The Theatre Of The Ears - Bach / Bach / Bach / Goldberg / Telemann: Ein Goldbergwerk (2021)

Tracklist

01. Sonata in F Major for Recorder and Harpsichord, BWV 1016, Vor 1723: I. Adagio
02. Sonata in F Major for Recorder and Harpsichord BWV 1016, Vor 1723: II. Allegro
03. Sonata in F Major for Recorder and Harpsichord BWV 1016, Vor 1723: III. Adagio ma non tanto
04. Sonata in F Major for Recorder and Harpsichord BWV 1016, Vor 1723: IV. Allegro
05. Sonata in D Major for Flute and Harpsichord Wq 83, Around 1750: I. Allegro un poco
06. Sonata in D Major for Flute and Harpsichord Wq 83, Around 1750: II. Largo
07. Sonata in D Major for Flute and Harpsichord Wq 83, Around 1750: III. Allegro
08. Sonata No. 3 in D Minor for Recorder and Harpsichord BWV 527, Approx. 1720-1739: I. Andante
09. Sonata No. 3 in D Minor for Recorder and Harpsichord BWV 527, Approx. 1720-1739: II. Adagio e dolce
10. Sonata No. 3 in D Minor for Recorder and Harpsichord BWV 527, Approx. 1720-1739: III. Vivace
11. Sonata in E Flat Major for Recorder and Harpsichord Dürg 13, Formerly BWV 1037: I. Adagio
12. Sonata in E Flat Major for Recorder and Harpsichord Dürg 13, Formerly BWV 1037: II. Alla Breve
13. Sonata in E Flat Major for Recorder and Harpsichord Dürg 13, Formerly BWV 1037: III. Largo
14. Sonata in E Flat Major for Recorder and Harpsichord Dürg 13, Formerly BWV 1037: IV. Gigigue-Presto
15. 'Fantaisies Pour Le Clavessin, 3 Douzaines' (1732): Fantasy No. 1 in D Major
16. 'Fantaisies Pour Le Clavessin, 3 Douzaines' (1732): Fantasy No. 2 in G Minor
17. Sonata in E Minor for Flute and Basso Continuo, BR-WFB B 17: I. Allegro Ma Non Tanto
18. Sonata in E Minor for Flute and Basso Continuo, BR-WFB B 17: II. Siciliano
19. Sonata in E Minor for Flute and Basso Continuo, BR-WFB B 17: III. Allegro non troppo
20. Goldberg-Variations (1741), BWV 988: Aria



Sonatas by J.S. Bach, W.F. Bach, C.P.E. Bach, J.G. Goldberg und G.P. Telemann
The practice of arranging chamber music works for various types of instrumentation was widespread in the 18th century. This is illustrated by two examples: The sonatas by the Roman violin virtuoso Arcangelo Corelli, which at the time were widespread throughout Europe, also circulated in adaptations for the fashionable recorder, and the arias from the acclaimed operas by Johann Adolph Hasse were used by the dozen in “da camera” fashion for singing voice and lute. When their works were published, many composers indicated that they could be performed by a variety of different instruments. We encounter formulations such as in the title of Georg Philipp Telemann's Kleine Cammer-Music (1716) at every turn: "for the violin, traverse flute, as well as the clavicembalo, but especially for the Hautbois". One might think that alternative instrumentations of this kind are a phenomenon of the sphere of music lovers and amateurs, which grew in importance especially in the 18th century, but such a conclusion would be premature.

THE THEATRE OF THE EARS
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Alexandra Koreneva harpsichord

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