JS Bach - The Complete Works for Keyboard Vol.9: The Happy Years (Cothen 1717-1723) | Harmonia Mundi HMM90247273

JS Bach - The Complete Works for Keyboard Vol.9: The Happy Years (Cothen 1717-1723)

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Label: Harmonia Mundi

Cat No: HMM90247273

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 2

Release Date: 3rd May 2024

Contents

Artists

Benjamin Alard (harpsichord)
Marc Mauillon (baritone)
Sien Huybrechts (flute)
Anne Pekkala (violin)
Paul Monteiro (violin)
Samantha Montgomery (viola)
Ronan Kernoa (bass violin)

Works

Bach, Johann Sebastian

Brandenburg Concerto no.5 in D major, BWV1050
Cantata BWV203 'Amore traditore'
Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D minor, BWV903
English Suites (6), BWV806-811
» no.3 in G minor, BWV808
» no.5 in E minor, BWV810
» no.6 in D minor, BWV811
Keyboard Concerto in C major, BWV984 (after Johann Ernst)

Artists

Benjamin Alard (harpsichord)
Marc Mauillon (baritone)
Sien Huybrechts (flute)
Anne Pekkala (violin)
Paul Monteiro (violin)
Samantha Montgomery (viola)
Ronan Kernoa (bass violin)

About

‘The Happy Years’, an expression that is particularly apt for J.S. Bach’s period in Cöthen.

Freed from the obligations that held him back in Weimar and not yet caught up in the Leipzig treadmill, Prince Leopold’s protégé produced masterpieces of such flamboyance that Benjamin Alard could not resist the pleasure of inviting some of his dear musician friends to join him around the splendid three-manual harpsichord by Hass.

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