Bach, Wilhelm Friedemann

Anyone for Mozart, Bach, Handel, Vivaldi?

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Charming!!!
I've always dreamed about this

Anyone for Mozart, Bach, Handel, Vivaldi?

Manufacturer: Polygram Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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The Swingle Singers - Bach Hits Back ~ A Capella Amadeus
Jazz Sebastian Bach, Vol. 1
Jazz Sebastian Bach, Vol. 2
Keyboard Classics
Swingle Singers

ASIN: B0000046Y7
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

Sonata No.15, K.545: a. Allegro; b. Andante; c. Allegretto
Ah! Vous Dirais-Je Maman, K.265: (Twinkle, twinkle little star)
Allegro (from Sonata No.14) K.333
Fugue (from Sonata No.37) K.402
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, K.525: a. Allegro; b. Romanze; c. Menuetto; d. Rondo
Badinerie (from the Suite in b)
Air (from the Harpsichord Suite in E )
Gigue (from the Cello Suite in C )
Largo (from the Harpsichord Concerto in f )
Prelude No.19 (from the Well-Tempered Clavier, 1st book)
Preambule (from the Partita No.5 in G )
Fugue (from the Estro Harmonico, Op.3, No.11)
Prelude No.7 (from the Well-Tempered Clavier, 2nd book)
Solfeggietto
Der Fruhling (Spring)
Prelude No.24 (from the Well-Tempered Clavier, 2nd book)

Customer Reviews:

Charming!!!.......2004-03-13

This is an absolutely charming little compilation of baroque and classical music. It concists mostly of Mozart, then Bach. The cd has only stimulated my thurst for more! Next, I'll purchase the Bach Hits Back CD. The technical adroitness of this group is amazing... and to think: they started out doing what they do only to warm up before concerts!!! The music induces a light, airy, and always delightful atmosphere. A good pick-me-up.

I've always dreamed about this.......2000-07-18

This has been one of the first Stereo records my Dad brought from States in 1966! For some time, since I've got my forst CD player, I wondered, whether there are any Swingle Singers' CD releases. Trust me -- this one won't disappoint you. As (I guess) all the others. Swoingle Singers have been one of the REAL artists of rythm and melody, feeling this unique swinging line in the classics, finding a way to show it to the masses. Their music is greatly suitable for any public ocasion and a must in the collection of a real Easy Listening fan!

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J.S. Bach: Cantatas, Vol. 22

Manufacturer: Challenge Classics
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000GYI59I
Release Date: 2006-11-14

Album Description

This twenty-second--and final--volume of cantata recordings contains two of Bach's latest cantatas (BWV 30 and 80), including the secular model for BWV 30 and Wilhelm Friedemann Bach's arrangement of two movements from BWV 80 dating from after 1750. Also included are the four Kyrie-Gloria masses of the late 1730s; they are very closely associated with the cantata repertoire of the 1720s. These masses are based on selected movements of cantatas dating from the period 1723-26; after an interval of ten or so years Bach reworked them, in most cases very thoroughly. Maestro Ton Koopman was awarded the 2006 Bach Medal by the city of Leipzig on June 5, 2006, the final day of this year's annual Leipzig Bach Festival. The award honors the significant contribution of the sixty-one-year-old Dutchman to Bach performance and scholarship. Koopman performed at the festival, which is run in conjunction with the Bach-Leipzig Archive, with the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra. Born in 1965, French contralto Nathalie Stutzmann made her debut in Paris at the age of twenty singing Bach, and since then her dark-grained, expressive singing has brought her to the forefront of her vocal category. The acclaimed series of complete Bach cantatas with the Amsterdam Baroque conducted by Ton Koopman, originally begun on the now-defunct Erato label, has been revived by Challenge Classics. Koopman and his choir & orchestra continue to uphold a standard of tremendous vividness and joy in their immaculate performances of Bach's most impressive opus. The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, founded in 1979 by Ton Koopman, are a group of musicians from all over the world with a particular passion for the Baroque. Their recordings have won numerous awards. The Amsterdam Baroque Choir, founded in 1992, consists mainly of young Dutch professional singers. Born in Zwolle, Holland in 1944, Ton Koopman decided very early in his musical studies to specialize in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, using authentic instruments combined with a performing style based on sound scholarship. Koopman's extensive activities as a soloist and conductor have been recorded on a large number of LPs and CDs for labels including Erato, Teldec, Philips, and Deutsche Grammophon. Begun in 1994, this series was called "the recording project of the nineties" by The Guardian in England, and was awarded 1997's Deutsche Schallplattenpreis "Echo Klassik" in Germany. The series continues to feature the scholarly contributions of Professor Christoph Wolff, one of the world's leading experts on the music of Bach. Includes illustrated booklet with extensive documentation and complete texts of the cantatas in German, English and French.

The Elegant Viola: Yizhak Schotten, Viola

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The Elegant Viola: Yizhak Schotten, Viola

Manufacturer: Crystal Records CD837
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000BRF9QW
Release Date: 2005-10-14

Tracks:

Vaughan Williams: Suite for Viola and Orchestra: Prelude
Vaughan Williams: Suite for Viola and Orchestra: Carol
Vaughan Williams: Suite for Viola and Orchestra: Christmas Dance
Vaughan Williams: Suite for Viola and Orchestra: Ballad
Vaughan Williams: Suite for Viola and Orchestra: Moto Perpetuo
Vaughan Williams: Suite for Viola and Orchestra: Musette
Vaughan Williams: Suite for Viola and Orchestra: Polka Melancolique
Vaughan Williams: Suite for Viola and Orchestra: Galop
J.S. Bach (transcr. Z.Kodaly): Fantasia Cromatica
W.F. Bach: Sonata in C minor: Adagio e mesto
W.F. Bach: Sonata in C minor: Allegro non troppo
W.F. Bach: Sonata in C minor: Allegro scherzando
Colgrass: Variations for Four Drums and Viola

Product Description

This is Yizhak Schotten's fifth CD on Crystal Records. He has been called "one of America's finest string players" by STRAD Magazine. Schotten is formerly principal viola of the Houston and Cincinnati Symphonies, and a member of the Boston Symphony. He is one of the most respected violists in the world. He now teaches at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. This is one of the only available recordings of the beautiful Suite by Vaughan Williams, and is the only recording of the Variations by Michael Colgrass.

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Great value, if slightly substandard recordings, for classical newbie

100 Best Baroque

Manufacturer: EMI Classics
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000H2M2P2
Release Date: 2006-01-01

Tracks:

Zadok The Priest - Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
The Prince Of Denmark's March - Crispian Steele-Perkins
Pavane: Lachrymae Antique - Fretwork
Rondeau - Andrew Parrott
Spem In Alium - Taverner Choir
With Lilies White - Gerard Lesne
Overture - Susan Graham
Your Counsel All...Great Minds...Thy Hand, Belinda...When I Am Laid In Earth...With Drooping Wings - Susan Graham
Symphony - Come, Ye Sons Of Art, Away - Sound The Trumpet - Come, Ye Sons Of Art - James Bowman
O Solitude - Nancy Argenta
Arrival Of The Queen Of Sheba - Andrew Parrott
Hallelujah - James Bowman
He Was Despised - James Bowman
Overture - Hornpipe - Sir Roger Norrington

Tracks:

Ombra Mai Fu - David Daniels
Dixit Dominus - Taverner Choir
Dall'ondoso Periglio...Aure, Deh, Per Pieta - Stephanie Blythe
Verdi Prati - Della Jones
Sinfonia - Le Concert D'Astree
Altri Canti D'amor, Tenero Arciero - Anthony Rooley
Beatus Vir - Taverner Consort
Pur Ti Miro - Arleen Auger
Adagio - Jonathan Rees
Miserere - Stephen Cleobury
Sonata Pian' E Forte - Gabrieli Consort
I. Allegro - II. Adagio - III. Presto - Monica Huggett

Tracks:

Gloria RV589 - Taverner Consort
II. Adagio - Ray Still
III. Menuetto - Europa Galante
Keyboard Sonata In D Minor K9 - Mikhail Pletnev
Stabat Mater - Veronique Gens
I. Allegro - Giovanni Scaramuzzino
Crucifixus - Taverner Consort
III. Allegro - Jean-Jacques Kantorow
I. Allegro - II. Largo E Pianissimo Sempre - III. Danza Pastorale: Allegro - Chiara Banchini
I. Allegro - Michel Sanvoisin
Fandango - Maggie Cole
O Vos Omnes - Harry Christophers
Diferencias Sobre Las Folias - Jordi Savall
Villancico: Ay Luna Que Reluzes - Montserrat Figueras
Pavan & Galliard D'Alexandra - Nancy Hadden
Sanctus - Chorus Of The Gulbenkian Foundation

Tracks:

