A musical offering

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Label
Ramee
Release Date
June 5, 2026
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, Johann Sebastian Bach
    • PERFORMER
      Le Caravanserail, Frank Theuns, Sophie Gent, Bertrand Cuiller
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      June 05, 2026
    • UPC
      4250128525084
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      RAM2508
    • LABEL
      Ramee
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Thema Regium (from J.S. Bach's Musical Offering, BWV 1079)

      Composer: Anonymous

      Performer: Frank Theuns

    2. I. Allegro

      Composer: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

      Ensemble: Le Caravansérail

    3. II. Adagio

      Composer: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

      Ensemble: Le Caravansérail

    4. III. Presto

      Composer: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

      Ensemble: Le Caravansérail

    5. Musical Offering, BWV 1079: Ricercar a 3

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Bertrand Cuiller

    6. I. Vivace

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Frank Theuns, Bertrand Cuiller

    7. II. Largo e dolce

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Frank Theuns, Bertrand Cuiller

    8. III. Allegro

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Frank Theuns, Bertrand Cuiller

    9. Trio No. 3 in A Minor, Fk. 49: I. Allegro

      Composer: Wilhelm Friedemann Bach

      Ensemble: Le Caravansérail

    10. I. Adagio ma non troppo

      Composer: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

      Performer: Sophie Gent, Bertrand Cuiller

    11. II. Allegro

      Composer: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

      Performer: Sophie Gent, Bertrand Cuiller

    12. III. Allegro

      Composer: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

      Performer: Sophie Gent, Bertrand Cuiller

    13. Sonata sopra il Soggetto Reale: Largo

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Le Caravansérail

    14. Sonata sopra il Soggetto Reale: Allegro

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Le Caravansérail

    15. Sonata sopra il Soggetto Reale: Andante

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Le Caravansérail

    16. Sonata sopra il Soggetto Reale: Allegro

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Le Caravansérail

    17. Musical Offering, BWV 1079: Canon perpetuus super Thema Regium

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Le Caravansérail


It was in 1747 that Johann Sebastian Bach received an invitation from King Frederic II of Prussia. Bach travelled with Wilhelm Friedmann - his eldest son - to Potsdam, where Carl Philipp Emanuel, his second eldest son, was accompanist to the king's court. This was the famous visit during which Johann Sebastian improvised a ricercar or fugue in three voices on a theme supplied by the monarch and later led him to compose the Musical Offering. This recording presents sections of Bach's Musical Offering, including the Trio Sonata, side by side with Trios by both Wilhelm Friedemann and Carl Philip Emanuel. The intention was to shed light on the familial character of Bach's visit to Potsdam and Berlin in 1747 and it's musical consequences. The importance of this gathering between the three most famous members of the Bach family and the impact it had on their respective lives and careers cannot be overestimated. For Johann Sebastian himself, however, this was to be brief: he died three years later in 1750.