The Experts: the Bach & Silbermann Families

Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas, Ensemble Les Surprises, Marc Mauillon

Two dynasties in friendly competition

The musical legacy of the Bach family is inseparably linked to the progress in instrument making of the time, which was dominated by the Silbermann family. Offering a fascinating comparison between the two dynasties – composers vs. organ builders and fortepiano makers – for this recording, Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas and Les Surprises used superb copies of Silbermann instruments, but also a magnificent original: the famous Silbermann organ at the Cathedral of St. Mary in Freiberg, Saxony.

The Experts: The Bach & Silbermann Families

Works for keyboards, chamber and vocal works by Johann Sebastian, Wilhelm Friedemann & Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

Recorded on historical keyboard instruments by / inspired by Gottfried Silbermann

Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas, organ, harpsichord, fortepiano and conducting

organ by Gottfried Silbermann (ca. 1710-1714), Dom St. Marien, Freiberg

harpsichord by Jonte Knife and Arno Pelto (Helsinki, 2002), after an anonymous 18th century German instrument

fortepiano by Andrea Restelli (Milan, 2014), after Gottfried Silbermann

Marc Mauillon, baritone

Ensemble Les Surprises

Gabriel Grosbard, violin

Marie Rouquié, violin

Juliette Guignard, viola da gamba

Clément Geoffroy, harpsichord

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) , Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (1710-1784) , Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788)

Johann Sebastian Bach: Triosonaten BWV 527 & 530; Fantasie & Fuge c-moll BWV 562; Fantasie c-moll BWV 906; Ricercar a 3 aus Musikalisches Opfer BWV 1079; Choral BWV Anh. II 73 "Ich ruf zu dir Herr Jesu Christ" (Orgelversion von Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach); Choralvorspiel BWV 691 & Choral BWV 434 "Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten"; Aria "Bist du bei mir" BWV 508 aus Clavierbüchlein für Anna Magdalena Bach
+Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Klaviertrio e-moll Wq. 91 Nr. 1; Solfeggietto c-moll Wq. 117 Nr. 2; Duett Es-Dur Wq. 115 Nr. 4; Andante aus Sonate B-Dur Wq. 49 Nr. 4; Lieder "Lyda" Wq. 202g / 2 & "Phyllis" Wq. 202c / 2
+Wilhelm Friedemann Bach: Preludio c-moll F. 29; Fantasie d-moll F. 19