Johann Nikolaus Forkel: Forkel: Four Piano Concertos - COMPACT DISCS

Johann Nikolaus Forkel: Forkel: Four Piano Concertos - COMPACT DISCS

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Title:

Forkel: Four Piano Concertos

Artist:

Johann Nikolaus Forkel

Label:

Cpo Records

Product Type:

COMPACT DISCS

UPC:

761203556328

Genre:

Classical Artists

Release Date:

2025-01-03

Number of Discs:

2

When the name Johann Nikolaus Forkel (1749-1818) is mentioned today, we think above all of the first life story of the great Johann Sebastian Bach, which we owe to the industrious, witty man from Upper Franconia. Experts also recognize him as the "founder of musicology as a modern academic discipline", which, according to a widespread prejudice, would be associated with a lack of any creativity of his own. But far from it: Forkel, who was a professor in Gottingen for many years, left behind an impressive oeuvre, including the four piano concertos recorded here for the first time, which, although they are entirely within the classical genre, contain a great deal of delightful music that is expressively touching in the slow movements. Tobias Koch, one of the outstanding specialists for historical keyboard instruments, and the Kolner Akademie under Michael Alexander Willens perform.

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