Here's a Bach disc that's unusual in two respects. First is the relationship between music and instrument. Historical instrument specialist Andreas Staier uses a reproduction of a 1734 harpsichord that wouldn't have been known to the young J.S. Bach -- the music on the program was written during the first decade of the eighteenth century. The instrument is, however, perfectly suited to the music, which is flashy, adventurous, and dramatic. Staier forgoes a perfect chronological match of instrument to music in favor of a ...
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Here's a Bach disc that's unusual in two respects. First is the relationship between music and instrument. Historical instrument specialist Andreas Staier uses a reproduction of a 1734 harpsichord that wouldn't have been known to the young J.S. Bach -- the music on the program was written during the first decade of the eighteenth century. The instrument is, however, perfectly suited to the music, which is flashy, adventurous, and dramatic. Staier forgoes a perfect chronological match of instrument to music in favor of a correspondence in spirit: the 1734 instrument is a big, symphonic thing with multiple registrations that's worth hearing in itself and that convinces you Bach would have loved to get his hands on one. Second is the concept of the program itself. The division of Bach's career into early, middle, and late periods is a good deal less common than dividing it up by employer. While it's true that Bach himself would have thought about it in the latter fashion, the young composer, who was known...
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