{"product_id":"mahan-esfahani-britten-sinfoni-bach-the-complete-keyboard-concertos-cd","title":"Mahan Esfahani, Britten Sinfoni: Bach: The Complete Keyboard Concertos CD","description":"\u003cp\u003e‘Never has Bach seemed less dry and more full of fantasy’ (The Telegraph) Mahan Esfahani’s mammoth project to record the complete keyboard works of Bach reaches its zenith with The Complete Keyboard Concertos. At every stage in the series Esfahani has sought to challenge long-held assumptions about the composer we seek to know. By teaming up with the Britten Sinfonia, he dispels any assumptions that the harpsichord might be seen as an ‘ancient’ instrument, eschewing period instruments in favour of modern ones. In his typically scholarly but engaging liner notes Esfahani writes of Bach the trendsetter putting the keyboard front and centre in a concerto for the first time. In addition to his roles as harpsichordist and director, Esfahani adds a compositional feather to his cap with the first recording of his own reconstruction of the “lost concerto” No 8 (BWV1059), once available only as a small fragment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCD tracklist:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCD 1\u003cbr\u003eKeyboard Concerto No 1 in D minor BWV1052\u003cbr\u003e1. Allegro\u003cbr\u003e2. Adagio\u003cbr\u003e3. Allegro\u003cbr\u003eKeyboard Concerto No 2 in E major BWV1053\u003cbr\u003e4. [untitled]\u003cbr\u003e5. Siciliano\u003cbr\u003e6. Allegro\u003cbr\u003eKeyboard Concerto No 3 in D major BWV1054\u003cbr\u003e7. [untitled]\u003cbr\u003e8. Adagio e piano sempre\u003cbr\u003e9. Allegro\u003cbr\u003eKeyboard Concerto No 6 in F major BWV1057\u003cbr\u003eMichala Petri (recorder), Ian Wilson (recorder)\u003cbr\u003e10. [untitled]\u003cbr\u003e11. Andante\u003cbr\u003e12. Allegro assai\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCD 2\u003cbr\u003eKeyboard Concerto No 4 in A major BWV1055\u003cbr\u003e1. Allegro\u003cbr\u003e2. Larghetto\u003cbr\u003e3. Allegro ma non tanto\u003cbr\u003eKeyboard Concerto No 5 in F minor BWV1056\u003cbr\u003e4. Allegro\u003cbr\u003e5. Adagio\u003cbr\u003e6. Presto\u003cbr\u003eTriple Concerto in A minor BWV1044\u003cbr\u003eJacqueline Shave (violin), Thomas Hancox (flute)\u003cbr\u003e7. Allegro\u003cbr\u003e8. Adagio ma non tanto e dolce\u003cbr\u003e9. Tempo di alla breve\u003cbr\u003eKeyboard Concerto No 7 in G minor BWV1058\u003cbr\u003e10. [untitled]\u003cbr\u003e11. Andante\u003cbr\u003e12. Allegro assai\u003cbr\u003eKeyboard Concerto No 8 in D minor BWV1059\u003cbr\u003eMahan Esfahani (b1984)\u003cbr\u003ePeter Facer (oboe)\u003cbr\u003e13. Allegro\u003cbr\u003e14. Cembalo ad libitum\u003cbr\u003e15. Presto\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Decca Records US Official Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43079218495697,"sku":"00034571284811","price":24.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0558\/0374\/0369\/files\/Mahan2CD.png?v=1777491470","url":"https:\/\/shop.deccarecordsus.com\/products\/mahan-esfahani-britten-sinfoni-bach-the-complete-keyboard-concertos-cd","provider":"Decca Records US Official Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}