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Bach: Concertos For Two Harpischords / Masaaki & Masato Suzuki, Bach Collegium Japan
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Bach: Concertos For Two Harpischords / Masaaki & Masato Suzuki, Bach Collegium Japan

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Composer
BACH, J.S.
Artist
Suzuki, Bach Collegium Japan
Format
SACD
Label
BIS
Released
May 27, 2014
Catalog #
BIS-SACD-2051
UPC
7318599920511

About

This is a hybrid Super Audio CD playable on both regular and Super Audio CD players.

That Johann Sebastian Bach as Cantor at St Thomas Church in Leipzig was expected to provide the churchgoers with suitably impressive musical performances each Sunday and Feast day is quite widely known. Fewer will be aware of the fact that the post as director of the city's Collegium Musicum, which he held from 1729, in some ways was just as demanding and time-consuming. Weekly concerts all year round – and twice-weekly during the three busy fair periods (New Year, Easter and Michaelmas) – meant that Bach during his ten years as director spent far more time performing secular instrumental music in Zimmermann's coffee house – the usual concert venue – than cantatas in church. As with his church duties, Bach will also have been expected to provide repertoire for the ensemble, composing as well as arranging music by others and himself for it. Among such works will have been his various harpsichord concertos: with Bach's great reputation as a keyboard virtuoso, it is not difficult to imagine the demand by the Leipzig audiences to see their local hero shine on the stage. Three double concertos for harpsichord by Bach survive, all dating from around 1736, and all arrangements of earlier compositions. BWV 1060 is thought to have originated as a now lost double concerto for oboe and violin, while BWV 1062 is a reworking of the well-loved concerto for two violins. Unlike these two works, BWV 1061 was composed for two harpsichords from the outset, but probably started out as a concerto without orchestral accompaniment – this will have been added later. Performing these works, with a quintet of string players from the Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki is joined by his son Masato. For the present disc Masato Suzuki has also taken a page from Bach’s own book, in arranging the composer’s Orchestral Suite No.1 for two unaccompanied harpsichords.

Tracklist 16 tracks

  1. 1 I. (Allegro) 03:32
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. (Allegro)
    Duration
    03:32
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Masaaki Suzuki, Masato Suzuki
    Ensemble
    Bach Collegium Japan
  2. 2 II. Andante e piano 05:54
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Andante e piano
    Duration
    05:54
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Masaaki Suzuki, Masato Suzuki
    Ensemble
    Bach Collegium Japan
  3. 3 III. Allegro assai 04:22
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Allegro assai
    Duration
    04:22
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Masaaki Suzuki, Masato Suzuki
    Ensemble
    Bach Collegium Japan
  4. 4 I. [Allegro] 07:21
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. [Allegro]
    Duration
    07:21
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Masato Suzuki, Masaaki Suzuki
    Ensemble
    Bach Collegium Japan
  5. 5 II. Adagio 04:55
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Adagio
    Duration
    04:55
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Masato Suzuki, Masaaki Suzuki
    Ensemble
    Bach Collegium Japan
  6. 6 III. Fuga 05:59
    Track
    6
    Title
    III. Fuga
    Duration
    05:59
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Masato Suzuki, Masaaki Suzuki
    Ensemble
    Bach Collegium Japan
  7. 7 I. Overture 09:59
    Track
    7
    Title
    I. Overture
    Duration
    09:59
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Masaaki Suzuki, Masato Suzuki
  8. 8 II. Courante 02:24
    Track
    8
    Title
    II. Courante
    Duration
    02:24
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Masaaki Suzuki, Masato Suzuki
  9. 9 III. Gavotte I-II 02:44
    Track
    9
    Title
    III. Gavotte I-II
    Duration
    02:44
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Masaaki Suzuki, Masato Suzuki
  10. 10 IV. Forlane 01:17
    Track
    10
    Title
    IV. Forlane
    Duration
    01:17
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Masaaki Suzuki, Masato Suzuki
  11. 11 V. Menuet I-II 02:42
    Track
    11
    Title
    V. Menuet I-II
    Duration
    02:42
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Masaaki Suzuki, Masato Suzuki
  12. 12 VI. Bourree I-II 02:14
    Track
    12
    Title
    VI. Bourree I-II
    Duration
    02:14
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Masaaki Suzuki, Masato Suzuki
  13. 13 VII. Passepied I-II 02:46
    Track
    13
    Title
    VII. Passepied I-II
    Duration
    02:46
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Masaaki Suzuki, Masato Suzuki
  14. 14 I. Allegro 04:47
    Track
    14
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    04:47
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Masato Suzuki, Masaaki Suzuki
    Ensemble
    Bach Collegium Japan
  15. 15 II. Adagio 05:02
    Track
    15
    Title
    II. Adagio
    Duration
    05:02
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Masato Suzuki, Masaaki Suzuki
    Ensemble
    Bach Collegium Japan
  16. 16 III. Allegro 03:29
    Track
    16
    Title
    III. Allegro
    Duration
    03:29
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Masato Suzuki, Masaaki Suzuki
    Ensemble
    Bach Collegium Japan