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Release Date: 31st May 2010
Catalogue No: 94057
Label: Brilliant Classics
Length: 2 hours 22 minutes

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Bach, W F: Harpsichord Concerto in F minor

Work length18:21

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Claudio Astronio (harpsichord)
Harmonices Mundi String Ensemble

I. Allegro di molto

Track length6:33

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II. Andante

Track length8:23

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III. Prestissimo

Track length3:25

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Bach, W F: Harpsichord Concerto in F, F44

Work length26:17

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Claudio Astronio (harpsichord)
Harmonices Mundi String Ensemble

I. Allegro moderato

Track length9:56

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II. Andante

Track length10:31

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III. Presto

Track length5:50

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Bach, W F: Harpsichord Concerto in E minor, F43

Work length24:37

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Claudio Astronio (harpsichord)
Harmonices Mundi String Ensemble

I. Allegretto

Track length9:23

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II. Adagio

Track length9:15

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III. Allegro assai

Track length5:59

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Bach, W F: Harpsichord Concerto in D, F41

Work length16:08

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Claudio Astronio (harpsichord)
Harmonices Mundi String Ensemble

I. Allegro

Track length6:18

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II. Andante

Track length5:14

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III. Presto

Track length4:36

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Bach, W F: Harpsichord Concerto in A minor, F45

Work length14:58

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Claudio Astronio (harpsichord)
Harmonices Mundi String Ensemble

I. Allegro

Track length5:17

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II. Larghetto

Track length4:07

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III. Allegro ma non molto

Track length5:34

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Bach, W F: Concerto in F major, F. 10 for two harpsichords

Work length18:53

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Claudio Astronio (harpsichord), Marco Facchin (harpsichord)
Harmonices Mundi String Ensemble

I. Allegro ma moderato

Track length8:54

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II. Andante

Track length6:05

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III. Presto

Track length3:54

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Bach, W F: Concerto for 2 Harpsichords in E major, F 46

Work length22:55

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Claudio Astronio (harpsichord), Marco Facchin (harpsichord)
Harmonices Mundi String Ensemble

I. Un poco allegro

Track length11:18

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II. Cantabile

Track length3:28

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III. Vivace

Track length8:09

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It must have been daunting for J.S Bach’s musical sons to work with his huge shadow. The fact that four of his children succeeded in becoming important and influential composers is both remarkable and proof of how extraordinary these men were. C.P.E and J.C Bach are perhaps the most famous of them, and of the other two, J.C.F and W.F, it is Wilhelm Friedemann (1710-84) who perhaps came closest to his father as a composer. His compositions display the same structural density, and in particular the concerto in E flat for 2 harpsichords where many of his father’s influences can be detected, together with W.F’s use of strange dissonances and harmonic shifts.

Although he resisted the avant-garde styles of his brothers, his compositions can be appreciated as a continuation of his father’s legacy – something his brothers spent their lives fighting, whereas W.F appeared comfortable developing J.S’s methods and his own rich harmonic palette and strong melodic style. W.F’s personality was his own worst enemy. He was aloof, and unable to appreciate the views of others. He was also a terrible custodian of his father’s manuscripts – many vanished under his stewardship, and in his final years he was reduced to living in poverty and passing off some of his compositions as those of his father, leaving his wife and daughter in destitute. He was a highly gifted composer and a deeply flawed man.

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