BACH-CENTRICITY

Hill, David, Ponsford, David

NI 6454

J. S. Bach : Concertos, Trios & Sonatasarranged for two harpsichords by David Ponsford

All the concertos, trios and sonatas on this recording are in some way associated with J. S. Bach, being composed, arranged, transcribed, or copied by the composer.

All are in the BWV catalogue, and most have positive links with Bach’s first important appointment as Court Organist and Chamber Musician at the Ducal Court in Weimar (1708-1714)…

The value of such arrangements is that they allow a wider perception into a composer’s compositional processes, and which have the potential for presenting new insights and different characteristics to particular pieces of music, which might not be evident in the originals. Hence these arrangements extend a practice that was normal in the early eighteenth century, and in this recording, they are played on instruments with which Bach would have been entirely familiar. What revelations they reveal!

© David Ponsford

Works:

•Sachsen-Weimar: Concerto in C Major, BWV595: Allegro (Arr. for two harpsichords by David Ponsford)
•Vivaldi: Concerto in A Minor, BWV593
•Bach, J S: Trio in D Minor, BWV583 (Arr. for two harpsichords by David Ponsford)
•Bach, J S: Viola da Gamba Sonata No. 1 in G major, BWV1027
•Fasch, J F: Trio in C Minor, BWV585
•Sachsen-Weimar: Concerto in G Major, BWV592
•Bach, J S: Brandenburg Concerto, No. 6 in B-Flat Major, BWV1051
•Couperin, F: Aria, BWV587 (Arr. for two harpsichords by David Ponsford)
•Vivaldi: Concerto in D Minor, BWV596

CD x 1

Nimbus

2.01.2025

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