A Musical Offering Le Caravansérail, Frank Theuns, Sophie Gent, Bertrand Cuiller

• Anonymous: Thema Regium (From Musikalisches Opfer, BWV 1079):
• 1 Anonymous: Thema Regium (From Musikalisches Opfer, BWV 1079) 00:22
• Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714 - 1788): Sonata a Flauto Traverso, Violino e Basso, Wq. 143:
• 2 Bach: Sonata a Flauto Traverso, Violino e Basso, Wq. 143: I. Allegro 04:11
• 3 Bach: Sonata a Flauto Traverso, Violino e Basso, Wq. 143: II. Adagio 03:16
• 4 Bach: Sonata a Flauto Traverso, Violino e Basso, Wq. 143: III. Presto 02:28
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750): Musikalisches Opfer, BWV 1079:
• 5 Bach: Musikalisches Opfer, BWV 1079: Ricercar a 3 06:33
• Sonata a Flauto Traverso e Cembalo obligato, BWV 1032:
• 6 Bach: Sonata a Flauto Traverso e Cembalo obligato, BWV 1032: I. Vivace 06:26
• 7 Bach: Sonata a Flauto Traverso e Cembalo obligato, BWV 1032: II. Largo e dolce 03:12
• 8 Bach: Sonata a Flauto Traverso e Cembalo obligato, BWV 1032: III. Allegro 04:50
• Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (1710 - 1784): Trio a 2 Flauti e Cembalo, Fk 49:
• 9 Bach: Trio a 2 Flauti e Cembalo, Fk 49: I. Allegro 04:28
• Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Trio a Cembalo Obligato e Violino, Wq. 72:
• 10 Bach: Trio a Cembalo Obligato e Violino, Wq. 72: I. Adagio ma non tanto 04:13
• 11 Bach: Trio a Cembalo Obligato e Violino, Wq. 72: II. Allegro 02:24
• 12 Bach: Trio a Cembalo Obligato e Violino, Wq. 72: III. Allegro 03:37
• Johann Sebastian Bach: Musikalisches Opfer, BWV 1079: Sonata sopr' il soggetto Reale a traversa, violino e continuo:
• 13 Bach: Musikalisches Opfer, BWV 1079: Sonata sopr'il soggetto Reale a traversa, violino e continuo: I. Largo 06:42
• 14 Bach: Musikalisches Opfer, BWV 1079: Sonata sopr'il soggetto Reale a traversa, violino e continuo: II. Allegro 06:19
• 15 Bach: Musikalisches Opfer, BWV 1079: Sonata sopr'il soggetto Reale a traversa, violino e continuo: III. Andante 03:30
• 16 Bach: Musikalisches Opfer, BWV 1079: Sonata sopr'il soggetto Reale a traversa, violino e continu: IV. Allegro 03:19
• Musikalisches Opfer, BWV 1079:
• 17 Bach: Musikalisches Opfer, BWV 1079: Canon perpetuus super thema Regium 01:22
• Total Runtime 01:07:12

Info for A Musical Offering

It was in 1747 that Johann Sebastian Bach received an invitation from King Frederic II of Prussia. Bach travelled with Wilhelm Friedmann — his eldest son — to Potsdam, where Carl Philipp Emanuel, his second eldest son, was accompanist to the king’s court. This was the famous visit during which Johann Sebastian improvised a ricercar or fugue in three voices on a theme supplied by the monarch and later led him to compose the Musical Offering.

This recording presents sections of Bach’s Musical Offering, including the Trio Sonata, side by side with Trios by both Wilhelm Friedemann and Carl Philip Emanuel. The intention was to shed light on the familial character of Bach’s visit to Potsdam and Berlin in 1747 and its musical consequences. The importance of this gathering between the three most famous members of the Bach family and the impact it had on their respective lives and careers cannot be overestimated. For Johann Sebastian himself, however, this was to be brief: he died three years later in 1750.

Le Caravansérail:
Frank Theuns, traverso flute
Sophie Gent, violin
Bertrand Cuiller, Harpsichord, director

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