The Berliner Barock Solisten received a Grammy Award in 2005 and the Opus Klassik in 2018 for their recordings.
Compositional Technique
The Concerto in C minor, Wq43/4, is considered the first four-movement piano concerto in music history, predating Liszt's Piano Concerto No. 1 by 84 years.
Performer Biography
Michael Rische, the pianist on this album, is known for offering listeners a choice between cadenzas from different epochs in his recordings of Beethoven and Mozart piano concertos.
Performer Biography
Michael Rische has gained international recognition for his commitment to 20th-century music, including original and premiere performances of piano concertos by George Antheil and Erwin Schulhoff.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach stated that he wrote his piano concertos for himself, taking all the freedoms he needed, a practice admired by Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven.
Composer Biography
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, the composer featured on this album, wrote 52 piano concertos, yet only three were printed during his lifetime.
Performer Biography
The Berliner Barock Solisten, the ensemble on this album, was founded in 1995 by members of the Berlin Philharmonic and early music specialists.
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