Muethel: The Five Keyboard Concertos
) | Label: BIS Catalog: BIS-2179 Format: CD Marcin Swiatkiewicz; Arte dei SuonatoriJ.S. Bach’s first biographer Johann Forkel numbered Johann Gottfried Müthel (1728–88) among the most remarkable of Bach’s pupils, while Charles Burney ranked Müthel's works as among ‘the greatest productions of the present age.’ The composer’s five keyboard and strings concertos, distinctly individual, displaying sophisticated rhythms and harmonic playfulness, typify his era’s straddling between the Baroque and Viennese Classicism. The young Polish harpsichordist Marcin Świątkiewicz is supported by his acclaimed period band compatriots, Arte dei Suonatori, on his BIS début.  Price: $57.98 |