C.P.E. Bach: Cello Concertos Roel Dieltiens & Orchestra of the 18th Century

• Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714 - 1788): Cello Concerto in A Minor, Wq 170:
• 1 Cello Concerto in A Minor, Wq 170: I. Allegro assai 11:39
• 2 Cello Concerto in A Minor, Wq 170: II. Andante 08:54
• 3 Cello Concerto in A Minor, Wq 170: III. Allegro assai 06:51
• Cello Concerto in B-Flat Major, Wq 171:
• 4 Cello Concerto in B-Flat Major, Wq 171: I. Allegretto 08:30
• 5 Cello Concerto in B-Flat Major, Wq 171: II. Adagio 09:07
• 6 Cello Concerto in B-Flat Major, Wq 171: III. Allegro assai 06:55
• Cello Concerto in A Major, Wq 172:
• 7 Cello Concerto in A Major, Wq 172: I. Allegro 07:08
• 8 Cello Concerto in A Major, Wq 172: II. Largo con sordini 09:45
• 9 Cello Concerto in A Major, Wq 172: III. Allegro assai 05:16
• Total Runtime 01:14:05

Info zu C.P.E. Bach: Cello Concertos

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach war der zweite und erfolgreichste Sohn Johann Sebastian Bachs. Er wirkte in der Übergangzeit zwischen Barock und Klassik und hatte maßgeblichen Einfluss auf Mozart und Beethoven, nicht zuletzt dank seiner Klaviersonaten. Im 18. Jahrhundert war das Cellokonzert noch ein ziemlich neues Genre, und Boccherini und Haydn hatten noch keine Beiträge zu dieser Gattung geschrieben, als C.P.E. Bach zwischen 1750 und 1753 seine drei Konzerte vollendete.

Das stürmische Drama der Eröffnungs- und die unbeschwerte Liebenswürdigkeit der Finalsätze stehen im krassen Gegensatz zur Innigkeit und zur emotionalen Tiefe der langsamen Sätze. Der renommierte belgische Cellist Roel Dieltiens und das legendäre Orchester des 18. Jahrhunderts entpuppen sich als geborene Erzähler und verwandeln diese Musik in faszinierende, farbenfrohe Geschichten.

Das Album enthält einen Essay der renommierten Schriftstellerin Anna Enquist, einer langjährigen Freundin des Orchesters und des verstorbenen Frans Brüggen. Darin nimmt sie ihre Erfahrung als Besucherin der Aufnahmen zu dieser CD in Amsterdam zum Ausgangspunkt, um die musikalische Persönlichkeit Carl Philipp Emanuels zu erforschen, insbesondere in Bezug auf das Œuvre seines Vaters.

Roel Dieltiens, Cello
Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century

Roel Dieltiens
The cellist Roel Dieltiens studied in Antwerp (B) and Detmold (D). He swiftly made a name for himself on the international scene and is now regarded as an authority on both modern and Baroque cello. His strong personality, overwhelming musicality and unconventional approach took him right from the beginning of his career to all the world’s great concert centres (Paris, Berlin, London, New York, Moscow, Tokyo). He has also gained international recognition as a chamber musician and founder of the celebrated Ensemble Explorations. Since 2010 he has appeared in trio formation with Andreas Staier (piano) and Daniel Sepec (violin).

He has made a whole series of recordings for the Harmonia Mundi and Etcetera labels that have consistently received praise from the critics and aroused great public interest. Some quotations from the reviews that have greeted his CDs illustrate this nicely: ‘Simply the best’ (Classic CD, USA, on the recording of Kodály’s Sonata for solo cello op. 8); ‘The only significant disc of cello music to appear in 1997’ (Fanfare, USA, on his Franchomme CD); ‘A distinguished disc, and the best Vivaldi recording for a long time’ (Diapason, France, on his first CD of cello concertos by Vivaldi).

In 2010 Roel Dieltiens received a Klara award and the Caecilia Prize for his recent recording of the Suites for unaccompanied cello of J. S. Bach. Roel Dieltiens is Professor of Cello at the Hochschule der Künste in Zurich (CH) and has served as a jury member in international competitions including the Leipzig Bach Competition and the Moscow Tchaikovsky Competition.

In addition to this, he is associated with the Lemmensinstituut in Leuven (B), where he teaches chamber music. In 2006 the TV channel Canvas produced a comprehensive in-depth documentary about this artist.

Booklet für C.P.E. Bach: Cello Concertos