Marche De Triomphe Avec Des Tropettes - La Simphonie Du Marais
Marche Des Mousquetaires - La Simphonie Du Marais
Contredanse - La Simphonie Du Marais
Marche De Triomphe - Consortium Musicum
Caprice De Villers-Cotterets - Maurice Andre
Chaconne - Concerto Koln
Prelude - William Christie
Offertoire Sur Les Grands Jeux - Jean-Patrice Brosse
Regine Coeli - Emmanuel Mandrin
Panis Angelicus - Mark Padmore
Introit - La Grande Ecurie Et La Chambre Du Roy
Tunc Repletum Est Gaudio Nostrum - Herve Niquet
La Plainte, Ou Le Tombeau De Mesdemoiselles De Visee, Filles De L'auteur - Pascal Monteilhet
Plainte Sur La Mort De Monsieur Lambert - Gerard Lesne
Tambourins - Trio Sonnerie
La Plainte - Pierre Hantai
Overture - La Simphonie Du Marais
Air Des Trembleurs: L'Hiver Qui Nous Tourmente A'obstine A Nous Geler - Isabelle Desrochers
Chaconne - Patricia Petibon
Air: Regnez, Plaisirs Et Jeux - Patricia Petibon

Tracks:

Canon In D - Andrew Parrott
Canzonetta In A Minor BuxWv 225 - Nicholas Danby
III. Allegro Non Tanto - Balazs Mate
Jesus Bleibet Meine Freude - Taverner Choir
Air - English Chamber Orchestra
I. Allegro - Bob Van Asperen
Toccata - Werner Jacob
Fugue - Werner Jacob
Aria: Jauchzet Gott In Allen Landen - Crispin Steele-Perkins
Les Plasirs - David Munrow
II. Largo - Han De Vries
Sinfonia - Andrew Parrott
Aria - Maggie Cole
Es ist Vollbracht - Stephanie Blythe
III. Presto - Rachel Beckett
I. Prelude - Ralph Kirshbaum
Magnificat Anima Mea - Nederland Kamerkoor
I. Allegro - II. Largo - III. Presto - Bob Van Asperen
II. Siciliano - Michel Debost
V. La Rejouissance - Andrew Parrott

Tracks:

I. Preludio - Christian Tetzlaff
Ruht Wohl, Ihr Heiligen Gebeine - Taverner Choir
I. Allegro - Mark Bennett
II. Andante - Mark Bennett
III. Allegro Assai - Mark Bennett
Gloria In Excelsis...Et In Terra Pax - Philippe Herreweghe
Prelude & Fugue In C BWV 846 - Bob Van Asperen
II. Largo Ma Non Tanto - Alison Bury
V. Bourree - Sharon Isbin
VI. Gigue - Sharon Isbin
I. Ouverture - VI. Menuet - VII. Badinerie - English Chamber Orchestra
I. Praludium - Gustav Leonhardt
VI. Gigue - Gustav Leonhardt
Deposuit Potentes - Christoph Pregardien
Agnus Dei - Charles Brett
II. Largo - III. Presto - Christophe Rousset
III. Allegro Assai - Anner Bylsma
Triumph! Der Furst Des Lebens Sieget! - Choir Of Collegium Vocale Gent

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Great value, if slightly substandard recordings, for classical newbie.......2007-03-24

"100 Best Baroque" is what it seems - a compilation of the 100 definitive Baroque compositions. For a very low price you get a complete overview of the Baroque style, and while the sound quality of the recordings will not satisfy a serious student or fan of classical music, they are more than enough for a classical neophyte such as myself.

The compilation breaks down the songs into six categories on six separate CDs:

1. England and the Baroque - Handel's Zadok the Priest and Messiah, Purcell's O Solitude, Byrd's With Lillies White, etc.

2. The Best of Italian Baroque - Handel's Alcina and others, Albinoni's Adagio, Gabrielli's Sonata Pian e forte, Vivaldi's "Summer," etc.

3. Treasures of the Mediterranean Baroque - Vivaldi's Gloria, Boccherini's Guitar Quintet in E, Soler's Fandango, etc.

4. The Glory of French Baroque - Philidor, Lully, De Lalande, etc.

5. Bach and His Time - Pachelbel's Canon in D, J.S. Bach's Cantanta, Telemann, etc.

6. The Genius of Bach - all Bach selections.

The sound recordings are of secondary quality as one could expect for such a low-budget item as this. Still, this collection is perfect for the casual listener or for background music. That does not mean that the quality is poor - far from it - it's just not as good as what you can expect from some higher-priced CDs.

