Best Brandenburg Concerto recording CD

Demoing new speakers this weekend...would love to test out Brandenburg Concertos...which recording should I pick?

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mrtennis Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 3,295 posts 07-02-2006 at 10:10pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete am i to assume that the question implies that the recording quality is important, or is the performance the primary factor ? here are a couple of suggestions: il giardino armonico on teldec and trevor pinnock's version on dgg arkiv.
audiofeil Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 4,011 posts 07-02-2006 at 11:11pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Another vote for Martin Pearlman & Boston Baroque on Telarc. Absolutely stunning.
marakanetz Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 5,473 posts 07-03-2006 at 05:20am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete I'd also pick-up a "listening bed"...:-)
rcprince Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 2,830 posts 07-03-2006 at 01:18pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete I'd second Pinnock/English Concert on Archive, my favorite performance. Pearlman/Boston Baroque is also top notch.
rs691919 OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 9 posts 07-03-2006 at 01:48pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Recording quality would be more important for demoing the speakers, but of course a great performance is appreciated also. Thanks for the suggestions.