Credits:

Olivier Fortin; Emmanuel Frankenberg

Description:

[Experience Bach as a pioneer of the 18th century, performed with the chamber ensemble that was most common at the time!]Bach distinguished himself as a master organist from a young age, and in his later years, he was known for his skillful improvisations on the harpsichord. He had many talented students, including his sons, and after moving to Leipzig and taking on the role of director of the Collegium Musicum, he went on to compose a series of double and triple concertos featuring multiple harpsichords and string instruments. According to Bachs biographer Forkel, perhaps because there were already so many soloists, these concertos were apparently intended to be performed in a chamber ensemble setting with a single string player per part. However, today, recordings of these concertos for two harpsichords performed in such a chamber music setting are extremely rare.The l