All in all, a fantastic value.

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A very pleasing eclectic selection
Wide Ranging Oboe Repertoire
Lovely recital with a possible exception at the end
Oboe repertoire brilliantly played

Oboe Obsession

Manufacturer: Delos Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00004TKHF
Release Date: 2000-05-30

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Oboe

Customer Reviews:

A very pleasing eclectic selection.......2003-01-08

CDs like this often don't quite work, because there seems to be either not enough contrast when there is some, or some of the pieces are simply not enjoyable. Luckily this CD garners no complaints to my ears, and there's a very nice variety as well, all played wonderfully by Allan Vogel.

Saint-Saens is a composer who was almost always "on", and the Oboe Sonata is no exception. Though written at the end of his life (along with the Clarinet Sonata), it could just have easily come 30 years earlier. It's a very nice late romantic piece, if not quite as tuneful as the Clarinet one.
The Poulenc sonata is a very lovely piece of French post-impressionism, akin to his choral music really. The Britten piece is typical Britten -- hovering around "modern" sound without quite going there.

The Schumann Three romances are also typical of the composer -- nice but not overly memorable. Still it's a pleasing piece. Now the W. F. Bach piece was a surprise -- the flute and oboe get equal treatment here, and as with the Schumann it's very pleasing.

The final piece is the only one that may dissuade someone from picking this CD up -- the Obsession for Oboe and Piano is quite "modern", though luckily it's still a very interesting piece. A clear show of virtuosity, it has energy and vigor, and is certainly one of the better examples of this style that I've heard.

So, I can safely recommend this. Even if you don't like Obsession, it IS at the end. This CD is a good buy for anyone who likes solo wind music, especially if you don't have a recording of the Saint-Saens.

Wide Ranging Oboe Repertoire.......2001-10-31

As others have detailed, this is vast and far ranging oboe performance from the likes of Saint-Saens, Poulenc, Schumann and Bach.

I have reviewed oboe pieces from these composers, and found Vogel's performance to be quite worthy of five stars.

However, the pieces by Britten and Shinohara are new for me and outstanding! These are flowing and satiny with a high gloss finish which is very delightful to the ears with the melodic, romantic sound that is so unique and pleasing to oboe lovers such as this reviewer. Vogel and his accompanists are to be commended for producing such a high-quality, wide ranging disc of one of the truly great soloist instruments.

Lovely recital with a possible exception at the end.......2000-06-16

Gallant little Delos has been releasing some marvelous oboe recitals with Allan Vogel, and the latest entry has not let us down at all. <Oboe Obsession: Allan Vogel plays Romantic and Virtuosic Works for Oboe> (DE3235) provides us with some rare items including Saint-Saens' "Sonata for Oboe and Piano, Op. 166," Poulenc's "Sonata for Oboe and Piano," Britten's "Six Metamorphoses after Ovid for Oboe Solo," Schumann's "Three Romances for Oboe and Piano," W.F. Bach's "Duet for Flute and Oboe, No. 4" [in which he is joined by Janice Tipton], and Shinohara's "Obsession for Oboe and Piano." Bryan Pezzone is at the keyboard.

Never having heard any of these before, I thoroughly enjoyed the relaxed, liquid playing of the first, second, third, and fourth selections. The Britten piece took some careful listening, being of a more intellectual nature so to speak, and was even more rewarding. My tastes being what they are, I did not like the last piece very much, finding it noisy and grating; and I was glad it came at the end of the CD and could easily be avoided on future playings. Naturally many of you might find this 1961 selection the best of the lot. The liner notes are terse and helpful.

Oboe repertoire brilliantly played.......2000-06-14

The works presented on this disc constitute some of the cornerstones of oboe/piano literature. Allan Vogel's performance is very warm and insightful. His pianist, Bryan Pezzone, performs no less sensitively. The recording is also rich and warm. These works are all a delight to listen to. The Saint-Saens and Poulenc sonatas express both the charm and wit of these two great French composers. The Britten is the most important work for solo oboe. The Schumann Romances are another masterpiece for oboe and piano. A must for any oboist or music lover! The closing piece, Obsession by Japanese composer Makoto Shinohara is very powerful. A gem.

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GREAT BUY!

