JS Bach: Harpsichord Concertos, BWV 1052, 1054, 1055 & 1058 Hanover Band & Andrew Arthur

• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750): Harpsichord Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, BWV 1052:
• 1 Bach: Harpsichord Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, BWV 1052: I. Allegro 07:45
• 2 Bach: Harpsichord Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, BWV 1052: II. Adagio 06:20
• 3 Bach: Harpsichord Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, BWV 1052: III. Allegro 08:19
• Harpsichord Concerto No. 7 in G Minor, BWV 1058:
• 4 Bach: Harpsichord Concerto No. 7 in G Minor, BWV 1058: I. 04:18
• 5 Bach: Harpsichord Concerto No. 7 in G Minor, BWV 1058: II. Andante 06:11
• 6 Bach: Harpsichord Concerto No. 7 in G Minor, BWV 1058: III. Allegro assai 03:58
• Harpsichord Concerto No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1054:
• 7 Bach: Harpsichord Concerto No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1054: I. 07:57
• 8 Bach: Harpsichord Concerto No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1054: II. Adagio e piano sempre 06:33
• 9 Bach: Harpsichord Concerto No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1054: III. Allegro 02:59
• Harpsichord Concerto No. 4 in A Major, BWV 1055:
• 10 Bach: Harpsichord Concerto No. 4 in A Major, BWV 1055: I. Allegro 04:28
• 11 Bach: Harpsichord Concerto No. 4 in A Major, BWV 1055: II. Larghetto 05:44
• 12 Bach: Harpsichord Concerto No. 4 in A Major, BWV 1055: III. Allegro ma non tanto 04:28
• Total Runtime 01:09:00

Info for JS Bach: Harpsichord Concertos, BWV 1052, 1054, 1055 & 1058

“Johann Sebastian Bach’s seven concertos for solo harpsichord & strings, BWV 1052-1058, occupy a significant place in the history of music, marking as they do the origin of the keyboard concerto genre. Collectively, they encompass the gamut of Baroque rhetorical expression; indeed, leaving aside the six ground-breaking ‘Brandenburg’ Concerts avec plusieurs instruments, it is difficult to think of a more diverse, revolutionary and technically refined set of instrumental concertos from the Baroque period” – Andrew Arthur

Their first recording on Signum Classics, The Hanover Band play-directed by Andrew Arthur present four of these revolutionary concertos, and dedicate this release to their Founder and Artistic Director, Caroline Brown (1953-2018).

The Hanover Band’s players are amongst the finest in their field and the orchestra has built an international reputation for the excellence of its performances and recordings of eighteenth and nineteenth-century music. Andrew Arthur is best-known for his work in the field of historically informed performance, he is in great demand as a conductor, keyboard soloist and continuo player, working with many of the UK’s leading period-instrument orchestras and professional choirs.

The Hanover Band
Andrew Arthur, conductor

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