Description
Keyboardist Steven Devine continues this complete survey of Johann Ludwig Krebs’ significant contribution to the keyboard genre with the fourth volume in this series dedicated to the composer’s keyboard works.
In this album Krebs’ profound understanding of musical process, honed during his eleven years within J.S. Bach’s inner circle, comes alive. The compositions featured on this disc superficially show the parallels between Krebs and his master and teacher, whilst reflecting the more up-to-date musical style of Bach’s sons.
The Suite in C and the Six Sonatinas form parts two and three respectively of the Clavier-Übung (keyboard exercises): a four-part publication published in Nuremberg around 1744.
Suite in C (Clavier-Übung II), Krebs-WV 800
1. Prelude
2. Fugue a 3
3. Allemande
4. Courante
5. Sarabande
6. Gavotte
7. Menuet I & II
8. Scherzo
9. Polonoise
10. Cantabile
11. Gigue
Six Sonatinas (Clavier-Übung III)
Sonatina Prima, Krebs-WV 801
12. Allegro
13. Siciliana
14. Allegro assai
Sonatina Seconda, Krebs-WV 802
15. Allegro
16. Andante
17. Vivace
Sonatina Terza, Krebs-WV 803
18. Allegro un poco andante
19. Largo
20. Allegramente
Sonatina Quarta, Krebs-WV 804
21. Vivace
22. Adagio
23. Vivace
Sonatina Quinta, Krebs-WV 805
24. Un poco allegro
25. Andante
26. Allegretto
Sonatina Sesta, Krebs-WV 806
27. Allegro non troppo
28. Larghetto
29. Tempo di Minuetto
Double-manual harpsichord by Colin Booth (2000)
after a single-manual by Johann Christof Fleischer (Hamburg, 1710).
Tuned and maintained by Steven Devine.
Pitch a=415Hz
Temperament based on Werckmeister III (1691)
Performing editions by Steven Devine
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Recorded in Alpheton New Maltings, Suffolk on 26–27 May 2022
Producer, engineer & editor: Adam Binks
Recorded at 24-bit/96 kHz resolution
Cover Image: Detail of Pieter Claesz’s ‘Still life with rummer, wine glass, crab and bread on a
platter, with a violin and a flute on a table’
