Bach: The Complete Keyboard Concertos (2CD)
Artists: 
Mahan Esfahani,  
Britten Sinfonia
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Bach: The Complete Keyboard Concertos (2CD)

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Product Code: 0034571284811

Mahan Esfahani’s mammoth project to record the complete keyboard works of Bach reaches its zenith with The Complete Keyboard Concertos. At every stage in the series Esfahani has sought to challenge long-held assumptions about the composer we seek to know. By teaming up with the Britten Sinfonia, he dispels any assumptions that the harpsichord might be seen as an ‘ancient’ instrument, eschewing period instruments in favour of modern ones.

In his typically scholarly but engaging liner notes Esfahani writes of Bach the trendsetter putting the keyboard front and centre in a concerto for the first time. In addition to his roles as harpsichordist and director, Esfahani adds a compositional feather to his cap with the first recording of his own reconstruction of the “lost concerto” No 8 (BWV1059), once available only as a small fragment.

Tracklist

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH

Keyboard Concerto No. 1 in D minor, BWV 1052
Keyboard Concerto No. 2 in E major, BWV 1053
Keyboard Concerto No. 3 in D major, BWV 1054
Keyboard Concerto No. 4 in A major, BWV 1055
Keyboard Concerto No. 5 in F minor, BWV 1056
Keyboard Concerto No. 6 in F major, BWV 1057
Keyboard Concerto No. 7 in G minor, BWV 1058
Keyboard Concerto No. 8 in D minor, BWV 1059
Triple Concerto in A minor, BWV 1044

ARTISTS

Mahan Esfahani, harpsichord

Britten Sinfonia