David Ponsford, David Hill - Bach-Centricity: Concertos, Trios & Sonatas Arranged for Two Harpsichords (2025)
BAND/ARTIST: David Ponsford, David Hill
- Title: Bach-Centricity: Concertos, Trios & Sonatas Arranged for Two Harpsichords
- Year Of Release: 2025
- Label: Nimbus Alliance
- Genre: Classical
- Quality: flac lossless (tracks)
- Total Time: 01:09:43
- Total Size: 447 mb
- WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist
01. Concerto in C Major, BWV 595: Allegro (Arr. for two harpsichords by David Ponsford)
02. Concerto in A Minor, BWV 593: I. Allegro (Arr. for two harpsichords by David Ponsford)
03. Concerto in A Minor, BWV 593: II. Grave (Arr. for two harpsichords by David Ponsford)
04. Concerto in A Minor, BWV 593: III. Presto (Arr. for two harpsichords by David Ponsford)
05. Trio in D Minor, BWV 583 (Arr. for two harpsichords by David Ponsford)
06. Sonata in G Major, BWV 1027: I. Adagio (Arr. for two harpsichords by David Ponsford)
07. Sonata in G Major, BWV 1027: II. Allegro (Arr. for two harpsichords by David Ponsford)
08. Sonata in G Major, BWV 1027: III. Andante (Arr. for two harpsichords by David Ponsford)
09. Sonata in G Major, BWV 1027: IV. Allegro (Arr. for two harpsichords by David Ponsford)
10. Trio in C Minor, BWV 585: I. Adagio (Arr. for two harpsichords by David Ponsford)
11. Trio in C Minor, BWV 585: II. Allegro (Arr. for two harpsichords by David Ponsford)
12. Concerto in G Major, BWV 592: I. Allegro (Arr. for two harpsichords by David Ponsford)
13. Concerto in G Major, BWV 592: II. Grave (Arr. for two harpsichords by David Ponsford)
14. Concerto in G Major, BWV 592: III. Allegro (Arr. for two harpsichords by David Ponsford)
15. Brandenburg Concerto, No. 6 in B-Flat Major, BWV 1051: I. Allegro (Arr. for two harpsichords by David Ponsford)
16. Brandenburg Concerto, No. 6 in B-Flat Major, BWV 1051: II. Adagio ma non tanto (Arr. for two harpsichords by David Ponsford)
17. Brandenburg Concerto, No. 6 in B-Flat Major, BWV 1051: III. Allegro (Arr. for two harpsichords by David Ponsford)
18. Aria, BWV 587 (Arr. for two harpsichords by David Ponsford)
19. Concerto in D Minor, BWV 596: I. Allegro - Grave - Fuge (Arr. for two harpsichords by David Ponsford)
20. Concerto in D Minor, BWV 596: II. Largo e spiccato (Arr. for two harpsichords by David Ponsford)
21. Concerto in D Minor, BWV 596: III. Allegro (Arr. for two harpsichords by David Ponsford)
All the concertos, trios and sonatas on this recording are in some way associated with J. S. Bach, being composed, arranged, transcribed or copied by the composer. All are in the BWV catalogue; most have positive links with Bach’s first important appointment as Court Organist and Chamber Musician at the Ducal Court in Weimar (1708-1714).
