Benjamin-Joseph Steens / Jacques-Antoine Bresch
Clavichord and Flute
- Type CD
- Label Evil Penguin
- UPC 5425008377537
- Catalog number EPRC 0011
- Release date 22 September 2011
About the album
It’s good to observe that commercial risks can become unexpected bestsellers. In keeping with 18th century home entertainment preferences, we had asked keyboard virtuoso Benjamin-Joseph Steens to record Bach’s Goldberg Variations on a clavichord instead of a harpsichord, and this recording became a hit (first on Youtube, then on compact disc). On his new album, Steens confronts the delicacy of his clavichord with the colourful intimacy of a traverso played by Jacques-Antoine Bresch, in an unprecedented exploration of keyboard and flute music by the Bach sons.
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11Sonata in C major for flute and keyboard obbligato : Allegretto
04:16 -
12Sonata in C major for flute and keyboard obbligato : Andante
04:57 -
13Sonata in C major for flute and keyboard obbligato : Allegro
02:50 -
14Fantasia in C major Wq 61/6 (H 291) for keyboard
05:32 -
15Sonata in g minor BWV 1020 (H 542.5) for flute and keyboard obbligato: Allegro
04:03 -
16Sonata in g minor BWV 1020 (H 542.5) for flute and keyboard obbligato: Adagio
02:44 -
17Sonata in g minor BWV 1020 (H 542.5) for flute and keyboard obbligato: Allegro
05:29 -
18Sonata VI (Poco Allegro) in a minor for keyboard
02:55 -
19Sonata in C major Wq 87 (H 515) for flute and keyboard obbligato: Allegretto
03:45 -
110Sonata in C major Wq 87 (H 515) for flute and keyboard obbligato: Andantino
02:28 -
111Sonata in C major Wq 87 (H 515) for flute and keyboard obbligato: Allegro
03:24 -
112Prelude, fugue and allegro in E-flat major BWV 998 for keyboard: Prelude
02:47 -
113Prelude, fugue and allegro in E-flat major BWV 998 for keyboard: Fugue
05:40 -
114Prelude, fugue and allegro in E-flat major BWV 998 for keyboard: Allegro
03:10 -
115Sonata in E-flat major BWV 1031 (H 545) for flute and keyboard obbligato: Allegro moderato
03:32 -
116Sonata in E-flat major BWV 1031 (H 545) for flute and keyboard obbligato: Siciliana
02:16 -
117Sonata in E-flat major BWV 1031 (H 545) for flute and keyboard obbligato: Allegro
03:49