Gustav Leonhardt – Johann Kuhnau: Sechs Biblische Sonaten (2015)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 544 Mb | Total time: 63:08+48:48 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Teldec | # WPCS-16143/4 | Recorded: 1970
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 544 Mb | Total time: 63:08+48:48 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Teldec | # WPCS-16143/4 | Recorded: 1970
Kuhnau’s six Biblical Sonatas are among the most fascinating keyboard curiosities of the baroque. Johann Kuhnau (1660-1722), Bach’s immediate predecessor as Thomaskantor in Leipzig, was a versatile composer, performer and polymath who produced fine works in a wide range of formats. These Biblical Sonatas were written as domestic programme music to illustrate - indeed, to describe - the following Old Testament stories: the Battle between David and Goliath; Saul Cured by David through Music; Jacob’s Marriage; Hezekiah’s Restoration to Health; Gideon, Deliverer of Israel; and Jacob’s Death and Burial.