Johann Ludwig Krebs: Keyboard Works Volume 3

Keyboardist Steven Devine continues this complete survey of Johann Ludwig Krebs’ significant contribution to the keyboard genre with the third volume in this series dedicated to the composer’s keyboard works.

Featuring one of the three surviving Partitas from a presumed set of six, this album also includes the world premiere recording of Krebs’ Six Keyboard Sonatas (Krebs-WV 832-837), that only came to light during the historic restoration of the archive of the Sing- Akademie to Berlin following its removal to Ukraine during the war in 1943.

With a compositional style that points to a period later in Krebs’s life, these charming, witty and sometimes quirky works clearly demonstrate the composer’s confident yet straightforward charm.

Album Booklet (PDF)

Tracklist

Partita VI in E-flat major, Krebs-WV 827a
1. Präludium
2. Fuga
3. Allemande
4. Courante
5. Sarabande
6. Gavotte
7. Polonoise
8. Scherzo
9. Menuet
10. Gigue

Sonata I in C major, Krebs-WV 832
11. Allegro
12. Andante
13. Allegretto

Sonata II in G major, Krebs-WV 833
14. Allegro
15. Andante
16. Allegretto

Sonata III in B-flat major, Krebs-WV 834
17. Vivace
18. Andante
19. Vivace

Sonata IV in D major, Krebs-WV 835
20. Allegro
21. Allegretto
22. Presto

Sonata V in F major, Krebs-WV 836
23. Allegro
24. Andante
25. Allegro

Sonata VI in D minor, Krebs-WV 837
26. Allegro non troppo
27. Andante
28. Allegro