Crossing the Line

Manufacturer: Summit(Classical)
ProductGroup: Music
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ASIN: B0002T2PZC
Release Date: 2004-09-07

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Il Convegno, Divertimento For Two Clarinets And String Quintet
Noodle 1: Jumping In
Original Duos: Allegro
Original Duos: Andante Grazioso
Original Duos: Variazioni
Original Duos: Rondo
Noodle 2 'Freedom'
The Leblanc Suite: With Humor
The Leblanc Suite: Ballad
The Leblanc Suite: Ragtime
Noodle 3 'Loosey Goosey'
Sonata: For Two Flutes: MVT. II -Cantabile
Jazz Fantasy: For Two Clarinets: Slow
Jazz Fantasy: For Two Clarinets: Moderate
Jazz Fantasy: For Two Clarinets: Slow
Jazz Fantasy: For Two Clarinets: Fast
Jazz Fantasy: For Two Clarinets: Slow
Noodle 4: 'Blue Noodle'
Hallucinations
We Will Meet Again
Blue Monk
Andre De Sapato Novo

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Crossing The Line is a labor of love. It's about two guys having fun, adding totally free improvistions between several selections. Larry Combs and Eddie Daniels are legendary masters of their craft. Combs, aside from being one of the best orchestral clarinetists in the world, is a fine jazz player. He played with Chuck Mangione before joining the Chicago Symphony.

From "Ponchielli," (featuring the Chicago String Quintet) and the Pleyel duets to Gordon Goodwin's "Leblanc Suite" and William O. Smith's "Jazz Fantasy" this is a serious musical joyride!

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GREAT BUY!.......2005-06-24

I recently met Eddie Daniels and Larry Combs at the Oklahoma University Clarinet Symposium and WOW! They are both amazing characters at what they do. First off, Larry Combs is a classical clarinetist who has been Principle Clarinet in the Chicago Symphony since the early 70's. Eddie Daneils is a Jazz Clarinet player, but yet he still plays classical just as well as Larry Combs. Well, Larry and Eddie met eachother at a Clarinet Convention MANY years ago, and since then they have been great friends. These people are LEGENDARY! They will be in the clarinet recording archives probably until the day I die, which will be a looong time. This album is worth the the money, I suggest it for anyone who is a fan of EITHER or BOTH of these fabulous clarinetists. The Duos by Ignaz Pleytel are phenominol! They are beautiful! And whats even funnier is they play noodles, which is unedited made up on the spot music, which makes the whole experience even more interesting because they just follow each other with whatever they can come up with on the spot. Buy this album if you are a clarinetist, you won't regret it!

The Bach Family: Sonatas for Two Flutes and Cembalo

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The Bach Family: Sonatas for Two Flutes and Cembalo

Manufacturer: Pavane
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ASIN: B00005N6LK
Release Date: 2001-07-24

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A bargain if you haven't heard these pieces before

Bach Sons (Box Set)

Manufacturer: Brilliant Classics
ProductGroup: Music
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ASIN: B00006GA51
Release Date: 2002-08-27

Customer Reviews:

A bargain if you haven't heard these pieces before.......2006-10-22

Every CD on here (seven in total) were recorded recently from 1985 being the oldest(CPE Bachs Berliner Symphonies) and the early 90s for the rest. The sound quality is excellent on all the discs but the first one recorded in 1985 because it's kind of hard to hear the oboes and horns. All the cds in this set are digital recordings. This set includes music by Carl Phillipp Emanual, Johann Christian, Wilhelm Friedemann and Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach.

Bachiana (Music of the Bach Family): Double Concertos - Johann Christian Bach: Sinfonia Concertante in A major / Wilhelm Friedemann Bach: Flute Concerto in D major / Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach: Concerto for Fortepiano & Viola in E flat major / Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Concerto for Harpsichord & Fortepiano in E flat major - Musica Antiqua Köln

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Good Stuff from the Bach Boys
Interesthing evolution to the romantic period

Bachiana (Music of the Bach Family): Double Concertos - Johann Christian Bach: Sinfonia Concertante in A major / Wilhelm Friedemann Bach: Flute Concerto in D major / Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach: Concerto for Fortepiano & Viola in E flat major / Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Concerto for Harpsichord & Fortepiano in E flat major - Musica Antiqua Köln
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach , Joachim Fiedler , Reinhard Goebel , Robert Hill , Reinhard Goebel , and Musica Antiqua Köln
Manufacturer: Deutsche Grammophon
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Bachiana is a sterling collection of concertos by Bach's sons. The most substantial work on this well-filled disc is C.P.E. Bach's Concerto for Harpsichord and Fortepiano from 1788, the year of his death. The two instruments are treated as equals, and the orchestra plays a significant role as well. The first movement offers a unique combination of drama (especially in the forceful orchestral interjections) and piquant wit, also characteristic of the Presto finale. Those movements sandwich a grave Larghetto of austere beauty. It's a deeply personal, perhaps valedictory, work. The other selections have plenty of appeal, too. J.C. Bach's Sinfonia Concertante is a charming work of deceptive lightness. W.F.E. Bach's Flute Concerto opens with a first movement featuring complex textures and moves on to a gently lovely Largo and a delightful Vivace finale. The least known of these four Bachs, J.C.F., contributes a fascinating Concerto for Fortepiano and Viola, notable for fetching interplay between the instruments and the integrated orchestral role. --Dan Davis

