Elinor Frey brings a virtuoso's imagination to C.P.E. Bach's Cello Concertos, restoring an eighteenth-century performer's freedom to ornament, embellish, and compose fresh cadenzas rather than simply reproduce the score.
Drawing on historical solfeggio and ornamentation drawn from Bach, Benda, and Quantz, Frey and Accademia de' Dissonanti trace the concertos from the stormy, tender-passionate A minor of 1750 through the Galant charm of the B-flat major to the expressive depths of the A major. Music built for the private academies of mid-eighteenth-century Berlin.
Elinor Frey, CelloAccademia de' Dissonanti
Tracklist
Total time: 01:07:35
1.
Cello Concerto in A Minor, Wq. 170: I. Allegro assai
11:17
2.
Cello Concerto in A Minor, Wq. 170: II. Andante
08:35
3.
Cello Concerto in A Minor, Wq. 170: III. Allegro assai
07:09
4.
Cello Concerto in B-Flat Major, Wq. 171: I. Allegretto
08:05
5.
Cello Concerto in B-Flat Major, Wq. 171: II. Adagio
07:26
6.
Cello Concerto in B-Flat Major, Wq. 171: III. Allegro assai
06:25
7.
Cello Concerto in A Major, Wq. 172: I. Allegro
06:28
8.
Cello Concerto in A Major, Wq. 172: I. Largo con sordini, Mesto
07:00
9.
Cello Concerto in A Major, Wq. 172: III. Allegro assai
Elinor Frey brings a virtuoso's imagination to C.P.E. Bach's Cello Concertos, restoring an eighteenth-century performer's freedom to ornament, embellish, and compose fresh cadenzas rather than simply reproduce the score.
Drawing on historical solfeggio and ornamentation drawn from Bach, Benda, and Quantz, Frey and Accademia de' Dissonanti trace the concertos from the stormy, tender-passionate A minor of 1750 through the Galant charm of the B-flat major to the expressive depths of the A major. Music built for the private academies of mid-eighteenth-century Berlin.
Elinor Frey, CelloAccademia de' Dissonanti