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Bach: Harpsichord Concertos / Arthur, The Hanover Band
Signum Classics

Bach: Harpsichord Concertos / Arthur, The Hanover Band

$19.99

Details

Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach
Artist
Andrew Arthur, Hanover Band
Format
CD
Label
Signum Classics
Released
Jul 15, 2022
Catalog #
SIGCD710
UPC
635212071021

About

“JS Bach’s seven concertos for solo harpsichord & strings, BWV 1052-1058, occupy a significant place in the history of music, marking as they do the origin of the keyboard concerto genre. Collectively, they encompass the gamut of Baroque rhetorical expression; indeed, leaving aside the six ground-breaking ‘Brandenburg’ Concerts avec plusieurs instruments, it is difficult to think of a more diverse, revolutionary and technically refined set of instrumental concertos from the Baroque period.” -Andrew Arthur

For their first recording on Signum Classics, The Hanover Band, directed by Andrew Arthur, present four of these revolutionary concertos, and dedicate this release to their Founder and Artistic Director, Caroline Brown (1953-2018). The Hanover Band’s players are amongst the finest in their field and the orchestra has built an international reputation for the excellence of its performances and recordings of eighteenth and nineteenth-century music. Andrew Arthur is best-known for his work in the field of historically informed performance, he is in great demand as a conductor, keyboard soloist and continuo player, working with many of the UK’s leading period-instrument orchestras and professional choirs.

REVIEW:

Arthur stresses how much these works owe to Bach’s early immersion in Vivaldi’s set of concertos L’estro armonico, several of which he transcribed, and that Italian influence does indeed permeate the performances on this recording. There’s a triumphal warmth in the Hanover Band’s delivery of the D minor work[.]

Arthur’s note on BWV 1054 indicates that he himself is aware of the danger that the harpsichord may be swamped, and in the Adagio e piano sempre of the D major work, the soloist is indeed allowed to breathe. In the joyous A major concerto the sonic balance is nicely resolved.

--BBC Music Magazine

Tracklist 12 tracks

  1. 1 I. Allegro 07:45
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    07:45
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Andrew Arthur
    Ensemble
    Hanover Band
    Conductor
    Andrew Arthur
  2. 2 II. Adagio 06:20
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Adagio
    Duration
    06:20
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Andrew Arthur
    Ensemble
    Hanover Band
    Conductor
    Andrew Arthur
  3. 3 III. Allegro 08:19
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Allegro
    Duration
    08:19
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Andrew Arthur
    Ensemble
    Hanover Band
    Conductor
    Andrew Arthur
  4. 4 I. [Allegro] 04:18
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. [Allegro]
    Duration
    04:18
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Andrew Arthur
    Ensemble
    Hanover Band
    Conductor
    Andrew Arthur
  5. 5 II. Andante 06:11
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Andante
    Duration
    06:11
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Andrew Arthur
    Ensemble
    Hanover Band
    Conductor
    Andrew Arthur
  6. 6 III. Allegro assai 03:58
    Track
    6
    Title
    III. Allegro assai
    Duration
    03:58
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Andrew Arthur
    Ensemble
    Hanover Band
    Conductor
    Andrew Arthur
  7. 7 I. [Allegro] 07:57
    Track
    7
    Title
    I. [Allegro]
    Duration
    07:57
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Andrew Arthur
    Ensemble
    Hanover Band
    Conductor
    Andrew Arthur
  8. 8 II. Adagio e piano sempre 06:33
    Track
    8
    Title
    II. Adagio e piano sempre
    Duration
    06:33
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Andrew Arthur
    Ensemble
    Hanover Band
    Conductor
    Andrew Arthur
  9. 9 III. Allegro 02:59
    Track
    9
    Title
    III. Allegro
    Duration
    02:59
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Andrew Arthur
    Ensemble
    Hanover Band
    Conductor
    Andrew Arthur
  10. 10 I. Allegro 04:28
    Track
    10
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    04:28
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Andrew Arthur
    Ensemble
    Hanover Band
    Conductor
    Andrew Arthur
  11. 11 II. Larghetto 05:44
    Track
    11
    Title
    II. Larghetto
    Duration
    05:44
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Andrew Arthur
    Ensemble
    Hanover Band
    Conductor
    Andrew Arthur
  12. 12 III. Allegro ma non tanto 04:28
    Track
    12
    Title
    III. Allegro ma non tanto
    Duration
    04:28
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Andrew Arthur
    Ensemble
    Hanover Band
    Conductor
    Andrew Arthur