Bach: Concerto for Two Harpsichords / Fortin, Frankenberg, Ensemble Masques

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Label
Alpha
Release Date
January 24, 2020
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      BACH, J.S.
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Ensemble Masques
    • PERFORMER
      Fortin, Frankenberg
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      January 24, 2020
    • UPC
      3760014195723
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      ALPHA572
    • LABEL
      Alpha
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Allegro

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Masques

      Performer: Olivier Fortin, Emmanuel Frankenberg

      Conductor: Olivier Fortin

    2. II. Adagio

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Masques

      Performer: Olivier Fortin, Emmanuel Frankenberg

      Conductor: Olivier Fortin

    3. III. Allegro

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Masques

      Performer: Olivier Fortin, Emmanuel Frankenberg

      Conductor: Olivier Fortin

    4. I. [Allegro]

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Masques

      Performer: Olivier Fortin, Emmanuel Frankenberg

      Conductor: Olivier Fortin

    5. II. Adagio

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Masques

      Performer: Olivier Fortin, Emmanuel Frankenberg

      Conductor: Olivier Fortin

    6. III. Fuga

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Masques

      Performer: Olivier Fortin, Emmanuel Frankenberg

      Conductor: Olivier Fortin

    7. I. (Allegro)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Masques

      Performer: Olivier Fortin, Emmanuel Frankenberg

      Conductor: Olivier Fortin

    8. II. Andante e piano

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Masques

      Performer: Olivier Fortin, Emmanuel Frankenberg

      Conductor: Olivier Fortin

    9. III. Allegro assai

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Masques

      Performer: Olivier Fortin, Emmanuel Frankenberg

      Conductor: Olivier Fortin

    10. Prelude

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Olivier Fortin, Emmanuel Frankenberg

    11. Fugue

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Olivier Fortin, Emmanuel Frankenberg


The practice of composing for two keyboard instruments, very common in the illustrious Bach family, naturally achieved its apotheosis with Johann Sebastian, whose three concertos for two harpsichords are performed here by Olivier Fortin and Emmanuel Frankenberg with the Ensemble Masques. These works, particularly the concertos in C minor, are among the composer’s most admired. They suggest a conception of the concerto specific to Bach: rather than a dialogue between several individual entities, the piece presents a subtle intertwining of melodic lines and blurs the distinction between solo and tutti parts by making them respond to and quote each other, thus illustrating the principle of harmony dear to the composer. Finally, the recording on two harpsichords of the Prelude and Fugue BWV 552, originally composed for organ, is in keeping with the nineteenth-century tradition of transposing Bach’s works with the aim of giving their refined polyphony greater clarity.