CPE Bach - Oboe Concertos, Symphonies Wq180 & 181 | Harmonia Mundi HMM902601

CPE Bach - Oboe Concertos, Symphonies Wq180 & 181

Label: Harmonia Mundi

Cat No: HMM902601

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Orchestral

Release Date: 17th January 2020

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About

The Berlin public of the mid-eighteenth century was fascinated by the ‘original genius’ of C.P.E. Bach and never tired of listening to his concertos. These works call for a talented soloist capable of mastering the multiple facets of an original and finely-worked musical texture: a challenge taken up with panache (and on a period instrument) by the oboist Xenia Löffler, surrounded by her distinguished colleagues of the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin.

Reviews

The oboe concertos – CPE Bach at his most amenable – get prime billing on the jewel case. Yet it’s the two capriciously inventive symphonies from the mid-1750s that really grip the imagination here. These are far less familiar than CPE’s later sets of Hamburg symphonies, but hardly less subversive in their violently compacted opening movements. ... I’d confidently recommend this disc to anyone attracted to CPE’s quirkily fascinating art.  Richard Wigmore
Gramophone January 2020
... there are times where you just want to hold your breath which is just as it should be... a really satisfying recording as well
Record Review (BBC Radio 3) 18 January 2020

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