Pieter-Jan Belder performs on a harpsichord built in 2014 by Titus Crijnen, modeled after a Ruckers instrument from 1624.
Performer Biography
Pieter-Jan Belder has made over 160 album recordings, mostly solo and chamber music productions, and has recorded the complete harpsichord works by Rameau and Soler.
Composition History
Many of Bach's early keyboard works, including some on this album, survive only due to the efforts of musicians like Johann Peter Kellner, who actively compiled them.
Performer Biography
Pieter-Jan Belder, the harpsichordist on this album, won the Leipzig Bach harpsichord competition in 2000.
Composer Biography
Bach's older brother, Johann Christoph Bach, compiled the Andreas Bach Buch and the Möller Manuscript, which contain works by various composers and substantial contributions in Sebastian Bach's hand.
Compositional Technique
Bach's Capriccio sopra la lontananza del Fratello dilettissimo (BWV 992) is his only known programmatic keyboard music, using descriptive titles for its sections.
Compositional Technique
In the Capriccio sopra la lontananza del Fratello dilettissimo (BWV 992), Bach uses a descending paired-note motif to indicate grief, a technique he would employ in later works.
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