JOHANN CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH BACH Sonatas for traverso & fortepiano
GCD C80009
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Marcello Gatti, traverso Giovanni Togni, fortepiano Giovanna Barbati, violoncello (tracks 10-12)
Production details
Total playing time 63:07 Recorded in Pisa (Chiesa di S. Domenico), Italy, in July 2004 Engineered by Roberto Meo Produced by Sigrid Lee
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JOHANN CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH BACH (1732-1795)Sonatas for traverso & fortepiano
Sonata I in D minor 1 Allegretto 2 Andante 3 Allegro Sonata III in D major 4 Allegro 5 Andante alla Polacca 6 Tempo di minuetto
Sonata V in A major 7 Allegretto 8 Andante 9 Tempo di minuetto
Sonata I in D major 10 Allegro con spirito 11 Andante 12 Rondo - Scherzo
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Another reason to take a look into the Glossa Cabinet series comes with the reappearance of Marcello Gatti’s delightful interpretation of transverse flute Sonatas by Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach (son number 9 of JS), who worked in the courtly surroundings of Bückeburg in central Germany in the last part of the 18th century. These sonatas were composed around the time of JCF’s visit to see his brother Johann Christian in London in 1778 and combine the Italian galante style with the sensitivity of the Empfindsamer Stil. Elegantly performed by Gatti and Giovanni Togni, fortepiano, with cellist Giovanna Barbati joining for a Trio in D major (from the middle of the 1780s), the recording was captured in sound by Sigrid Lee and Roberto Meo.