Entre 1750 et 1753, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach composa trois concertos pour violoncelle, cordes et basse continue. Les deux premiers, le concerto en la mineur (Wq.170/H.432) et le concerto en si bémol majeur (Wq.171/H.436), furent écrits à Berlin, le premier en 1750, le second l’année suivante, tandis que le concerto en la majeur (Wq.172/H.439) fut composé à Potsdam en 1753.
Symphonies of Bach’s Sons by the Controcorrente Orchestra: a new dynamic Italian Baroque Orchestra makes its debut with not mainstream symphonies! As they name indicates, they choose to swim against the current and explore hidden gems of the repertoire. But not only are they original, young and full of dynamic energy, but the result is also simply stunningly good and makes this music come alive...
Sebastian Bach composed many works for violin (besides the pieces for organ and harpsichord, the two instruments he mainly played). He had learned to play the violin as a child and knew its characteristics perfectly well. Unfortunately, the manuscripts of many of his compositions were lost after his death: the three sonatas for violin and basso continuo BWV 1021, 1023 and 1024 are today a small...
Les profonds remords et le désir de la rédemption divine sont deux des thèmes centraux des cantates des compositeurs baroques d'Allemagne du Nord. Griet De Geyter et Il Gardellino ont sélectionné trois œuvres exemplaires du genre de Dieterich Buxtehude, Georg Philipp Telemann et Jean-Sébastien Bach, mettant particulièrement l'accent sur la voix clairement dirigée et l'expressivité frappante de...
Of all of the German composers of the time, Johann Sebastian Bach was the best of those who could imitate the styles of French and Italian composers; he forged his own personal style in so doing, and this style was destined to become a universal model. If we examine his compositions, we can clearly see which works are in the Italian style, such as the Toccatas, and those that are characteristic...
Les Sei Solo de Johann Sebastian Bach pour violon seul font partie des œuvres baroques sur lesquelles les traditions d’interprétation des XIXe et XXe siècles pèsent le plus lourd. Redécouvertes au milieu du XIXe siècle après avoir été oubliées pendant plus d’un siècle, elles sont rapidement entrées au répertoire des violonistes de la période romantique ; dès lors, couche après couche, un vernis...
Lorenzo Ghielmi performs the Leipzich ChoralesBWV 651–668, which are a set of chorale preludes for organ prepared by Johann Sebastian Bach in Leipzig in his final decade (1740–1750), from earlier works composed in Weimar, where he was court organist. The works form an encyclopaedic collection of large-scale chorale preludes, in a variety of styles harking back to the previous century, that Bach...
