Air on the G String ( Suite No. 3, BWV 1068) J. S. Bach, original instruments

The second movement, Aria, from Bach s orchestral suite in D Major, BWV 1068, performed on original instruments from the time of Bach by the Early Music ensemble Voices of Music. The musicians and their instruments: Carla Moore, baroque violin by Johann Georg Thir, Vienna, Austria, 1754 Maxine Nemerovski, baroque violin by Timothy Johnson, Indiana, 1999 (after Stradivarius) Elizabeth Blumenstock, baroque violin by Andrea Guarneri, Cremona, 1660 Kati Kyme, baroque violin by Johann Gottlob Pfretzschner, Mittenwald, 1791 Lisa Grodin, baroque viola by Mathias Eberl, Salzburg, Austria, 1680 William Skeen, five string baroque cello, Anonymous, Italy, c1680 Farley Pearce, violone by George Steppani, Manchester, 1985, after Amati, 1560 David Tayler, archlute by Andreas von Holst, Munich, 2012 after Magno Tieffenbrucker, Venice, c1610 Hanneke van Proosdij, baroque organ by Winold van der Putten, Finsterwolde, Netherlands, 2004, after early 18thcentury Northern German instruments, Bach, AirontheGString