SONS OF BACH Symphonies, Concertos, Chamber Music (10CD)

CD1
Carl Philipp Emanuel 1714–1788
Hamburg Symphonies Wq183 (H663–666) with 12 obbligato parts

Symphony in D Wq183 No.1 (H663)
1 I. Allegro di molto 5’35
2 II. Largo 1’45
3 III. Presto 2’49

Symphony in E flat Wq183 No.2 (H664)
4 I. Allegro di molto 3’49
5 II. Larghetto 1’28
6 III. Presto 5’24

Harpsichord Concerto in C minor Wq43 No.4 (H474)
7 I. Allegro assai 3’27
8 II. Poco adagio 2’10
9 III. Tempo di menuetto 2’45
10 IV. Allegro assai 4’38

Symphony in F Wq183 No.3 (H665)
11 I. Allegro di molto 5’00
12 II. Larghetto 2’31
13 III. Presto 2’48

Symphony in G Wq183 No.4 (H666)
14 I. Allegro assai 2’57
15 II. Poco andante 5’00
16 III. Presto 3’07

Marek Toporowski harpsichord (Wq43 No.4) & continuo (Wq183)
Harpsichord: Frantisek Vyhnalek (1994), after an instrument by Pascal Taskin (1769)
Solamente Naturali on period instruments
Didier Talpain conductor

Total time 55’22


CD2
Carl Philipp Emanuel 1714–1788
Berlin Symphonies

Symphony in E flat Wq179 for 2 oboes, 2 horns, strings & b.c.
1 I. Prestissimo 4’20
2 II. Larghetto 3’58
3 III. Presto 2’51

Symphony in F Wq181 for 2 oboes, 2 horns, strings & b.c.
4 I. Allegro 3’20
5 II. Andante 4’16
6 III. Allegro assai 3’13

Symphony in C Wq174 for 2 flutes, 2 horns, strings & b.c.
7 I. Allegro assai 3’12
8 II. Andante 3’43
9 III. Allegro 2’03

Symphony in F Wq175 for 2 flutes, 2 horns, strings & b.c.
10 I. Allegro assai 3’31
11 II. Andante 3’51
12 III. Tempo di Menuetto 2’50

Symphony in E minor Wq178 for 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 horns, strings & b.c.
13 I. Allegro assai 4’18
14 II. Andante moderato 3’26
15 III. Allegro 3’37

Kammerorchester ‘Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach’
Hartmut Haenchen conductor

Total time 53’01


CD3
Carl Philipp Emanuel 1714–1788

Flute Concerto in B flat WQ164 (orig. Oboe Concerto)
1 I. Allegretto 7’55
2 II. Largo e mesto 8’06
3 III. Allegro moderato 5’43

Flute Concerto in D minor WQ22
4 I. Allegro 8’00
5 II. Un poco andante 7’25
6 III. Allegro di molto 7’13

Flute Concerto in E flat WQ165 (orig. Oboe Concerto)
7 I. Allegro 6’37
8 II. Adagio ma non troppo 7’04
9 III. Allegro ma non troppo 5’57

Machiko Takahashi flute
Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra
Roland Kieft conductor

Total time 64’29


CD4
Carl Philipp Emanuel 1714–1788

Concerto for organ, strings and continuo in G Wq34 (H444)
1 I. Allegro di molto (Cadenza: Roland Münch) 11’20
2 II. Largo 7’13
3 III. Presto 5’32

4 Prelude in D Wq70 No.7 (H107) 4’31

Concerto for organ, strings and continuo in B flat Wq35 (H446)
5 I. Allegro moderato 6’07
6 II. Adagio sostenuto con sordini 7’38
7 III. Allegro 4’12

8 Fantasia and fugue in C minor Wq119 No.7 (H103) 5’40

Roland Münch organ
Orgel der Prinzessin Anna Amalia van Preußen
(Migend-Orgel der Kirche ‘Zur frohen Botschaft’, Berlin-Karlshorst)
Klaus Kirbach harpsichord
Kammerorchester ‘Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach’
Hartmut Haenchen conductor

Total time 52’33


CD5
Johann Christian 1735–1782

Sinfonia Concertante in G for 2 violins & cello
1 I. Allegro 6’14
2 II. Andante 4’10
3 III. Menuetto 5’30

Sinfonia Concertante in E flat for 2 clarinets & bassoon
4 I. Allegro assai 6’38
5 II. Larghetto 4’12
6 III. Menuetto 5’41

Sinfonia Concertante in A for violin & cello
7 I. Andante di molto 7’43
8 II. Rondeau: Allegro assai 5’36

Sinfonia Concertante in E flat for 2 violins, 2 violas, 2 oboes, 2 horns & cello
9 I. Andante 8’20
10 II. Menuetto 4’34

London Festival Orchestra
Ross Pople conductor

Total time 59’34


CD6
Johann Christian 1735–1782
Six Sonatas Op.5 (1765)

Sonata No.1 in B flat
1 I. Allegretto 3’20
2 II. Tempo di minuetto 2’40

Sonata No.2 in D
3 I. Allegro di molto 4’30
4 II. Andante di molto 4’16
5 III. Minuetto 3’48

