New Music Albums: BACH - THE COMPLETE KEYBOARD CONCERTOS (Mahan Esfahani & Britten Sinfonia)

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Artist:
Mahan Esfahani
Britten Sinfonia

Genre:
Classical

Total Time:
02:27:24

Record Label:
Hyperion

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Release Date
June 12, 2026

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Product Description: "Never has Bach seemed less dry and more full of fantasy," stated 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 favor of modern ones. In his typically scholarly but engaging liner notes, Esfahani writes of Bach the trendsetter, putting the keyboard front and center 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. 2-CD set.

TRACK LIST:

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1 . J.S. Bach: Keyboard Concerto in D Minor, BWV 1052: I. Allegro Mahan Esfahani, Britten Sinfonia & Johann Sebastian Bach (07:53)

2 . J.S. Bach: Keyboard Concerto in D Minor, BWV 1052: II. Adagio Mahan Esfahani, Britten Sinfonia & Johann Sebastian Bach (07:09)

3 . J.S. Bach: Keyboard Concerto in D Minor, BWV 1052: III. Allegro Mahan Esfahani, Britten Sinfonia & Johann Sebastian Bach (08:14)

4 . J.S. Bach: Keyboard Concerto in E Major, BWV 1053: I. [Allegro] Mahan Esfahani, Britten Sinfonia & Johann Sebastian Bach (08:07)

5 . J.S. Bach: Keyboard Concerto in E Major, BWV 1053: II. Siciliano Mahan Esfahani, Britten Sinfonia & Johann Sebastian Bach (05:13)

6 . J.S. Bach: Keyboard Concerto in E Major, BWV 1053: III. Allegro Mahan Esfahani, Britten Sinfonia & Johann Sebastian Bach (06:43)

7 . J.S. Bach: Keyboard Concerto in D Major, BWV 1054 .(After BWV 1042): I. [Allegro] Mahan Esfahani, Britten Sinfonia & Johann Sebastian Bach (07:23)

8 . J.S. Bach: Keyboard Concerto in D Major, BWV 1054 .(After BWV 1042): II. Adagio e piano sempre Mahan Esfahani, Britten Sinfonia & Johann Sebastian Bach (06:23)

9 . J.S. Bach: Keyboard Concerto in D Major, BWV 1054 .(After BWV 1042): III. Allegro Mahan Esfahani, Britten Sinfonia & Johann Sebastian Bach (02:48)

10 . J.S. Bach: Keyboard Concerto in F Major, BWV 1057: I. [Allegro] Mahan Esfahani, Britten Sinfonia & Johann Sebastian Bach (07:27)

11 . J.S. Bach: Keyboard Concerto in F Major, BWV 1057: II. Andante Mahan Esfahani, Britten Sinfonia & Johann Sebastian Bach (04:15)

12 . J.S. Bach: Keyboard Concerto in F Major, BWV 1057: III. Allegro assai Mahan Esfahani, Britten Sinfonia & Johann Sebastian Bach (05:13)

13 . Bach: The Complete Keyboard Concertos (00:00)

F 14 . J.S. Bach: Keyboard Concerto in A Major, BWV 1055: I. Allegro Mahan Esfahani, Britten Sinfonia & Johann Sebastian Bach (04:14)

15 . J.S. Bach: Keyboard Concerto in A Major, BWV 1055: II. Larghetto Mahan Esfahani, Britten Sinfonia & Johann Sebastian Bach (06:00)

16 . J.S. Bach: Keyboard Concerto in A Major, BWV 1055: III. Allegro ma non tanto Mahan Esfahani, Britten Sinfonia & Johann Sebastian Bach (04:21)

17 . J.S. Bach: Keyboard Concerto in F Minor, BWV 1056: I. [Allegro] Mahan Esfahani, Britten Sinfonia & Johann Sebastian Bach (03:13)

18 . J.S. Bach: Keyboard Concerto in F Minor, BWV 1056: II. Adagio Mahan Esfahani, Britten Sinfonia & Johann Sebastian Bach (03:10)

19 . J.S. Bach: Keyboard Concerto in F Minor, BWV 1056: III. Presto Mahan Esfahani, Britten Sinfonia & Johann Sebastian Bach (03:52)

20 . J.S. Bach: Concerto for Flute, Violin & Harpsichord in A Minor, BWV 1044: I. Allegro Thomas Hancox, Jacqueline Shave, Mahan Esfahani, Britten Sinfonia & Johann Sebastian Bach (08:53)

21 . J.S. Bach: Concerto for Flute, Violin & Harpsichord in A Minor, BWV 1044: II. Adagio ma non tanto e dolce Thomas Hancox, Jacqueline Shave, Mahan Esfahani, Britten Sinfonia & Johann Sebastian Bach (06:31)

22 . J.S. Bach: Concerto for Flute, Violin & Harpsichord in A Minor, BWV 1044: III. Tempo di alla breve Thomas Hancox, Jacqueline Shave, Mahan Esfahani, Britten Sinfonia & Johann Sebastian Bach (06:58)

23 . J.S. Bach: Keyboard Concerto in G Minor, BWV 1058 .(After BWV 1041): I. [Allegro] Mahan Esfahani, Britten Sinfonia & Johann Sebastian Bach (03:40)

24 . J.S. Bach: Keyboard Concerto in G Minor, BWV 1058 .(After BWV 1041): II. Andante Mahan Esfahani, Britten Sinfonia & Johann Sebastian Bach (05:52)

25 . J.S. Bach: Keyboard Concerto in G Minor, BWV 1058 .(After BWV 1041): III. Allegro assai Mahan Esfahani, Britten Sinfonia & Johann Sebastian Bach (03:50)

26 . J.S. Bach: Keyboard Concerto in D Minor, BWV 1059 .(Reconstr. Esfahani): I. Allegro Mahan Esfahani, Peter Facer, Britten Sinfonia & Johann Sebastian Bach (05:45)

27 . J.S. Bach: Keyboard Concerto in D Minor, BWV 1059 .(Reconstr. Esfahani): II. Cembalo ad libitum Mahan Esfahani, Britten Sinfonia & Johann Sebastian Bach (01:03)

28 .J.S. Bach: Keyboard Concerto in D Minor, BWV 1059 .(Reconstr. Esfahani): III. Presto Mahan Esfahani, Peter Facer, Britten Sinfonia & Johann Sebastian Bach (03:35)

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