The value of such arrangements is that they allow a wider perception into a composer’s compositional processes, and which have the potential for presenting new insights and different characteristics to particular pieces of music, which might not be evident in the originals. Hence these arrangements extend a practice that was normal in the early eighteenth century, and in this recording, they are played on instruments with which Bach would have been entirely familiar. What revelations they reveal! © David Ponsford
‘The Two Davids’, as they have sometime been called, began playing together in 2020 when they recorded Bach’s Six Organ Trio Sonatas (NI 6403) on two harpsichords. This recording elicited the following review in Choir & Organ: ‘The recording conveys a compelling sense of dialogue and sociability between two virtuoso musicians, equally at one with the material, and the alternation between instruments makes great sense of Bach’s antiphony and repeats.’ Since then they have played at the St Albans and Cambridge Festivals, as well as for music societies in various parts of the country, including The Athenaeum Club in London. © David Ponsford
01. Concerto in C Major, BWV 595: Allegro (Arr. for two harpsichords by David Ponsford)
02. Concerto in A Minor, BWV 593: I. Allegro (Arr. for two harpsichords by David Ponsford)
03. Concerto in A Minor, BWV 593: II. Grave (Arr. for two harpsichords by David Ponsford)
04. Concerto in A Minor, BWV 593: III. Presto (Arr. for two harpsichords by David Ponsford)
05. Trio in D Minor, BWV 583 (Arr. for two harpsichords by David Ponsford)
06. Sonata in G Major, BWV 1027: I. Adagio (Arr. for two harpsichords by David Ponsford)
07. Sonata in G Major, BWV 1027: II. Allegro (Arr. for two harpsichords by David Ponsford)
08. Sonata in G Major, BWV 1027: III. Andante (Arr. for two harpsichords by David Ponsford)
09. Sonata in G Major, BWV 1027: IV. Allegro (Arr. for two harpsichords by David Ponsford)
10. Trio in C Minor, BWV 585: I. Adagio (Arr. for two harpsichords by David Ponsford)
11. Trio in C Minor, BWV 585: II. Allegro (Arr. for two harpsichords by David Ponsford)
12. Concerto in G Major, BWV 592: I. Allegro (Arr. for two harpsichords by David Ponsford)
13. Concerto in G Major, BWV 592: II. Grave (Arr. for two harpsichords by David Ponsford)
14. Concerto in G Major, BWV 592: III. Allegro (Arr. for two harpsichords by David Ponsford)
15. Brandenburg Concerto, No. 6 in B-Flat Major, BWV 1051: I. Allegro (Arr. for two harpsichords by David Ponsford)
16. Brandenburg Concerto, No. 6 in B-Flat Major, BWV 1051: II. Adagio ma non tanto (Arr. for two harpsichords by David Ponsford)
17. Brandenburg Concerto, No. 6 in B-Flat Major, BWV 1051: III. Allegro (Arr. for two harpsichords by David Ponsford)
18. Aria, BWV 587 (Arr. for two harpsichords by David Ponsford)
19. Concerto in D Minor, BWV 596: I. Allegro - Grave - Fuge (Arr. for two harpsichords by David Ponsford)
20. Concerto in D Minor, BWV 596: II. Largo e spiccato (Arr. for two harpsichords by David Ponsford)
21. Concerto in D Minor, BWV 596: III. Allegro (Arr. for two harpsichords by David Ponsford)
All the concertos, trios and sonatas on this recording are in some way associated with J. S. Bach, being composed, arranged, transcribed or copied by the composer. All are in the BWV catalogue; most have positive links with Bach’s first important appointment as Court Organist and Chamber Musician at the Ducal Court in Weimar (1708-1714).
The value of such arrangements is that they allow a wider perception into a composer’s compositional processes, and which have the potential for presenting new insights and different characteristics to particular pieces of music, which might not be evident in the originals. Hence these arrangements extend a practice that was normal in the early eighteenth century, and in this recording, they are played on instruments with which Bach would have been entirely familiar. What revelations they reveal! © David Ponsford
‘The Two Davids’, as they have sometime been called, began playing together in 2020 when they recorded Bach’s Six Organ Trio Sonatas (NI 6403) on two harpsichords. This recording elicited the following review in Choir & Organ: ‘The recording conveys a compelling sense of dialogue and sociability between two virtuoso musicians, equally at one with the material, and the alternation between instruments makes great sense of Bach’s antiphony and repeats.’ Since then they have played at the St Albans and Cambridge Festivals, as well as for music societies in various parts of the country, including The Athenaeum Club in London. © David Ponsford
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