WILHELM FRIEDEMANN BACH (1710-1784): Harpsichord Concertos in F Minor, E Minor, F, E Flat and A Minor, Sonatas II in A and III in B, Polonaise X in F Minor, Fuga VIII in F Minor.
Catalogue Number: 09M026
Label: Ricercar
Reference: RIC 297
Format: CD
Price: $18.98
Description: We just offered a new Brilliant Classics set of Bach's concertos two months ago. But: the E Flat concerto here is an unfinished work of one movement lasting 8:50 (this is not on the Brilliant set). This Ricercar reissue also offers a symphony from 1758 which was originally the opening to a cantata for Frederick the Great's birthday and another, fully-fledged four-movement work from before 1746 which has elements of Papa Bach, the galant and Sturm und Drang. Two sonatas and three shorter pieces make up a varied program (one sonata and the two polonaises are played on fortepiano; the rest of the program is played on harpsichord). 2 CDs. Guy Penson (harpsichord, fortepiano), Ricercar Consort; Adrian Chamorro, Il Fondamendo; Paul Dombrecht. Original 1989 and 1996 releases.