Krebs: Keyboard Works, Vol. 1 Steven Devine

• Johann Ludwig Krebs (1713 - 1780): Partita in A Minor, Krebs-WV 825:
• 1 Krebs: Partita in A Minor, Krebs-WV 825: I. Fantasia 03:31
• 2 Krebs: Partita in A Minor, Krebs-WV 825: II. Fuga 04:05
• 3 Krebs: Partita in A Minor, Krebs-WV 825: III. Allemande 06:36
• 4 Krebs: Partita in A Minor, Krebs-WV 825: IV. Courante 04:09
• 5 Krebs: Partita in A Minor, Krebs-WV 825: V. Sarabande 05:25
• 6 Krebs: Partita in A Minor, Krebs-WV 825: VI. Bourrée 01:26
• 7 Krebs: Partita in A Minor, Krebs-WV 825: VII. Pastorelle 04:14
• 8 Krebs: Partita in A Minor, Krebs-WV 825: VIII. Menuett 02:01
• 9 Krebs: Partita in A Minor, Krebs-WV 825: IX. Gigue 02:15
• Johann Ludwig Krebs:
• 10 Krebs: Fugue in C Major, Krebs-WV 843 02:20
• 11 Krebs: Fugue in E Major, Krebs-WV 844 02:48
• 12 Krebs: Fugue in F Major, Krebs-WV 845 04:55
• 13 Krebs: Fugue in F Minor, Krebs-WV 846 03:23
• 14 Krebs: Fugue in G Major, Krebs-WV 847 02:34
• 15 Krebs: Fugue in A Minor, Krebs-WV 848 05:03
• Concerto in G Major, Krebs-WV 821:
• 16 Krebs: Concerto in G Major, Krebs-WV 821: I. Allegro 06:21
• 17 Krebs: Concerto in G Major, Krebs-WV 821: II. Andante 06:47
• 18 Krebs: Concerto in G Major, Krebs-WV 821: III. Vivace 03:56
• Total Runtime 01:11:49

Info for Krebs: Keyboard Works, Vol. 1

Although a favoured student of J.S. Bach, Johann Ludwig Krebs didn’t see any substantial success in his own lifetime. More recent assessments have discovered a highly educated, enlightened and open minded musician who was clearly highly accomplished as a performer, demonstrating a fascinating synthesis of Baroque, Galant and Classical forms.

Keyboardist Steven Devine begins a complete survey of Krebs’ significant contribution to the keyboard genre with this first of four volumes that shows the range of Krebs’ musical language.

Steven Devine, harpsichord

Steven Devine
enjoys a busy career as a music director and keyboard player working with some of the finest musicians.

He made his London conducting debut in 2002 at the Royal Albert Hall and is now a regular performer there - including making his BBC Proms directing debut in August 2007 with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (OAE). He has conducted the Mozart Festival Orchestra in every major concert hall in the UK and also across Switzerland. Steven is Music Director for New Chamber Opera in Oxford and with them has conducted performances of Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, Mozart’s La Finta Semplice and Il Re Pastore, Stradella’s Il Trespolo Tutore, Rossini’s Le Comte Ory, Handel’s Xerxes and Tamerlano, Arne’s Artaxerxes, and Galuppi’s Il Mondo alla Roversa. He has directed the first performance of the newly-acquired score of Cavalli’s Erismena and Salieri’s Falstaff with the same forces. For the Dartington Festival Opera he has conducted Handel’s Orlando and Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas.

Since 2007 Steven has been the harpsichordist with London Baroque in addition to his position as Co-Principal keyboard player with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. He is also the principal keyboard player for The Gonzaga Band, Apollo and Pan, The Classical Opera Company and performs regularly with many other groups around Europe. He has recorded over thirty discs with other artists and ensembles and made a number of solo recordings. His recording of Bach’s Goldberg Variations (Chandos Records) has been receiving critical acclaim - including Gramophone magazine describing it as ‘among the best’.

Steven is a regular member of the OAE education team, Professor of Harpsichord and Fortepiano at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and a visiting teacher, adjudicator and examiner for many other institutions. He is also Director of Development for the Finchcocks Collection of historical keyboard instruments, Kent.

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