Haydn, W.F. Bach & C.P.E. Bach: Trios for Oboe, Bassoon & Piano

Featuring

Kimiko Imani
Maurice Bourgue
Sergio Azzolini
Joseph Haydn
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

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Interpretation

Maurice Bourgue (oboe) and Sergio Azzolini (bassoon) were inspired by historical prototypes of wind and keyboard trios for this recording.

Composition History

A fragmentary trio sonata by Wilhelm Friedemann Bach was found on a manuscript sheet shared with his father, Johann Sebastian Bach, who used the remaining space for contrapuntal studies.

Composition History

Joseph Haydn's London keyboard trios, originally for piano, German flute, and cello, are performed here in arrangements for oboe, bassoon, and keyboard.

Composition History

The Trios by Joseph Haydn were commissioned by publisher John Bland, who specifically requested a flute for the upper part instead of a violin.

Critical Reception

The C minor sonata, possibly by Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, has conflicting attributions; a Berlin copy ascribes it to Johann Gottlieb Graun, while its expressive rhetoric suggests Friedemann Bach.

Composition History

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach's C minor Sonata Wq 78, the longest and most mature of his violin sonatas, was sketched in 1763, the final year of the Seven Years' War.