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Symphonies Concertantes, Vol. 5.
J.C. Bach: Symphonies Concertantes, Vol. 5. Anthony Halstead, the Hanover Band. CPO 999 628-2.
The title "Symphonie Concertante" may remind some people of the form's predecessor, the Concerto Grosso, or the form's successor, today's "Concerto." But, in fact, it differs from both. It is much lighter in weight and tone than the former and does not emphasize individual instruments as much as the latter. Johann Christian Bach, one of the multitudinous J.S. Bach children, was considered the leading exponent of genre, and this disc features three such works, the Symphonies Concertantes in C major, D major, and E-flat major, all composed probably some time in the late 1760s (the manuscripts, only one of which is in Bach's own hand, are not dated).
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