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Good Stuff from the Bach Boys.......2003-11-11

Let's face it. There have been many of these "Sons of Bach" albums, and while they introduce us to the wealth of talent in the Bach family, they often end up just underscoring by how much Johann Sebastian's talent outstripped that of the rest of the clan. I can't say you'll come away from this disc with a new appreciation of Bach's prolific progeny, but I will be surprised if you don't find this is one of the most enjoyable and successful such collections to come along. First, the music. As the notes to this recording point out, Wilhelm Friedemann's concerto is a pretty exciting recent scholarly discovery. I doubt, as the notes suggest, that it has any claim to rival in popularity J. S.'s Suite in B Minor, but I will say this: it is just about the equal of C. P. E. Bach's well-known and admired concertos, with a slow movement that has the tender melodiousness of the best of J. C. Bach, while the outer movements have some of the clever harmonic-melodic twists and turns that C. P. E. is famous for.

Unfortunately, the lone representative here from J. C. is attractive and diverting but not one of his best works. It sounds, as all the lesser pieces by this composer sound, like Mozart without genius. There is better J. C. Bach music around.

But then the work by J. Ch. F. Bach, the least remembered of the Bach sons, is well above what I have heard from him in the past. The Concerto for Fortepiano and Viola is a novel concept, and it is approached with imagination by J. Ch. F. The quality of invention is well sustained in this big work--at almost 26 minutes by far the most substantial composition on the disc. I liked especially the opening movement marked allegro con brio, a successful blend of fire and lyricism. While it is the most striking movement, the others have their moments of beauty and drama too; overall, this is a concerto of great interest.

Last and best is the valedictory concerto of C. P. E. Bach, certainly the greatest of J. S.'s sons. The Concerto for Harpsichord and Fortepiano is an off-beat masterwork in which C. P. E. bids farewell to the harpsichord by playing it off against its young cousin the fortepiano, now in the ascendancy. The concerto is a wonderful exploration of the sonorities of both instruments, and if they were rivals in the music world, here they are instead civilized conversationalists. If you enjoy C. P. E. Bach's strange harmonic explorations and melodies that turn on a dime, here they are in extremely enjoyable abundance. The last movement is a joyous, youthful romp, remarkable coming from the 70-something C. P. E.

If the music is fine, the music making is extraordinary. Musica Antiqua and Goebel always have novel things to say about the novelties they profer, and these performances are no exception. The playing is wonderfully fluid, dramatic when it needs to be (I always love the horns), plangent and tender when that is called for.

Excellent sound rounds out the package: it's close but atmospheric, with great detail as well as timbral realism. I highly recommend this one.

Interesthing evolution to the romantic period.......2003-03-14

After an anthology of the ascendants of J.S.B., Goebel is concernerd about his four sons. The most convincing moment of this Cd is the "Symphonie concertante pour violon et violoncelle", which is elegant and refined. A big surprise: "Le Concerto pour flûte" of Wilhelm Frieedemann is astonishing. It is full of strenght ! The flautist,Verena Fischer,is radiant. The curious concerto of Johann Christoph Friedrich, for " hammerflügel, alto and orchestra" is strange and beautiful. You must hear Robert Hill (formidable at the hammerflügel) hold a dialogue with Reinhard Goebel (alto). This is delightful! The "Concerto pour pianoforte, clavecin et orchestre" of Carl Philipp Emmanuel is the most known piece of this CD. Goebel and his brilliant soloist are palying with a frenzy spirit ! Very stimulating CD !

Tracks:

Allegro Ma Non Tanto
Siciliano
Vivace
Largo
Allegro Ma Non Troppo
Vivace
Allegro Ma Non Tanto
Larghetto
Vivace
Allegro Non Troppo
Andantino
Vivace
Sonata In A Minor
Andante
Allegro
Vivace

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