JS Bach: Harpsichord Concertos, BWV 1052, 1054, 1055 & 1058 Hanover Band & Andrew Arthur

• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750): Harpsichord Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, BWV 1052:
• 1Bach: Harpsichord Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, BWV 1052: I. Allegro07:45
• 2Bach: Harpsichord Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, BWV 1052: II. Adagio06:20
• 3Bach: Harpsichord Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, BWV 1052: III. Allegro08:19
• Harpsichord Concerto No. 7 in G Minor, BWV 1058:
• 4Bach: Harpsichord Concerto No. 7 in G Minor, BWV 1058: I.04:18
• 5Bach: Harpsichord Concerto No. 7 in G Minor, BWV 1058: II. Andante06:11
• 6Bach: Harpsichord Concerto No. 7 in G Minor, BWV 1058: III. Allegro assai03:58
• Harpsichord Concerto No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1054:
• 7Bach: Harpsichord Concerto No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1054: I.07:57
• 8Bach: Harpsichord Concerto No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1054: II. Adagio e piano sempre06:33
• 9Bach: Harpsichord Concerto No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1054: III. Allegro02:59
• Harpsichord Concerto No. 4 in A Major, BWV 1055:
• 10Bach: Harpsichord Concerto No. 4 in A Major, BWV 1055: I. Allegro04:28
• 11Bach: Harpsichord Concerto No. 4 in A Major, BWV 1055: II. Larghetto05:44
• 12Bach: Harpsichord Concerto No. 4 in A Major, BWV 1055: III. Allegro ma non tanto04:28
• Total Runtime01:09:00

Info for JS Bach: Harpsichord Concertos, BWV 1052, 1054, 1055 & 1058

“Johann Sebastian Bach’s seven concertos for solo harpsichord & strings, BWV 1052-1058, occupy a significant place in the history of music, marking as they do the origin of the keyboard concerto genre. Collectively, they encompass the gamut of Baroque rhetorical expression; indeed, leaving aside the six ground-breaking ‘Brandenburg’ Concerts avec plusieurs instruments, it is difficult to think of a more diverse, revolutionary and technically refined set of instrumental concertos from the Baroque period” – Andrew Arthur

Their first recording on Signum Classics, The Hanover Band play-directed by Andrew Arthur present four of these revolutionary concertos, and dedicate this release to their Founder and Artistic Director, Caroline Brown (1953-2018).

The Hanover Band’s players are amongst the finest in their field and the orchestra has built an international reputation for the excellence of its performances and recordings of eighteenth and nineteenth-century music. Andrew Arthur is best-known for his work in the field of historically informed performance, he is in great demand as a conductor, keyboard soloist and continuo player, working with many of the UK’s leading period-instrument orchestras and professional choirs.

The Hanover Band
Andrew Arthur, conductor

Andrew Arthur
enjoys a busy and varied freelance career that has seen him perform extensively throughout the United Kingdom and on tour across Europe, South Africa, Canada and the USA. Best-known for his work in the field of historically informed performance, he is in great demand as a director, soloist, accompanist and continuo player, working with many of the UK’s leading period-instrument orchestras and professional choirs. Andrew’s concerto, recital and chamber- music engagements encompass organ, harpsichord and fortepiano literature and his multifarious CD recordings as both keyboard-player and conductor have been met with wide critical acclaim.

Andrew continues to hold long-term positions as Associate Director of The Hanover Band and as a Director and Principal Keyboardist at the Carmel Bach Festival in California where he and Peter Hanson perform together regularly as a duo partnership and within numerous instrumental ensembles. Andrew is also Musical Director of his own period- instrument ensemble and vocal consort, Orpheus Britannicus, with whom he records for Resonus Classics; in 2019, the ensemble was nominated for an International Classical Music Award.

Alongside his performing activities, Andrew is Fellow, Director of Music and Director of Studies in Music at Trinity Hall, Cambridge where, in addition to his College responsibilities, he is also an Affiliated Lecturer in the University’s Faculty of Music, Coordinator of the University’s Organ Scholarship Scheme and Chairman of the University’s Organ Scholars’ Forum. Amongst his diverse portfolio of musical activities in Cambridge, he works throughout the academic year training the Organ Scholars and conducting the Chapel Choir at Trinity Hall with whom, in addition to their regular schedule of services in the College Chapel, he undertakes a number of concerts, recordings and foreign tours.

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