C.P.E. Bach: The Hamburg Symphonies, Wq. 182 Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century & Alexander Janiczek

• Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714 - 1788): Symphony No. 1 in G Major, Wq. 182:
• 1Bach: Symphony No. 1 in G Major, Wq. 182: I. Allegro di molto03:47
• 2Bach: Symphony No. 1 in G Major, Wq. 182: II. Poco adagio03:43
• 3Bach: Symphony No. 1 in G Major, Wq. 182: III. Presto04:00
• Symphony No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Wq. 182:
• 4Bach: Symphony No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Wq. 182: I. Allegro di molto03:23
• 5Bach: Symphony No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Wq. 182: II. Poco adagio05:08
• 6Bach: Symphony No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Wq. 182: III. Presto02:43
• Symphony No. 3 in C Major, Wq. 182:
• 7Bach: Symphony No. 3 in C Major, Wq. 182: I. Allegro assai02:36
• 8Bach: Symphony No. 3 in C Major, Wq. 182: II. Adagio03:00
• 9Bach: Symphony No. 3 in C Major, Wq. 182: III. Allegretto04:57
• Symphony No. 4 in A Major, Wq. 182:
• 10Bach: Symphony No. 4 in A Major, Wq. 182: I. Allegro ma non troppo04:30
• 11Bach: Symphony No. 4 in A Major, Wq. 182: II. Largo ed innocentemente03:16
• 12Bach: Symphony No. 4 in A Major, Wq. 182: III. Allegro assai04:29
• Symphony No. 5 in B Minor, Wq. 182:
• 13Bach: Symphony No. 5 in B Minor, Wq. 182: I. Allegretto04:10
• 14Bach: Symphony No. 5 in B Minor, Wq. 182: II. Larghetto02:38
• 15Bach: Symphony No. 5 in B Minor, Wq. 182: III. Presto04:02
• Symphony No. 6 in E Major, Wq. 182:
• 16Bach: Symphony No. 6 in E Major, Wq. 182: I. Allegro di molto02:25
• 17Bach: Symphony No. 6 in E Major, Wq. 182: II. Poco andante03:09
• 18Bach: Symphony No. 6 in E Major, Wq. 182: III. Allegro spiritoso03:33
• Total Runtime01:05:29

Info for C.P.E. Bach: The Hamburg Symphonies, Wq. 182

The Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century continues true to its original guiding spirit, with a new recording of the six Hamburg Symphonies, Wq 182 by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach.

This second son of JS Bach, Carl Philipp has sometimes had a rough ride with posterity (and with some of his contemporaries too). Although overshadowed later by Haydn and Mozart - albeit admired by the pair - and overshadowed in his lifetime by Handel, he remains a crucial link between the Baroque and the Classical, particularly for the ultra-sensitive style, his Empfindsamkeit.

Thirty years spent writing hundreds of harpsichord works in the Berlin of Frederick II of Prussia before moving to Hamburg to write religious music at the Johanneum, his mind was awash with new and different ideas appreciated by Gottfried van Swieten. This baron commissioned these six symphonies, urging Carl Philipp to aim high in his compositional writing, and he responded by giving free rein to his musical ideas and his treatment of the instruments in these six three-movement works.

Scored for strings and continuo, these works from 1773 have very little in common with other pre-classical symphonies, including those by Carl Philipp's brother Johann Christian (or Italian opera overtures), as is remarked upon by Emilio Moreno in his booklet essay.

The Orchestra - here with Alexander Janiczek as leader - responds with evident pleasure to Bach's rich harmonies, bold dynamics and flowing melodies and with much appetite for his virtuosic instrumental writing.

Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century
Alexander Janiczek, direction

Prof. Alexander Janiczek
was born in Salzburg into a musical Polish-Czech family, and began his musical training at an early age with Helmuth Zehetmair at what was then the Mozarteum. He attended masterclasses with Max Rostal, Nathan Milstein, Ruggiero Ricci, and Dorothy DeLay. Subsequently, he developed a close collaboration with his mentor, Sándor Végh, who appointed him as concertmaster of Camerata Salzburg. From the very beginning, Janiczek also regularly conducted this orchestra. Since then, Janiczek has been guest conducting with all kinds of important chamber music orchestras in Europe. As a chamber musician he has performed with Joshua Bell, Thomas Adès, Christian Zacharias, and Mitsuko Uchida, among others, and he forms a regular duo with LLyr Williams. Alexander Janiczek plays the ex-'Sorkin' Giuseppe del Gesù Guarner (Cremona, 1731), made available to him by the Oesterreichische Nationalbank.

Booklet for C.P.E. Bach: The Hamburg Symphonies, Wq. 182