Francesco Cera, Diego Fasolis, I Barocchisti - Johann Sebastian Bach: Cembalo Concertos (2008)

Posted By: ArlegZ

Date: Dec. 18, 2022

There's only one problem with this otherwise excellently played and recorded program: a certain lack of dynamic range that makes all of the slow movements come across as a bit too loud. To some degree this is a general limitation of the harpsichord itself, and it must be said in this respect that Francesco Cera plays an attractive-sounding instrument, with a bright, clean tone that's never excessively clattery or fatiguing. Indeed, his clarity of articulation even at a propulsive main tempo, as in the first movement of the D minor concerto, is thoroughly admirable, but I would have liked a touch less aggression especially in the slow movements of the two major-key works. Diego Fasolis and the string players of I Barocchisti deliver precise, boldly phrased accompaniments, and their timbre isn't "authentic" in an annoying sense. In the allegros these performances really are exciting.
–David Hurwitz

Performer:
Francesco Cera, harpsichord
I Barocchisti
Diego Fasolis, conductor

Tracklist:
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Cembalo Concerto No. 1 in D minor, BWV 1052
01. 1. Allegro
02. 2. Adagio
03. 3. Allegro
Cembalo Concerto No. 2 in E major, BWV 1053
04. 1. [Allegro]
05. 2. Siciliano
06. 3. Allegro
Cembalo Concerto No. 5 in F minor, BWV 1056
07. 1. [Allegro]
08. 2. Largo
09. 3. Presto
Cembalo Concerto No. 3 in D major, BWV 1054
10. 1. [Allegro]
11. 2. Adagio E Piano Sempre
12. 3. Allegro

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Francesco Cera - I Barocchisti - Diego Fasolis / Bach: Cembalo Concertos BWV 1052, BWV 1053, BWV 1056, BWV 1054

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