The Complete Keyboard Concertos - Volume 4
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Title:
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The Complete Keyboard Concertos - Volume 4 |
Otros títulos:
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Los Conciertos Completos para Clavicémbalo - Volumen 4 Conciertos (para Clavecín con Orquesta de Cuerdas) |
Intérprete/ Colaborador:
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Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach; Miklós Spányi; Péter Szűts; Concerto Armonico |
Código CDU:
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B.CPE.08 |
Forma Musical:
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Concertos (Harpsichord with string orchestra) |
Abstract:
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The Works and their Sources
Two different versions of the above-mentioned Concerto in D major have survived. We play the more richly ornamented later version preserved in a manuscript at the library of the Royal Conservatoire in Brussels. This work also raises an interesting theory. The simplicity and linearity of the right-hand part of the solo (especially in the first, less ornamented version) would suggest that this concerto was originally composed for a melody instrument. As we must assume that numerous flute con¬certos by C.P.E. Bach have been lost, all of which might still exist in keyboard ver¬sions, the idea that this concerto is one of them seems quite plausible. This already occurred to me when I played through this piece for the very first time many years ago, and I found its style strikingly different from that of the neighbouring con¬certos. Recently, my vague suppositions were supported by the scientific researches of the excellent C.P.E. Bach-scholar Elias Kulukundis. I ... |
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