Sinfonia a tre voci, trio sonata for 2 violins & continuo in D major, H. 585
Variationes über die Folie d'Espagne (12), for keyboard in D minor, H. 263, Wq. 118/9
Trio Sonata for 2 violins (or 1 violin) & continuo in C minor ("Sanguineus et Melancholicus"), H. 579, Wq. 161/1
Sonata for viola da gamba & continuo in D major, H. 559, Wq. 137
Trio Sonata for 2 violins & continuo in B flat major, H. 584, Wq. 158
This disc was an instant classic from the time it was issued in 1988, the Purcell Quartet's C.P.E. Bach: La Folia and other works. The disc features four chamber pieces and one harpsichord solo that, taken together, span all but the first and last decades of his output and contains some of the most pioneering and experimental-sounding music Bach created. The Trio Sonata in C minor "Sanguineus and Melancholicus" (1749) pits the Greek notions of the sanguine and melancholy against one another in a twisted musical dialogue, ...
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This disc was an instant classic from the time it was issued in 1988, the Purcell Quartet's C.P.E. Bach: La Folia and other works. The disc features four chamber pieces and one harpsichord solo that, taken together, span all but the first and last decades of his output and contains some of the most pioneering and experimental-sounding music Bach created. The Trio Sonata in C minor "Sanguineus and Melancholicus" (1749) pits the Greek notions of the sanguine and melancholy against one another in a twisted musical dialogue, foreshadowing psychological form, a development that didn't take hold until the advent of Beethoven. Bach's late 12 Variations on La Folia (1776) are blustery and brilliant and played with a sense of urgency by the Purcell Quartet's leader, harpsichordist Robert Woolley. The remaining works -- Gamba and Trio sonatas and a "Sinfonia" stated in chamber dimensions -- are pieces superficially easier to reconcile with their era, yet they too brim with a sense of excitement and the...
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