Aapo Häkkinen, Helsinki Baroque Orchestra – Bach, J.S.: Harpsichord Concertos, Vol. 2 (2013) [Official Digital Download 24bit/88,2kHz]

Aapo Häkkinen, Helsinki Baroque Orchestra – Bach, J.S.: Harpsichord Concertos, Vol. 2 (2013)
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Aapo Häkkinen concludes the cycle of concertos for solo harpsichord and strings. Like in volume 1, he plays a 16’ harpsichord.

That is to say, an instrument with an additional, very low sounding register. Although Bach probably used a similar harpsichord himself, this is the first recording of this cycle of works on an instrument of this kind built in a historical manner! Häkkinen, harpsichordist and director of the ensemble, convinces not only by means of this sonority, but also though his musical powers of imagination and the precision of his articulation.

The Helsinki Baroque Orchestra plays one on a part, and is obliged to the best Baroque traditions. This time the CD contains as a “solo encore,” so to speak, the Fantasia BWV 906 as well as a Concerto for harpsichord solo by Bach’s son Wilhelm Friedemann.

Tracklist:

01. Aapo Häkkinen, Helsinki Baroque Orchestra – Concerto III in D Major, BWV 1054: I. Allegro (07:46)
02. Aapo Häkkinen, Helsinki Baroque Orchestra – Concerto III in D Major, BWV 1054: II. Adagio (05:22)
03. Aapo Häkkinen, Helsinki Baroque Orchestra – Concerto III in D Major, BWV 1054: III. Allegro (02:51)
04. Aapo Häkkinen, Helsinki Baroque Orchestra – Concerto IV in A Major, BWV 1055: I. Allegro (04:15)
05. Aapo Häkkinen, Helsinki Baroque Orchestra – Concerto IV in A Major, BWV 1055: II. Larghetto (04:56)
06. Aapo Häkkinen, Helsinki Baroque Orchestra – Concerto IV in A Major, BWV 1055: III. Allegro ma non tanto (04:34)
07. Aapo Häkkinen, Helsinki Baroque Orchestra – Concerto VI in F Major, BWV 1057: I. Allegro (07:24)
08. Aapo Häkkinen, Helsinki Baroque Orchestra – Concerto VI in F Major, BWV 1057: II. Andante (03:18)
09. Aapo Häkkinen, Helsinki Baroque Orchestra – Concerto VI in F Major, BWV 1057: III. Allegro assai (05:22)
10. Aapo Häkkinen – Fantasia in C Minor, BWV 906 (05:27)
11. Aapo Häkkinen – Concerto in G Major, Fk 40: I. Allegro non troppo (04:21)
12. Aapo Häkkinen – Concerto in G Major, Fk 40: II. Andante (03:14)
13. Aapo Häkkinen – Concerto in G Major, Fk 40: III. Vivace (03:33)

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