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Disc No: AV 0014
Price: Sek. 155 The square piano was the brainchild of a German instrument maker name Zumpe who moved to London in 1761, a time that found composers such as J C Bach and C F Abel thriving in the cosmopolitan English city, and when a precocious Mozart met the former during an early tour there. Inspired by Zumpe’s revolutionary invention, these and other leading composers of the day eagerly wrote a number of virtuoso works that, accompanied by a small string ensemble which would not overpower the instrument’s delicate sound, allowed the keyboard soloist to truly shine.
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 Piano Concertos

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ComposerOpusMusicKey Performer
Bach, Johann Christian Op.7 Concerto for Keyboard No 5 E flat major David Owen Norris, Square Piano
Monica Huggett, Violin
Emilia Benjamin, Violin
Joseph Crouch, Cello
Bach, Johann Christian Op.7 Concerto for Keyboard no 6 G major
Bach, Johann Christian Op. 11 Concerto for Keyboard No 2 B flat major
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus K 107 Concerto for Piano no 1 D major
Hayes, Philip   Concerto for Keyboard no 4 A major
Hook, James   Concerto for Keyboard no 5 D major

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