IN 2010, MAESTRO RICCARDO CHAILLY RECORDS JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH FOR DECCA FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME WITH 2 RELEASES. HE HAS CONDUCTED THE ILLUSTRIOUS GEWANDHAUS ORCHESTRA SINCE 1986. RICCARDO CHAILLY"S PROFOUND MUSICALITY ILLUMINES THREE OF BACH"S LARGE-SCALE MASTERPIECES: THE ST. MATTHEW PASSION AND THE BRANDENBURG CONCERTOS. PLAYED ON MODERN INSTRUMENTS, RICCARDO CHAILLY"S BACH BEAUTIFULLY DEMONSTRATES THAT VIVID, STYLISTICALLY AWARE PERFORMANCE IS NOT THE EXCLUSIVE PRESERVE OF PERIOD INSTRUMENT ENSEMBLES EVERY CONCERTO OF THIS FIRST RELEASE, THE BRANDENBURG CONCERTOS, SHOWCASES THE ORCHESTRA"S EXPERT SOLOISTS. COLLECTIVELY, THEY CELEBRATE THE ORCHESTRA"S RENAISSANCE UNDER ITS CHARISMATIC ITALIAN MUSIC DIRECTOR.