Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Gustav Leonhardt, Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment – 4 Symphonies Wq.183 / Symphony No. 5 Wq.182
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Gustav Leonhardt, Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment – 4 Symphonies Wq.183 / Symphony No. 5 Wq.182
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Gustav Leonhardt, Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Gustav Leonhardt, Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment – 4 Symphonies Wq.183 / Symphony No. 5 Wq.182

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C.P.E. Bach occupies a peculiar place in music history—technically the son of Johann Sebastian, yet musically his own creature, a restless innovator who pushed the galant style toward something far more unsettled and psychologically complex. These symphonies, written in the 1770s, showcase exactly that tension: orchestral works that shimmer with elegance but constantly wrong-foot you with sudden harmonic swerves and unexpected silences. Gustav Leonhardt and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment approach them with the clarity that period instruments afford—you hear every inner voice, every twist of melodic intent—while respecting the emotional turbulence beneath the courtly surface. The Wq.183 set comprises four symphonies in the twelve-part obbligato tradition, a format that lets Bach layer instrumental voices in intricate, almost chamber-like textures, while the string symphony Wq.182 offers something more intimate. This is Bach the younger at his most characteristic: formally astute but never dry, cosmopolitan but genuinely strange.

Item Details+
Genre Classical
Media Mint (M)
Sleeve Mint (M)
Description Sealed. Carefully packed and shipped with love from Vienna. Order more, save on shipping!
Label Virgin Veritas
Year 1994
Format CD
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4 Orchestral Symphonies In 12 Obbligato Parts, Wq.183

Symphony No. 1 (H663)

Symphony No. 2 (H664)

Symphony No. 3 (H665)

Symphony No. 4 (H666)

Symphony For Strings No. 5, Wq.182 (H661)

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