Forkel: Four Piano Concertos

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Label
CPO
Release Date
January 3, 2025
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Johann Nikolaus Forkel
    • PERFORMER
      Kolner Akademie, Tobias Koch
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      January 03, 2025
    • UPC
      0761203556328
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      555563-2
    • LABEL
      CPO
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
      Piano
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Adagio - Allegro di molto e leggiero

      Composer: Johann Nikolaus Forkel

      Ensemble: Orchester der Kölner Akademie

      Performer: Tobias Koch

      Conductor: Michael Alexander Willens

    2. II. Adagio

      Composer: Johann Nikolaus Forkel

      Ensemble: Orchester der Kölner Akademie

      Performer: Tobias Koch

      Conductor: Michael Alexander Willens

    3. III. Allegretto

      Composer: Johann Nikolaus Forkel

      Ensemble: Orchester der Kölner Akademie

      Performer: Tobias Koch

      Conductor: Michael Alexander Willens

    4. I. Allegro di molto

      Composer: Johann Nikolaus Forkel

      Ensemble: Orchester der Kölner Akademie

      Performer: Tobias Koch

      Conductor: Michael Alexander Willens

    5. II. Adagio con sordini e sempre sostenuto

      Composer: Johann Nikolaus Forkel

      Ensemble: Orchester der Kölner Akademie

      Performer: Tobias Koch

      Conductor: Michael Alexander Willens

    6. III. Allegro assai

      Composer: Johann Nikolaus Forkel

      Ensemble: Orchester der Kölner Akademie

      Performer: Tobias Koch

      Conductor: Michael Alexander Willens

    7. I. Andante - Allegro di molto

      Composer: Johann Nikolaus Forkel

      Ensemble: Orchester der Kölner Akademie

      Performer: Tobias Koch

      Conductor: Michael Alexander Willens

    8. II. Adagio

      Composer: Johann Nikolaus Forkel

      Ensemble: Orchester der Kölner Akademie

      Performer: Tobias Koch

      Conductor: Michael Alexander Willens

    9. III. Allegretto

      Composer: Johann Nikolaus Forkel

      Ensemble: Orchester der Kölner Akademie

      Performer: Tobias Koch

      Conductor: Michael Alexander Willens

    10. I. Allegro di molto

      Composer: Johann Nikolaus Forkel

      Ensemble: Orchester der Kölner Akademie

      Performer: Tobias Koch

      Conductor: Michael Alexander Willens

    11. II. Andantino, cantabile

      Composer: Johann Nikolaus Forkel

      Ensemble: Orchester der Kölner Akademie

      Performer: Tobias Koch

      Conductor: Michael Alexander Willens

    12. III. Allegro

      Composer: Johann Nikolaus Forkel

      Ensemble: Orchester der Kölner Akademie

      Performer: Tobias Koch

      Conductor: Michael Alexander Willens


When the name Johann Nikolaus Forkel (1749-1818) is mentioned today, we think above all of the first life story of the great Johann Sebastian Bach, which we owe to the industrious, witty man from Upper Franconia. Experts also recognize him as the "founder of musicology as a modern academic discipline", which, according to a widespread prejudice, would be associated with a lack of any creativity of his own. But far from it: Forkel, who was a professor in Gottingen for many years, left behind an impressive oeuvre, including the four piano concertos recorded here for the first time, which, although they are entirely within the classical genre, contain a great deal of delightful music that is expressively touching in the slow movements. Tobias Koch, one of the outstanding specialists for historical keyboard instruments, and the Kolner Akademie under Michael Alexander Willens perform.