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CHRISTOPH NICHELMANN

5 SELECTED SONATAS

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
W. FRIEDEMANN BACH
J. CH. BACH (Hallescher Clavier-Bach)

RICERCARE a 6 voci c-moll
PRELUDIO & FUGA c-moll
FUGA F-Dur

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
(Eisenach 1685 - Leipzig 1750)

• Ricercare a 6 voci
  (da "Musicalisches Opfer" - Zella 1747)

CHRISTOPH NICHELMANN
(Treuenbrietzen 1717 - Berlin 1761/2)

(da "Brevi sonate da cembalo all’uso di chi ama il cembalo, Op.2" - Nuremberg c.1745)

Sonata VI in La Minore

1. Allegro
2. Andante
3. Presto

Sonata I in Si b Maggiore

1. Allegretto
2. Largo
3. Presto

Sonata II in Fa Minore

1. Un poco allegro
2. Andante
3. Vivace

JOHANN CHRISTIAN BACH
'Hallescher Clavier-Bach' (Halle 1743 - 1814)

1. [Preludio] (*Ad libitum by F. De Luca)
2. Fugue on B.A.C.H. F-Dur

CHRISTOPH NICHELMANN

Sonata III in La Maggiore

1. Allegro
2. Largo
3. Allegretto

Sonata IV in Re Minore

1. Allegro
2. Adagio - 3. Allegro

WILHELM FRIEDEMANN BACH
(Weimar 1710 - Berlin 1784)

1. [Preludio] c-moll (F. 29; c.1740)
2. Fuga c-moll (F. 32; c.1758)

FERNANDO DE LUCA
harpsichord

Issue 2016-02

Recorded in Venice

J. S. Bach: 2016 Jan 27
W. F. Bach: 2014 Sept 6
J. C. Bach: 2014 Sept 1
Nichelmann: 2014 Jan 2-9

German harpsichord built by F. P. Ciocca (2007) after Christian Vater (1738); Temp. Werckmeister III (except for the Ricercare, where 'Marpurg' temperament has been used); Pitch A=415Hz

Note

1. David Schulenberg, The Music of Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (p.282) University Rochester Press, 2010
2. "Fugue fur das Pianoforte odor Orgel uber die Buchstaben seines Namens BACH", Leipzig c.1810 link
3. Ulrich Kahmann, Ein falsches Bild von Wilhelm Friedemann Bach. Neue Erkenntnisse über das Portrait von Friedrich Georg Weitsch Die Tonkunst, Oktober 2010, Nr. 4, Jg. 4 (2010)

Friedrich Georg Weitsch - Probably portrait of Johann Christian Bach (1743-1814, "Hallescher Clavier-Bach") - formerly seen as portrait of Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (1710-1784)