The Age of Extremes
Francesco Corti, il pomo d'oro
- Label
- Arcana
- Catalogue number
- A573
- EAN / barcode
- 3760195735732
- Release date
- 17 January 2025
- Format
- Digital
- Type
- Album
More info
This recording brings together three important representatives of the generation of the empfindsamer Stil. In response to the late Baroque style of Bach and Händel, they systematically emphasized contrasts and extreme juxtapositions in their compositions. This avant-garde style remained fashionable only briefly, but anticipated many important aspects of early Romanticism. The album combines a harpsichord concerto by Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (the eldest son of Johann Sebastian Bach) with two concerti by the Bohemian composer Georg Benda. These perfectly illustrate the empfindsamer Stil, which can rapidly alternate between excitement and melancholy, raging fury and cheerful serenity. The programme concludes with major harpsichord solo works by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach and an adagio and fuga for orchestra by Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, which demonstrate the composers' skills in the stile antico.
Tracklist
- 01 Harpsichord Concerto in F minor: I. Allegro 06:45
- 02 Harpsichord Concerto in F minor: II. Larghetto con sordini 07:28
- 03 Harpsichord Concerto in F minor: III. Allegro di molto 04:09
- 04 Les Folies d’Espagne with 12 Variations, Wq. 118/9 08:12
- 05 Sinfonia in D minor, Fk. 65: I. Adagio 03:50
- 06 Sinfonia in D minor, Fk. 65: II. Allegro e forte 04:51
- 07 Harpsichord Concerto in D major, Fk. 41: I. Allegro 06:40
- 08 Harpsichord Concerto in D major, Fk. 41: II. Andante 05:59
- 09 Harpsichord Concerto in D major, Fk. 41: III. Presto 04:11
- 10 Sonatina in C major, Wq. 103: II. Andante 07:06
- 11 Harpsichord Concerto in B minor: I. Allegro 06:24
- 12 Harpsichord Concerto in B minor: II. Arioso un poco Adagio 06:48
- 13 Harpsichord Concerto in B minor: III. Allegro 04:53
Source: MusicBrainz
