Bach - Complete Harpsichord Concertos

TREVOR PINNOCK, harpsichord
KENNETH GILBERT, harpsichord
LARS ULRIK MORTENSEN, harpsichord
NICHOLAS KRAEMER, harpsichord
PHILIP PICKETT, recorder
RACHEL BECKETT, recorder

THE ENGLISH CONCERT
Dir. TREVOR PINNOCK

DG Archiv - 471 754-2

Eac / Ape (img+cue+log) / Mp3 (lame vbr --alt preset)
Total playing time: 199 min
Covers & booklet - English notes only (scan @ 300dpi)

Recording dates:
München, Herkulessaal der Residenz, 8/1979 (BWV 1052)
London, Henry Wood Hall, 2/1980 (BWV 1053-1055,1058), 10/1980 (BWV 1060-1062),
11/1980 (BWV 1056-1057), 2/1981 (BWV 1063-1065)

CD release: 2002


Info (from the liner notes):
Bach's concertos for one, two, three and four harpsichords have a twofold historical significance. Within the history of musical forms they initiated the genre of the keyboard concerto, which at the hands of the Viennese classical composers - continuing in the tradition of Johann Sebastian Bach by way of his sons Carl Philipp Emanuel and Johann Christian - was to become the most prominent type of solo concerto. In the context of Bach's own concertos, on the other hand, those for harpsichord are latecomers; they are the products of the last of the four phases of Bach's creative activity in the field of the instrumental concerto.


Track listing:
CD 1:
Cto in D minor BWV 1052: Allegro
Cto in D minor BWV 1052: Adagio
Cto in D minor BWV 1052: Allegro
Cto in E Major BWV 1053: without tempo indication
Cto in E Major BWV 1053: Siciliano
Cto in E Major BWV 1053: Allegro
Cto in D Major BWV 1054: without tempo indication
Cto in D Major BWV 1054: Adagio e piano sempre
Cto in D Major BWV 1054: Allegro

CD 2:
Cto for Harpsichord and Strings in A major BWV 1055 Allegro
Cto for Harpsichord and Strings in A major BWV 1055 Larghetto
Cto for Harpsichord and Strings in A major BWV 1055 Allegro ma non tanto
Cto for Harpsichord and Strings in F minor BWV 1056 without tempo indication
Cto for Harpsichord and Strings in F minor BWV 1056 Largo
Cto for Harpsichord and Strings in F minor BWV 1056 Presto
Cto for Harpsichord, 2 Recorders and Strings in F major BWV 1057 without tempo indication
Cto for Harpsichord, 2 Recorders and Strings in F major BWV 1057 Andante
Cto for Harpsichord, 2 Recorders and Strings in F major BWV 1057 Allegro assai
Cto for Harpsichord and Strings in G minor BWV 1058 without tempo indication
Cto for Harpsichord and Strings in G minor BWV 1058 Andante
Cto for Harpsichord and Strings in G minor BWV 1058 Allegro assai
Cto for 2 Harpsichords and Strings in C minor BWV 1060 Allegro
Cto for 2 Harpsichords and Strings in C minor BWV 1060 Adagio
Cto for 2 Harpsichords and Strings in C minor BWV 1060 Allegro

CD 3:
Cto for 2 Harpsichords and Strings in C major, BWV 1061, 1. [without tempo indication]
Cto for 2 Harpsichords and Strings in C major, BWV 1061, 2. Adagio owero Largo
Cto for 2 Harpsichords and Strings in C major, BWV 1061, 3. Fuga
Cto for 2 Harpsichords and Strings in C minor, BWV 1062, 1. [without tempo indication]
Cto for 2 Harpsichords and Strings in C minor, BWV 1062, 2. Andante
Cto for 2 Harpsichords and Strings in C minor, BWV 1062, 3. Allegro assai
Cto for 3 Harpsichords and Strings in D minor, BWV 1063, 1. [without tempo indication]
Cto for 3 Harpsichords and Strings in D minor, BWV 1063, 2. Alla Siciliana
Cto for 3 Harpsichords and Strings in D minor, BWV 1063, 3. Allegro
Cto for 3 Harpsichords and Strings in C major, BWV 1064, 1. Allegro
Cto for 3 Harpsichords and Strings in C major, BWV 1064, 2. Adagio
Cto for 3 Harpsichords and Strings in C major, BWV 1064, 3. Allegro
Cto for 4 Harpsichords and Strings in A minor, BWV 1065, 1. [without tempo indication]
Cto for 4 Harpsichords and Strings in A minor, BWV 1065, 2. Largo
Cto for 4 Harpsichords and Strings in A minor, BWV 1065, Allegro


Review:
Penguin Guide to Compact Discs:
"Trevor Pinnock plays with real panache, his scholarship tempered by excellent musicianship."

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