Frederick the Great Archive

C.P.E. BACH: Flute Concertos – Emmanuel Pahud, flute/ Kammerakademie Potsdam/ Trevor Pinnock – Warner Classics
C.P.E. BACH: Flute Concertos – Emmanuel Pahud, flute/ Kammerakademie Potsdam/ Trevor Pinnock – Warner Classics 27679, 66:44 (11/4/16) ****: Three exceptionally lively concertos demonstrating flute virtuosity. In a previous release, Emmanuel Pahud and the Potsdam Academy gave us an overview of the musical activities at the Court of Frederick the Great, especially as they celebrated […]

Revolution – Flute Concertos – Emanuel Pahud – Composers: FRANÇOIS DEVIENNE, LOUIS GIANELLA, CHRISTOPH W. GLUCK, IGNACE JOSEPH PLEYEL (TrackList follows) – Basel Chamber Orchestra/ Giovanni Antonini – Warner Classics
A fine thematic collection of flute music from the time of the French Revolution.

CPE BACH: Magnificat; Heilig ist Gott; Sinfonie in D – Elizabeth Watts, sop./ Wiebke Lehmkuhl, alto/ Lothar Odinius, tenor/ Markus Eichae, bass/ RIAS Kammerchor/ Akademie fur Alte Musik/ Hans-Christoph Rademann – Harmonia mundi
A spirited and exemplary performance of essential CPE Bach.

CARL PHILIPP EMANUEL BACH: Berlin Symphonies, Wq. 174, 175, 178, 179, 180, and 181 – Orch. de Chambre de Lausanne / Christian Zacharias – MD&G
Dash and daring from C. P. E., well-captured in these performances from Lausanne.

Frederick the Great: Music for the Berlin Court = GRAUN: Overture and Allegro; Concerto for Viola da gamba; NICHELMANN: Concerto for Cembalo Concertante; FREDERICK THE GREAT: Traverse Flute Sonata No. 190; CPE BACH: Symphony No. 1 – Academy for Old Music – Harmonia mundi
A clever collection that fails to live up to its star billing.

CARL PHILIPP EMANUEL BACH: Six Sinfonias for String Orch., W. 182 – The Vivaldi Project/ John Hsu – Centaur
Some of CPE’s most audacious music—and this from a composer known for his musical eccentricities.
C.P.E. BACH: Cello Concertos – Truls Mork, cello/ Les Violons du Roy/Bernard Labadie – Virgin Classics
Cello music of virtuoso caliber by the self-described “emotional” C.P.E. Bach and played with breezy perfection by Mork and the King’s Violins.