Johann Sebastian Bach PieterJan Belder Menno Van Delft - Bach Concertos for 2 3 4 Harpsichords (18 tracks) +Album Reviews

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Johann Sebastian Bach, Pieter-Jan Belder, Menno Van Delft
Bach: Concertos for 2, 3 & 4 Harpsichords
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (9) - Disc #1
1. Concerto for 2 harpsichords, strings & continuo in C minor, BWV 1060: Allegro
2. Concerto for 2 harpsichords, strings & continuo in C minor, BWV 1060: Largo ovvero adagio
3. Concerto for 2 harpsichords, strings & continuo in C minor, BWV 1060: Allegro
4. Concerto for 2 harpsichords, strings & continuo in C major, BWV 1061: Without tempo indication
5. Concerto for 2 harpsichords, strings & continuo in C major, BWV 1061: Adagio ovvero largo
6. Concerto for 2 harpsichords, strings & continuo in C major, BWV 1061: Fuga
7. Concerto for 2 harpsichords, strings & continuo in C minor, BWV 1062: Without tempo indication
8. Concerto for 2 harpsichords, strings & continuo in C minor, BWV 1062: Andante
9. Concerto for 2 harpsichords, strings & continuo in C minor, BWV 1062: Allegro assai
Track Listings (9) - Disc #2
1. Concerto for 4 harpsichords, strings & continuo in A minor (after Vivaldi, RV 580), BWV 1065: Without tempo indication
2. Concerto for 4 harpsichords, strings & continuo in A minor (after Vivaldi, RV 580), BWV 1065: Largo
3. Concerto for 4 harpsichords, strings & continuo in A minor (after Vivaldi, RV 580), BWV 1065: Allegro
4. Concerto for 3 harpsichords, strings & continuo in D minor, BWV 1063: Without tempo indication
5. Concerto for 3 harpsichords, strings & continuo in D minor, BWV 1063: Alla siciliana
6. Concerto for 3 harpsichords, strings & continuo in D minor, BWV 1063: Allegro
7. Concerto for 3 harpsichords, strings & continuo in C major, BWV 1064: Without tempo indication
8. Concerto for 3 harpsichords, strings & continuo in C major, BWV 1064: Adagio
9. Concerto for 3 harpsichords, strings & continuo in C major, BWV 1064: Allegro

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CD Details

All Artists: Johann Sebastian Bach, Pieter-Jan Belder, Menno Van Delft, Siebe Henstra, Vincent van Laar, Musica Amphion
Title: Bach: Concertos for 2, 3 & 4 Harpsichords
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Brilliant Classics
Original Release Date: 1/1/2007
Re-Release Date: 3/13/2007
Genre: Classical
Styles: Chamber Music, Forms & Genres, Concertos, Historical Periods, Baroque (c.1600-1750), Classical (c.1770-1830), Instruments, Keyboard
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaCD Credits: 2
UPCs: 842977031874, 5028421931876

CD Reviews

Fire in the Konzertsalle!

Giordano Bruno | Wherever I am, I am. | 10/16/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I first heard Belder's performance of the Concerto for 3 Harpsichords in C minor on one of the disks of the huge boxed set of Bach's Complete Works produced by Brilliant Classics. It instantly replaced, nay displaced from my memory, all previous interpretations of that audacious and phantasmagorical piece of music. Others have performed the multi-keyboard concerti with authenticity and even virtuosity; Belder adds passion and resonance to those virtues. The passion comes chiefly from his very intense tempi. The resonance, I believe, comes from recording artifice -- close miking of the harpsichords, perhaps. In any case, it serves the listener well, balancing the keyboards with the strings more effectively than is usually the case in live performances. If you don't already own the Gesamtwerk 155 CD box, by all means order this 2 CD performance immediately!"

I agree!

Musicus | Oslo, Norway | 03/10/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I don't have much to add to Mr. Bruno's review; in fact I write these words only in case somebody browses my reviews, like I was browsing Bruno's reviews when I came across this gem: Buy this item before it is too late. One comment only on "very intense" tempos. I feared the playing perhaps was too fast, but no, here is no feeling of playing Bach as fast as possible. The tempos come from joy of playing, it is pure fire and conviction."