Best Brandenburg Concerto recording CD

I'd also pick-up a "listening bed"...:-)

I'd second Pinnock/English Concert on Archive, my favorite performance. Pearlman/Boston Baroque is also top notch.

Recording quality would be more important for demoing the speakers, but of course a great performance is appreciated also. Thanks for the suggestions.

I also appreciate the above suggestions. My own copy of this music...sucks.

If you are auditioning only the tweeters of the speakers, then by all means choose from the above. If you want to hear some mids and bass as well (ie. the “whole” speaker), then try Benjamin Britten's recordings with the ECO on Decca. Karl Richter on DGG (an older recording) is also worthy of a listen.

(Boys, I think the frenzy for “original instruments” has mercifully past.)

Rufus