Fiona McGown

Les Ombres, Margaux Blanchard, Sylvain Sartre, Fiona McGown, Théotime Langlois de Swarte, Justin Taylor, Hanna Salzenstein – Bach-Abel Society (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:09:35 minutes | 2,32 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Mirare

J.S. Bach’s son Johann Christian arrived in London in 1762, and with his fellow composer Carl Friedrich Abel established a series of prestigious concerts that ran for 17 years. Music heard at the Bach-Abel recitals is surveyed on this intriguing album by the Swiss ensemble Les Ombres. The sprightly Quartet in D Major by J.C. Bach, two pensive pieces for bass viol by Abel, and a charmingly Mozartian Harpsichord Quintet by Johann Samuel Schröter are among the highlights, and three of Haydn’s numerous arrangements of Scottish songs are brightly sung by mezzo-soprano Fiona McGown. Les Ombres play on period instruments, imparting an extra tang to this fascinating slice of aural history.
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