WILHELM FRIEDEMANN BACH (1710-1784): Keyboard Music, Vol. 1 - Ouvertüre in E Flat, BR-WFB A 59, Concerto in G, A 13b, Sonatas in F, A 10 & in D, A 4, Menuett in F, A 50b, Fantasias in D Minor, A 105 & in E Minor, A 24.

Description: Five of these seven items are world premiere recordings, several from his late, post-1774 period in Berlin where a playful and buoyant surface conceals a formal daring and depth of expression (not to mention a very conservative style which did not find much favor with up-to-date audiences) which characterize all the works of this driven, irascible perfectionist. Léon Berben (harpsichord).