Bach & Sons

Featuring

Rustem Hayroudinoff
Johann Sebastian Bach
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach
Johann Christian Bach

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Composer's Artistic Vision

Wilhelm Friedemann Bach's music often shifts between Baroque counterpoint and mid-18th-century trends like the expressive styles galant and empfindsamkeit.

Compositional Technique

Johann Sebastian Bach's English Suites differ from his French Suites by including a virtuosic prelude at the beginning of each piece.

Composer Biography

Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach is known as the 'Bückeburg Bach' because he served as harpsichordist and concertmaster for Count Wilhelm of Schaumburg-Lippe in Bückeburg.

Composer Biography

Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, the firstborn son of Johann Sebastian Bach, was described by scholar David Schulenberg as 'a complex character open to misinterpretation'.

Composition History

Johann Sebastian Bach composed most of his instrumental music, including the English Suites, while employed at Köthen from 1717-23.

Composer Biography

Johann Christian Bach was known as the 'English Bach' due to his close association with London's musical life, particularly the King's Theatre, and was a friend and influence on Mozart.

Composer Biography

The album features works by Johann Sebastian Bach and four of his sons: Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, and Johann Christian Bach.