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Bach Carl Philipp Emanuel
Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel
Bach, Johann Sebastian
Benda, Franz
Blavet, Michel
Boccherini, Luigi
Handel, George Frideric
Leclair, Jean-Marie l'aîné
Marais, Marin
Müthel, Johann Gottfried
Pergolesi, Giovanni Battista
Platti, Giovanni Benedetto
Quantz, Johann Joachim
Telemann, Georg Philipp
Vivaldi, Antonio
Concerto in D minor for flute and keyboard (Wq. 22, H 426)
Concerto in A Major for flute and keyboard (Wq. 168, H 438)
Concerto in A minor for flute and keyboard (Wq. 166, H 431)
Concerto in B-flat Major for flute and keyboard (Wq. 167, H 435)
Concerto in D minor for flute and keyboard (Wq. 22, H 426)
Concerto in G Major for flute and keyboard (Wq. 169, H 445)
Sonata in A minor for flute and continuo (Wq 128, H 555)
Sonata in A minor for flute solo (Wq 132)
Sonata in B-flat Major for flute and continuo (Wq 125, H 552)
Sonata in B-flat Major for flute and harpsichord (Wq 161/2 H.578)
Sonata in B-flat Major for flute and harpsichord (Wq. 130, H 560)
Sonata in B-flat Major for flute and harpsicord (H 543)
Sonata in C Major for flute and harpsicord (Wq. 87, H 515)
Sonata in C Major for flute and obbligato harpsichord (Wq. 149, H574
Sonata in D Major for flute and continuo (Wq 126, H 553)
Sonata in D Major for flute and continuo (Wq 129, H 556)
Sonata in D Major for flute and harpsichord (Wq. 131, H 561)
Sonata in D Major for flute and harpsicord (Wq. 83, H 505)
Sonata in E Major for flute and harpsicord (Wq. 84, H 506)
Sonata in E minor for flute and continuo (Wq 124, H 551)
Sonata in G Major for flute and continuo (Wq 123, H 550)
Sonata in G Major for flute and continuo (Wq 127, H 554)
Sonata in G Major for flute and harpsichord (Wq. 133, H 564)
Sonata in G Major for flute and harpsicord (Wq 134, H 548)
Sonata in G Major for flute and harpsicord (Wq. 85, H 508)
Sonata in G Major for flute and harpsicord (Wq. 86, H 509)
Sonata in G minor for flute and harpsicord (Bwv 1020, H 542.5)
Concerto in D minor for flute and keyboard (Wq. 22, H 426)
C.P.E. Bach: Concerto for flute in D minor (Wq 22, H 426) is the best-known flute concerto of the composer. The concerto was written during his employment at the court of Friedrich II, the king of Prussia. Since the king played flute, it is assumed that this and other flute concertos were composed in 1747, presumably for the king or his flute teacher Johann Joachim Quantz, who was renown flute teacher, flute maker and the composer at the court in Berlin. Even though the authenticity of this popular flute concerto has been questioned, a comparison for the flute and keyboard versions of this concert shows that the flute version most likely was the original.
Orchestre de Chambre St. Christophe de Vilnus, Donatas Katkus (conductor), 2004, EA Records
1. Allegro, 2. Un poco andante, 3. Allegro di molto
Huguette Dreyfus (harpsichord), Pierre Boulez (conductor), 1994, Harmonia Mundi
1. Allegro, 2. Un poco andante, 3. Allegro di molto
Bach Carl Philipp Emanuel
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788) was a German composer, son of J.S.Bach and godson of G.P.Telemann. C.P.E. Bach’s “sensitive style” (empfindsamer Still) marked a transition between baroque and classical style, applying principles of rhetoric and drama to musical structures. C.P.E. Bach was known as “Berlin Bach” to differenced himself from his brother J.C.Bach who was known as “London Bach”. Besides composing, C.P.E.Bach wrote “Essay on the true art of playing keyboard instruments”, thus greatly influencing upbringing of the greatest classical composers: Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven.