Concerto: Works for One & Two Harpsichords

Concerto: Works for One & Two Harpsichords

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Total playing time [56:24]

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Guillermo Brachetta (harpsichord)
Menno van Delft (harpsichord)

Following much critical acclaim for his debut solo album, Ciaccona, harpsichordist Guillermo Brachetta returns to the Resonus label with Concerto, a thrilling programme of works for one and two harpsichords composed senza ripieno.

This stunning album features J.S. Bach's Italian Concerto, the second part of his Clavier-Übung, and solo concerti from Wilhelm Friedemann Bach and Carl Heinrich Graun. Brachetta is joined by Menno van Delft for the original two-harpsichord version of J.S. Bach's Concerto a due cembali in C major, BWV 1061a.

Album Booklet (PDF)

Tracklist

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Concerto nach Italienischem Gusto
(Italian Concerto) in F major, BWV 971
(Clavier-Übung II, 1735)
1. [Allegro]
2. Andante
3. Presto

Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (1710-1784)
Concerto in G major, BR A 13b / Fk 40
4. Allegro non troppo
5. Andante
6. Vivace

Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto a due Cembali, in C major,
BWV 1061a (1733-1734)
7. [Allegro]
8. Adagio ovvero Largo
9. Fuga

Carl Heinrich Graun (1703/4-1759)
or Johann Gottlieb Graun (1703-1771)
Concerto in A major, GraunWV C:XIII:90
10. Allegro
11. Andante
12. Allegro moderato

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'The highlight of the programme is the exuberant and no-holds-barred performance of J. S. B[ach]’s C major double concerto in which the players both inspire and steady each other, making sensible use of their instruments’ resources to enhance the inbuilt contrasts still further.'

- Early Music Review

'The highlight of the programme is the exuberant and no-holds-barred performance of J. S. B[ach]’s C major double concerto in which the players both inspire and steady each other, making sensible use of their instruments’ resources to enhance the inbuilt contrasts still further.'
Early Music Review

'Brachetta performs [the Italian Concerto] with elegance and sophistication [... the Graun & W.F. Bach's] galant gestures are affectionately enlivened bu Brachetta's communicative musicianship'
BBC Music Magazine

'Fine Performances here of JS Bach’s ‘Italian’ Concerto and Concerto a due Cembali in C major, WF Bach’s Concerto in G major and Concerto in A major by Graun.'
Lark Reviews

Credits
© 2017 Resonus Limited
Ⓟ 2017 Resonus Limited
Catalogue No. RES10189
Producer, engineer & editor: Adam Binks
EAN: 5060262790946
Cover image: Harpsichord detail © Resonus Limited