J S Bach : Triple Con Bwv1044 Hp

All Music Guide Title is: Bach: Concerto for keyboard No1; Concerto for flute, violin, harpsichord in Am

SPARS: DDD

Length: 64:09

Booklet: 12 pages

Booklet printed in the following languages: German, English, French

From the All Music Guide:

Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin, founded as an East German cooperative just before the reunification of Germany, brings a strong athleticism to the performances of these two concertos by J.S. Bach and one by Johann Gottfried Muthel. The ensemble takes the fast movements at breakneck speed, which makes for a thrilling ride. There's nothing rigid or mechanistic about the performances, though -- the music has plenty of room to breathe, even at its most urgent moments. Raphael Alpermann is dazzling in the Harpsichord Concerto in D minor, as are fortepianists Zvi Meniker in Bach's triple concerto and Christine Schornsheim in Muthel's concerto. The ensemble also excels in the slow movements; the Adagio movement of the triple concerto magically manages to convey both languor and gentle playfulness. Muthel knew J.S. Bach in the final month's of the older composer's life, but his attractive Keyboard Concerto in B flat major is more closely related to the work of C.P.E. Bach. The sound of Harmonia Mundi's reissue of its 2001 recording is splendid -- crisp, deep, and present. ~ Stephen Eddins, All Music Guide