JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH Italienisches Konzert. Duette BWV 802-805 Kenneth Gilbert

Italy + France = Klavierübung
Each of the works on this record was deliberately associated with one of the predominant national styles of the period. The Italian Concerto almost playfully opposes “soli” and “tutti” on a single instrument, while the Overture in the French Style plays on the somewhat theoretical alternation of “forte” and “piano”. All of these features of the Klavierübung transform the dialectic – and virtuosic! – exercise into a genuine musical game between nations…

Kenneth Gilbert plays German harpsichords by Bernhard von Tucker after Gräbner and Vater.

This title was released for the first time in 1988.