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C.P.E Bach: Six Concertos / Astronio, Molardi
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C.P.E Bach: Six Concertos / Astronio, Molardi

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Details

Composer
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Artist
Claudio Astronio, Stefano Molardi
Format
CD
Label
Brilliant Classics
Released
Jan 05, 2024
Catalog #
BRI95584
UPC
5028421955841

About

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach wrote this set of six keyboard concertos Wq43 once he had been released from the constricting service to Frederick the Great of Prussia. Published in 1772, these concertos are among the first-fruits of such liberated imagination. The solo parts of these works will test the mettle of any aspiring or proven virtuoso. Their greatest originality, though, lies in their form.

Each concerto is written cyclically, or continuously, meaning that one movement leads directly into the next. Even the cadenzas are fully written out, anticipating in this regard Beethoven’s ‘Emperor’ Concerto of two generations later.

The panoply of CPE’s instrumentation is necessarily compressed by this transcription of the concertos for two harpsichords, but the vitality of dialogue is fully preserved. It was made (or at least copied) by Johann Gottlieb Haußstädler, a copyist working for Peter August, the organist for the Elector of Saxony. The two men may have collaborated on the arrangement; at any rate, it has been unknown until now, and comes to life in the hands of a pair of Italian musicians with a serious pedigree in recording music of this period for Brilliant Classics.

Tracklist 19 tracks

  1. 1 I. Allegro di molto 07:09
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro di molto
    Duration
    07:09
    Composer
    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
    Performer
    Claudio Astronio, Stefano Molardi
  2. 2 II. Andante 04:30
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Andante
    Duration
    04:30
    Composer
    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
    Performer
    Claudio Astronio, Stefano Molardi
  3. 3 III. Prestissimo 05:35
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Prestissimo
    Duration
    05:35
    Composer
    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
    Performer
    Claudio Astronio, Stefano Molardi
  4. 4 I. Allegro di molto 09:25
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Allegro di molto
    Duration
    09:25
    Composer
    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
    Performer
    Claudio Astronio, Stefano Molardi
  5. 5 II. Andante 06:36
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Andante
    Duration
    06:36
    Composer
    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
    Performer
    Claudio Astronio, Stefano Molardi
  6. 6 III. Allegretto 06:19
    Track
    6
    Title
    III. Allegretto
    Duration
    06:19
    Composer
    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
    Performer
    Claudio Astronio, Stefano Molardi
  7. 7 I. Allegro 08:08
    Track
    7
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    08:08
    Composer
    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
    Performer
    Claudio Astronio, Stefano Molardi
  8. 8 II. Larghetto 03:41
    Track
    8
    Title
    II. Larghetto
    Duration
    03:41
    Composer
    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
    Performer
    Claudio Astronio, Stefano Molardi
  9. 9 III. Presto 05:09
    Track
    9
    Title
    III. Presto
    Duration
    05:09
    Composer
    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
    Performer
    Claudio Astronio, Stefano Molardi
  10. 10 I. Allegro assai 04:12
    Track
    10
    Title
    I. Allegro assai
    Duration
    04:12
    Composer
    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
    Performer
    Claudio Astronio, Stefano Molardi
  11. 11 II. Poco adagio 02:11
    Track
    11
    Title
    II. Poco adagio
    Duration
    02:11
    Composer
    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
    Performer
    Claudio Astronio, Stefano Molardi
  12. 12 III. Tempo di minuetto 03:30
    Track
    12
    Title
    III. Tempo di minuetto
    Duration
    03:30
    Composer
    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
    Performer
    Claudio Astronio, Stefano Molardi
  13. 13 IV. Allegro assai 05:31
    Track
    13
    Title
    IV. Allegro assai
    Duration
    05:31
    Composer
    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
    Performer
    Claudio Astronio, Stefano Molardi
  14. 14 I. Adagio - Presto 06:33
    Track
    14
    Title
    I. Adagio - Presto
    Duration
    06:33
    Composer
    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
    Performer
    Claudio Astronio, Stefano Molardi
  15. 15 II. Adagio 02:24
    Track
    15
    Title
    II. Adagio
    Duration
    02:24
    Composer
    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
    Performer
    Claudio Astronio, Stefano Molardi
  16. 16 III. Allegro 05:32
    Track
    16
    Title
    III. Allegro
    Duration
    05:32
    Composer
    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
    Performer
    Claudio Astronio, Stefano Molardi
  17. 17 I. Allegro di molto 08:27
    Track
    17
    Title
    I. Allegro di molto
    Duration
    08:27
    Composer
    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
    Performer
    Claudio Astronio, Stefano Molardi
  18. 18 II. Larghetto 03:51
    Track
    18
    Title
    II. Larghetto
    Duration
    03:51
    Composer
    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
    Performer
    Claudio Astronio, Stefano Molardi
  19. 19 III. Allegro 07:27
    Track
    19
    Title
    III. Allegro
    Duration
    07:27
    Composer
    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
    Performer
    Claudio Astronio, Stefano Molardi