Leo van Doeselaar, Alex Potter, Il Gardellino – Bach: Cantatas, BWV 35 & 169 (2023)
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Alex Potter and Il Gardellino present two sacred cantatas by Bach from 1726: Geist und Seele wird verwirret BWV 35 and Gott soll allein mein Herze haben BWV 169. In these two works, the thoroughly secular origins of the genre are evident. The expressive recitatives and virtuoso arias bear witness to the influence of Italian opera rather than Bach’s Lutheran roots. Moreover, concertante instrumental music plays a prominent role in these cantatas, which are preceded by independent introductory symphonies with obbligato organ.
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Wyneke Jordans & Leo van Doeselaar – Brahms – Works for Piano Four-Hands (2021)
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Johannes Brahms composed only a small number of original works for piano four hands, but arranged almost all of his chamber music and orchestral works for this instrumentation. He played most of them immediately after their completion with Clara Schumann and greatly appreciated her opinion.
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