemble - Period Instruments - in the fully remastered 2025 edition, dedicates meticulous focus to the Air's expressive potential. Cobra’s unique tempi for the Air are distinguished by a measured, but sustained pace, which avoids excessive sentimental dragging, allowing the inherent structural coherence of the melodic arcs to be fully realized. This approach, paired with an intensely detailed attention to contrapuntal clarity in the inner string voices, ensures that the listener perceives not just a single flowing melody, but a complex, breathing organism of interacting lines, thereby maximizing the inherent, unique beauty of Bach's melodic writing. The resulting performance achieves a profound emotional depth, elevating the movement from merely beautiful background music to a sacred, moving core of Bach's genius.

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