Johann Ludwig Krebs: Keyboard Works Volume 1

Although a favoured student of J.S. Bach, Johann Ludwig Krebs didn’t see any substantial success in his own lifetime. More recent assessments have discovered a highly educated, enlightened and open minded musician who was clearly highly accomplished as a performer, demonstrating a fascinating synthesis of Baroque, Galant and Classical forms.

Keyboardist Steven Devine begins a complete survey of Krebs’ significant contribution to the keyboard genre with this first of four volumes that shows the range of Krebs’ musical language.

Album Booklet (PDF)

Tracklist

Partita in A minor, Krebs-WV 825
Version: 1st Edition, c. 1743
1. Fantasia
2. Fuga
3. Allemande
4. Courante
5. Sarabande
6. Bourrée
7. Pastorelle
8. Menuett
9. Gigue

10. Fugue in C major, Krebs-WV 843

11. Fugue in E major, Krebs-WV 844

12. Fugue in F major, Krebs-WV 845

13. Fugue in F minor, Krebs-WV 846

14. Fugue in G major, Krebs-WV 847

15. Fugue in A minor, Krebs-WV 848

Concerto in G major
“in Italiänischen Gusto”, Krebs-WV 821
16. Allegro
17. Andante
18. Vivace

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'These little jewels are luminously showcased on the harpsichord: a copy by Colin Booth of an early 18th-century instrument by German maker Johann Christof Fleischer. Its delicate, silvery timbre is beautifully captured by the recording engineers […] a felicitous programme, meticulously realised, that sheds light on Bach’s talented pupil.'

- BBC Music Magazine