Bach: Harpsichord Concertos Vol. 4, Complete Concertos for three and four Harpsichords

Featuring

Miklós Spányi
Aapo Häkkinen
Cristiano Holtz
Anna-Maaria Oramo
Helsinki Baroque Orchestra
Johann Sebastian Bach

Johann Gottfried Müthel

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Instruments

The clavichords on this recording were tuned to A = 404 Hz using a temperament published by Georg Andreas Sorge in 1758.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Associated with the early 'Sturm und Drang' movement, Müthel strove for unprecedented expression and originality in his clavier works, especially in his middle movements.

Historical Context

Bach was appointed director of Leipzig University's Collegium Musicum in 1729, a musical group founded by Georg Philipp Telemann in 1702.

Composition History

Bach's Concerto in A minor, BWV 1065, is an arrangement of Antonio Vivaldi's Concerto for four violins in B minor, RV 580, published in 1711.

Composition History

Johann Sebastian Bach's concertos for harpsichord, especially those for three and four harpsichords, originated around 1730 from his work with the Collegium Musicum in Leipzig.

Composer Biography

Johann Gottfried Müthel, whose Duetto is featured on this album, was the eccentric last pupil of Johann Sebastian Bach.

Composition History

Many of the weekly two-hour concerts of Bach's Collegium Musicum took place on Fridays at 8pm in the coffeehouse of Gottfried Zimmermann, which had a hall for 200 listeners.