“JS 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

For 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.