Mahan Esfahani’s mammoth project to record the complete keyboard works of Bach reaches its zenith with The Complete Keyboard Concertos. At every stage in the series Esfahani has sought to challenge long-held assumptions about the composer we seek to know. By teaming up with the Britten Sinfonia, he dispels any assumptions that the harpsichord might be seen as an ‘ancient’ instrument, eschewing period instruments in favour of modern ones.

In his typically scholarly but engaging liner notes Esfahani writes of Bach the trendsetter putting the keyboard front and centre in a concerto for the first time. In addition to his roles as harpsichordist and director, Esfahani adds a compositional feather to his cap with the first recording of his own reconstruction of the “lost concerto” No 8 (BWV1059), once available only as a small fragment.

Tracklist:

CD1
Konzert für Tasteninstrument Nr. 1 in d-Moll BWV1052
1. Allegro
2. Adagio
3. Allegro

Konzert für Tasteninstrument Nr. 2 in E-Dur BWV1053
4. [untitled]
5. Siciliano
6. Allegro

Konzert für Tasteninstrument Nr. 3 in D-Dur BWV1054
7. [untitled]
8. Adagio e piano sempre
9. Allegro

Konzert für Tasteninstrument Nr. 6 in F-Dur BWV1057
10. [untitled]
11.Andante
12.Allegro assai

CD2
Konzert für Tasteninstrument Nr. 4 in A-Dur BWV1055
13. Allegro
14. Larghetto
15. Allegro ma non tanto

Konzert für Tasteninstrument Nr. 5 in f-Moll BWV1056
16. Allegro
17. Adagio
18. Presto

Tripelkonzert in a-Moll BWV1044
19. Allegro
20. Adagio ma non tanto e dolce
21. Tempo di alla breve

Konzert für Tasteninstrument Nr. 7 in g-Moll BWV1058
22. [untitled]
23. Andante
24. Allegro assai

Konzert für Tasteninstrument Nr. 8 in d-Moll BWV1059
25. Allegro
26. Cembalo ad libitum
27. Presto