October 7, 2011
EPRC 011
Audio CD
It’s good to observe that commercial risks can become unexpected bestsellers. In keeping with
18th century home entertainment preferences, we had asked keyboard virtuoso Benjamin-Joseph
Steens to record Bach’s Goldberg Variations on a clavichord instead of a harpsichord, and this
recording became a hit (first on Youtube, then on compact disc). On his new album, Steens
confronts the delicacy of his clavichord with the colourful intimacy of a traverso played by
Jacques-Antoine Bresch, in an unprecedented exploration of keyboard and flute music by the
Bach sons.
Tracklisting
JOHANN CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH BACH (1732-1795)
SONATA IN C MAJOR FOR FLUTE AND KEYBOARD OBBLIGATO
1. ALLEGRETTO (4’15) 2. ANDANTE (4’56) 3. ALLEGRO (2’49)
CARL PHILIPP EMANUEL BACH (1714-1788)
4. FANTASIA IN C MAJOR WQ 61/6 (H 291) FOR KEYBOARD (5’32)
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685-1750)? (C.P.E. BACH?)
SONATA IN G MINOR BWV 1020 (H 542.5) FOR FLUTE AND KEYBOARDOBBLIGATO
5. ALLEGRO (4’03) 6. ADAGIO (2’44) 7. ALLEGRO (5’28)
WILHELM FRIEDEMANN BACH (1710-1784)
8. SONATA VI (POCO ALLEGRO) IN A MINOR FOR KEYBOARD (2’55)
CARL PHILIPP EMANUEL BACH
SONATA IN C MAJOR WQ 87 (H 515) FOR FLUTE AND KEYBOARD OBBLIGATO
9. ALLEGRETTO (3’45) 10. ANDANTINO (2’28) 11. ALLEGRO (3’24)
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
12. PRELUDE (2’46) 13. FUGUE (5’40) 14. ALLEGRO IN E-FLAT MAJOR BWV
998 FOR KEYBOARD (3’10)
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH? (C.P.E. BACH?)
SONATA IN E-FLAT MAJOR BWV 1031 (H 545) FOR FLUTE AND KEYBOARD OBBLIGATO
15. ALLEGRO MODERATO (3’31) 16. SICILIANA (2’15) 17. ALLEGRO (3’49)
Total playtime: 1:03:38