C.P.E. BACH COLLECTION [13 CD BOXSET] IN SOUTH AFRICA

As New (still sealed) Warner Classics has drawn from its now vast catalogue to offer classical music lovers a good selection of CPE Bach works in the form of a 13 CDs offering.  Although it is not as a comprehensive survey as Brilliant Classics CPE Bach Edition (30 CDs) since it does not offer anything of the composer's sacred vocal music, it more than makes up for it by showcasing famous baroque music players such as Gustav Leonhardt, Anner Bylsma, Ton Koopman, and Herbert Tachezi, an ex member of the famous Concentus Musicus Vienna founded by the late Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Needless to say the interpretations given here are outstanding.  They give us an insight into CPE Bach music which could be described as highly original especially in the keyboard works: pre-romantic with a mixture of drama (sturm und drang) and melancholy.  Track Listing: CD 1 (54'18) - 4 Orchestral Symphonies W183; Symphony for strings No. 5 W182 CD 2 (50'03) - Oboe Concertos W164 & W165; Oboe Sonata W135 CDs 3 & 4 (134'45) - Flute Concertos W22 & 166-169; Concerto for two harpsichords W46 CD 5 (70'12) - Cello Concertos Wq 170-172 CDs 6 & 7 (88'12) - Hamburg harpsichord Concertos W43 Nos. 1-6  CD 8 (70'52) - Prussian Sonatas W48 Nos. 1-6 CDs 9 & 10 (105'10) - Wurttemberg Sonatas W49 Nos. 1-6; Concerto for solo harpsichord CD 11 (54'10) - Rondos CD 12 (75'15) - Organ sonatas H133, H134, H84-H87 CD 13 (75'50) - Die Auferstehung und Himmelfahrt Jesu Wq240