. Bach / Harpsichord Concerto in C major, Wq. 20 (H. 423)

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788) Concerto for harpsichord, strings, and basso continuo in C major, Wq. 20 (H. 423) 00:00 - [w/o tempo marking] 10:43 - Adagio ma non troppo 18:55 - Allegro assai Harpsichord - Raphael Alpermann Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin (2001) “In the Harpsichord Concerto in C major (Wq. 20)...the alternation of solos and tutti proceeds at a regular, calm pace, which gives the soloist ample opportunity for the deployment of his highly virtuosic scalar passages. Before the Finale, with the wayward, rugged lines of its thematic treatment, its unpredictable trills and wide interval leaps, forms an exuberantly effervescent last dance, the delicately shaded muted string tones of the C minor Adagio transport us to the magical spheres of soft, frankly early romantic melancholy. It is almost as if the mood of the rapturous Andante from Mozart’s D minor Piano Concerto (K. 466) is already being anticipated.“ - Roman Hinke Painting: Spittelmarkt, Eduard Gaertner