Magnificat
) | Label: BRILLIANT Catalog: BRI94776 Format: CD Magnificat; Rundfunkchor Berlin; CPE Bach Kammerorchester; HaenchenComposed by: Bach, C.P.E. C.P.E. Bach, particularly renowned for his unrivalled piano sonatas in the sensitive style (‘empfindsamer Stil’), contributed to almost every important form of classical music. Recognizing the symphony as a medium of great expressive potential, he came to write an impressive nineteen total, of which two splendid examples are presented here. The Magnificat provides a more clearly baroque, and of course vocal, counterweight to the symphonies, moving through dramatically contrasting emotions. The Kammerorchester ‘CPE Bach’ is, led by Hartmut Haenchen.  Price: $11.98 |