Concerto: Works for One & Two Harpsichords Guillermo Brachetta with Menno van Delft

• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750): Italian Concerto, BWV 971:
• 1 Italian Concerto, BWV 971: I. [Allegro] 04:50
• 2 Italian Concerto, BWV 971: II. Andante 05:11
• 3 Italian Concerto, BWV 971: III. Presto 04:44
• Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (1710-1784): Concerto in G major BR A 13b/Fk 40:
• 4 Concerto in G major BR A 13b/Fk 40: I. Allegro non troppo 04:26
• 5 Concerto in G major BR A 13b/Fk 40: II. Andante 02:57
• 6 Concerto in G major BR A 13b/Fk 40: III. Vivace 03:31
• Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerti a due Cembali in C major, BWV 1061a:
• 7 Concerti a due Cembali in C major, BWV 1061a: I. [Allegro] 07:16
• 8 Concerti a due Cembali in C major, BWV 1061a: II. Adagio ovvero Largo 04:48
• 9 Concerti a due Cembali in C major, BWV 1061a: III. Fuga 06:00
• Carl Heinrich Graun (1704-1759): Concerto in A major, GraunWV C:XIII:90:
• 10 Concerto in A major, GraunWV C:XIII:90: I. Allegro 04:43
• 11 Concerto in A major, GraunWV C:XIII:90: II. Andante 04:18
• 12 Concerto in A major, GraunWV C:XIII:90: III. Allegro moderato 03:40
• Total Runtime 56:24

Info zu Concerto: Works for One & Two Harpsichords

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.

Guillermo Brachetta, harpsichord
Menno van Delft, harpsichord

Guillermo Brachetta
I began piano studies at an early age in my native Argentina, but immediately after discovering the voice of baroque turned my devotion to the harpsichord. Having arrived in The Netherlands in 1995, I studied at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague with Jacques Ogg and at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam with Menno van Delft, my true mentor.

I also followed classes with Gustav Leonhardt, Bob van Asperen, Christophe Rousset and Lucy van Dael amongst others.

I performs with Emmy Verhey, Amsterdam Bach Solisten, The New Dutch Academy, the Catherine the Great Baroque Orchestra (Saint Petersburg, Russia), Holland Symfonia, Orkest van het Oosten, Orquesta Sinfonica de Galicia (La Coruna, Spain) and Magogo Kammerorkest.

Together with Menno van Delft I'm founder of the "Collegium Wilhelm Friedemann Bach", devoted to the rediscovery of the work of the unjustly neglected Wilhelm Friedemann Bach.

I'm also very active as a music editor and researcher and works in close cooperation with Cambridge University Press and other international institutions, having edited numerous works from the XVII and XVIII centuries for first time publication. In 2008 I co-founded the baroque ensemble Fantasticus, with which we recorded 5 albums and toured in Europe and Japan.

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