Krebs frequently took inspiration from his master, Johann Sebastian Bach, with pieces like the Fantasia of the Fourth Partita quoting Bach's Chromatic Fantasia and the 'wedge' Fugue for organ.
Instruments
The harpsichord used for this recording was made by Detmar Hungerberg in 2014, modeled after an instrument by Michael Mietke.
Compositional Technique
Krebs's harpsichord music corpus is modeled on Johann Sebastian Bach's, with Krebs publishing four parts of Clavier Übung, retracing Bach's structure.
Interpretation
The performer, Michele Benuzzi, chose to record some of Krebs's Sonatinas and the A minor Sonata on a Silbermann piano because these pieces look to the future and are closer to the music of Wilhelm Friedemann and Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Unlike his peers Wilhelm Friedemann and Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, who embraced the new 'Empfindsamkeit' (sensitive style), Krebs remained anchored in the teachings of Johann Sebastian Bach, cultivating typical baroque forms.
Instruments
The Silbermann Piano used in this recording, made by Andrea Restelli in 1996, is modeled after a Gottfried Silbermann piano from 1749.
Composer Biography
Johann Ludwig Krebs, the composer, studied for nine years at the Thomasschule in Leipzig, where Johann Sebastian Bach was Kantor, and was considered one of Bach's best students.
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