J.S. & C.P.E. Bach: Concerti for Flute, Cello & Piano

Featuring

Volker Hartung
Dejan Gavric
William Lithgow
Alexej Svatlovskij
Pavel Popov
Nataša Majer

Junge Philharmonie Köln
Johann Sebastian Bach
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

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Compositional Technique

J.S. Bach's Concerto BWV 1059, originally for oboe, is better suited for the more flexible transverse flute due to the oboe's breathing limitations in continuous fast passages.

Performer Biography

Dejan Gavric, the flutist on this album, began playing at age 11 and won the prestigious Folkwang Award for his artistic achievements as a student.

Composition History

J.S. Bach often reused parts of his works for different instrumental versions, making reconstruction of pieces like the Concerto BWV 1059 plausible from cantata movements.

Composition History

The three cello concertos by C.P.E. Bach, cornerstones of the instrument's repertoire, were long thought to be harpsichord transcriptions, but recent research suggests they were originally written for cello.

Composer's Artistic Vision

C.P.E. Bach invented his own dynamic musical style called 'sensitive style,' applying principles of rhetoric and drama to musical structures.

Composer Biography

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, a leading composer of the early Classical period, was the second surviving son of Johann Sebastian Bach and Maria Barbara Bach.