Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) - Konzerte für Cembalo und Streicher, BWV 1052-1058; "Tripelkonzert", BWV 1044 (1998) Cover Front Album Composer Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Conductor Christopher Hogwood Orchestra / Ensemble I The Academy of Ancient Music Length 128:25 Format CD Genre Concerto; Misc. Keyboard Index 39 Out of Print No Musicians Soloist Rousset Credits Producer Chris Sayers Label L'Oiseau-Lyre Track List 65:36 01 Concerto in D minor, BWV 1052: I. Allegro 07:31 02 Concerto in D minor, BWV 1052: II. Adagio 06:02 03 Concerto in D minor, BWV 1052: III. Allegro 07:29 04 Concerto in F major, BWV 1057: I. Allegro 06:54 05 Concerto in F major, BWV 1057: II. Andante 03:47 06 Concerto in F major, BWV 1057: III. Allegro assai 05:09 07 Concerto in G minor, BWV 1058: I. Allegro 03:27 08 Concerto in G minor, BWV 1058: II. Andante 05:50 09 Concerto in G minor, BWV 1058: II. Allegro assai 03:33 10 Concerto in D major, BWV 1054: I. Allegro 07:36 11 Concerto in D major, BWV 1054: II. Adagio e piano sempre 05:33 12 Concerto in D major, BWV 1054: III. Allegro 02:45 62:49 01 Concerto in E major, BWV 1053: I. Allegro 07:50 02 Concerto in E major, BWV 1053: II. Siciliano 05:24 03 Concerto in E major, BWV 1053: III. Allegro 06:09 04 Concerto in F minor, BWV 1056: I. Allegro 03:13 05 Concerto in F minor, BWV 1056: II. Largo 02:47 06 Concerto in F minor, BWV 1056: III. Presto 03:22 07 Concerto in A major, BWV 1055: I. Allegro 04:16 08 Concerto in A major, BWV 1055: II. Larghetto (Siciliano) 04:38 09 Concerto in A major, BWV 1055: III. Allegro ma non tanto 04:03 10 Concerto for Flute, Violin and Hapsichord in A minor, BWV 1044: I. Allegro 08:35 11 Concerto for Flute, Violin and Hapsichord in A minor, BWV 1044: II. Adagio ma non tan to e dolce 05:32 12 Concerto for Flute, Violin and Hapsichord in A minor, BWV 1044: III. Tempo di allabrev e 07:00 Personal Purchase Date 7/6/2002 Value $35.00 Store mdt.co.uk Condition 100% Nationality German Period Baroque Details Studio Henry Wood Hall, London Catalog Number 460 031-2 Live No Spars DDD Reissue No Sound Stereo Notes Christophe Rousset: Harpsichord (Robert Gable & Sons, Oxford, 1990, after Carl Conrad Fleischer, Hamburg, 1720; Bruce Kennedy, Amsterdam, 1992, after Michael Mietke, Berlin, c. 1705) Pitch: A=415 Hz Essay: "J.S. Bach: The Complete Harpsichord Concertos" by David Schulenberg Gramophone review: "This newly compiled two-CD album from Decca - I’m happy that the lyre-bird logo of Editions de l’Oiseau-Lyre has survived, if only to enjoy diminished status on the reverse of the box - brings together Bach’s seven concertos for solo harpsichord and strings, in performances with Christophe Rousset and the Academy of Ancient Music, directed by Christopher Hogwood. Readers will know that much of the programme has been previously released on two separately available discs, but the F major Concerto - Bach’s reworking of the Fourth Brandenburg Concerto - and the Triple Concerto for flute, violin and harpsichord, appear for the first time. "The most highly developed of the harpsichord concertos are those in D minor (BWV1052) and E major (BWV1053). Rousset gives a wonderfully supple account of these unfailingly invigorating pieces, refined, articulate and expressive. The strings of the AAM give him athletic and attentive support, sharing in the myriad subtle inflexions and affective nuances of Bach’s music. Some ears may discern a certain dryness of sound - mine did, at first, but soon became adjusted to a balance that allows more detail than usual to emerge from the playing. Hogwood’s direction, furthermore, seems more expansive than it has done on some previous Bach issues. No doubt that is, in some measure, dictated by Rousset’s unhurried tempos and graceful rhetoric, but all comes together with a convincing unanimity of purpose as you will quickly hear, for example, in the finely poised Allegro finale of the great D minor Concerto. Only in the F major Concerto did I sometimes long for a little more in the way of even dialogue between harpsichord and strings, and a bit more responsiveness from the two treble recorders whose contribution sounds worthy rather than inspired. And surely the poetic Largo of the F minor Concerto does not require such a beefy and resonant bass accompaniment as it is granted in this performance. But the infectious animation of its outer movements is admirable, and I have little but praise for the spirited dialogue that infuses the entire performance of the irresistible A major Concerto, the jewel of the set. "In the Triple Concerto in A minor, Rousset is joined by Simon Standage, who leads the band in the remaining works, and Rachel Brown. All is in safe hands here, though I should have preferred a shade more prominence to have been granted the soft hues of Brown’s flute in the outer movement tuttis. In short, a mainly rewarding issue, and notably for performances of BWV1052, 1053 and 1055. I hope a similar compilation of Bach’s multiple harpsichord concertos with these artists is on its way."