Sonata No.3 in G
6 I. Allegro 3’45
7 II. Allegretto 4’08

Sonata No.4 in E flat
8 I. Allegro 4’23
9 II. Rondeaux: Allegretto 3’42

Sonata No.5 in E
10 I. Allegro assai 4’28
11 II. Adagio 3’43
12 III. Prestissimo 1’46

Sonata No.6 in C minor
13 I. Grave 4’20
14 II. Allegro moderato 3’38
15 III. Allegretto 3’05

Bart van Oort harpsichord

Total time 56’01

CD7
Wilhelm Friedemann 1710–1784

Sinfonia in F ‘Dissonant’
1 I. Vivace 4’19
2 II. Andante 3’06
3 III. Allegro 3’25
4 IV. Menuetto I & II 2’28

Sinfonia in F to the Whitsun Cantata ‘Ertönet, ihr seligen Völker’
5 Un poco allegro 7’33

Sinfonia in D minor
6 Adagio – Allegro e forte 9’20

Sinfonia in D to the Whitsun Cantata ‘Dies ist der Tag’
7 I. Allegro e maestoso 3’42
8 II. Andante 2’40
9 III. Vivace 3’20

10 Sinfonia in D to the Ascension Cantata ‘Wo gehet die Lebensreise hin’ 3’17

11 Sinfonia in G to the Christmas Cantata ‘O Wunder’ 3’08

Suite in G minor BWV1070 (?W.F. Bach)
12 I. Larghetto – Un poco allegro 4’50
13 II. Torneo 2’12
14 III. Aria: Adagio 3’13
15 IV. Menuetto alternativo – Trio 4’38
16 V. Capriccio 3’49

Kammerorchester ‘Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach’ · Hartmut Haenchen conductor

Total time 65’15


CD8
Wilhelm Friedemann 1710–1784

Concerto in D F41 for harpsichord and strings (1735–40)
1 I. Allegro 6’18
2 II. Andante 5’14
3 III. Presto 4’36

Concerto in A minor F45 for harpsichord and strings (1735–40)
4 I. – 5’17
5 II. Larghetto 4’07
6 III. Allegro ma non molto 5’34

Concerto in F F10 for 2 harpsichords (c.1740)
7 I. Allegro moderato 8’54
8 II. Andante 8’06
9 III. Presto 3’54

Concerto in E flat F46 for 2 harpsichords (c.1745)
10 I. Un poco allegro 11’18
11 II. Cantabile 3’28
12 III. Vivace 8’09

Harmonices Mundi · Marco Facchin harpsichord II (tracks 7–12) · Claudio Astronio harpsichord & conductor

Total time 73’02

CD9
Wilhelm Friedemann 1710–1784
Cantatas

Lasset uns ablegen die Werke der Finsternis (‘Let us Cast off the Works of Darkness’)
Cantata for the First Sunday of Advent for alto, tenor, bass, choir, two trumpets, timpani, transverse flute, two oboes, strings and basso continuo
1 Chorus: Lasset uns ablegen die Werke der Finsternis 4’35
2 Recitative (Alto): Es ist nun hohe Zeit 0’46
3 Chorale: Steh auf vom Sündenschlaf 0’46
4 Recitative (Tenor): Drum, Vater 0’20
5 Aria (Soprano): Vater, mit Erbarmen 9’27
6 Accompanied Recitative: Ich weiß, die Nacht ist schon dahin 0’46
7 Aria (Alto): Ich ziehe Jesum an im Glauben 7’46
8 Chorale: Den Geist, der heilig ist 0’45
9 Chorus (da capo): Lasset uns ablegen die Werke der Finsternis 4’38

Es ist eine Stimme eines Predigers in der Wüste (‘The Voice of him that Crieth in the Wilderness’)
Cantata for St John’s Day for soprano, alto, tenor, bass, choir, two trumpets, timpani, two oboes, strings and basso continuo
10 Chorus: Es ist eine Stimme eines Predigers in der Wüste 6’42
11 Recitative (Tenor): Gott hat uns Gnad und Heil 1’21
12 Aria (Soprano): Der Trost gehöret nur vor Kinder 7’28
13 Accompanied Recitative (Alto): Dein Heiland lässt die Bahn 1’58
14 Aria (Bass): Holdseligster Engel 5’31
15 Chorale: Wir Menschen sind zu dem, o Gott 0’51

Barbara Schlick soprano · Claudia Schubert alto
Wilfried Jochens tenor · Stephan Schreckenberger bass
Rheinische Kantorei · Das Kleine Konzert
Hermann Max conductor

Total time 53’28


CD10
Johann Christoph Friedrich 1732–1795

Symphony in B flat HWI No.20
1 I. Largo – Allegro 8’45
2 II. Andante con moto 6’45
3 III. Minuetto 4’29
4 IV. Rondo: Allegretto scherzando 3’51

Symphony in E flat HWI No.10
5 I. Allegro 3’06
6 II. Andante assai 6’08
7 III. Allegro assai 3’37

Symphony in C HWI No.6
8 I. Allegro di molto 4’21
9 II. Andante 7’51
10 III. Allegro assai 6’26

Neues Bachisches Collegium Musicum
Burkhard Glaetzner conductor

Total time 55’34