W.F. Bach: Keyboard Works, Vol. 5 Julia Brown

• 1 I. Andantino - Allegro di molto - Andantino - Allegro di molto 03:56
• 2 II. Lamento 04:46
• 3 III. Presto 02:27
• 4 I. Allegro ma non tanto 04:46
• 5 II. Siciliano 02:32
• 6 III. Vivace 02:11
• 7 I. Allegro 03:27
• 8 II. Andante 02:30
• 9 III. Presto 02:06
• 10 I. Un poco allegro 04:29
• 11 II. Minuetto - Trio 02:46
• 12 III. Presto 03:44
• 13 I. Allegro 07:01
• 14 II. Largo con tenerezza 04:42
• 15 III. Allegro assai 05:10
• 16 I. Allegro 04:06
• 17 II. Andante 01:51
• 18 III. Vivace 04:15
• Total Runtime 01:06:45

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Johann Sebastian Bach’s second child, Wilhelm Friedemann, composed at a time of changing tastes as the baroque period moved into the classical. His innovative sonatas are characterised by harmonic boldness, romantic expressiveness and virtuosity. The Sonata in G major in particular reveals his commanding imagination in its contrasts, improvisatory character, and highly refined language. Julia Brown has been dubbed a ‘strong and sensitive interpreter of this intricate music’ (American Record Guide, Volume 4, Naxos 8.573027).

Julia Brown, harpsichord

Recorded at AGR Performing Arts Center, Eugene, Oregon, USA, 6–7 October 2013
Produced and engineered by Wolfgang Rübsam
Editions prepared by Julia Brown

Julia Brown
is currently director of music and organist at First United Methodist Church in Eugene, Oregon, while also maintaining a full schedule of teaching, performing and recording. She has appeared in concert in North and South America and in Europe, having performed for the American Guild of Organists Regional and National Conventions, the Latin American Organist Conventions, the Oregon Bach Festival and other international organ and music festivals. She is also active as a harpsichordist, exploring performance practice and early music in chamber music settings. Between 1996 and 1999 she was president of the Brazilian Association of Organists and organised conventions, concert series and festivals. As a Naxos recording artist she has released recordings of Scheidemann and Buxtehude on Brombaugh and Pasi organs to high critical acclaim. Born in Rio de Janeiro, Julia Brown studied piano with Fernando Lopes, harpsichord with Edmundo Hora and organ with Elisa Freixo in her native Brazil; with a full scholarship from the Brazilian government, she received her MM and DMA degrees from Northwestern University as a student of Wolfgang Rübsam.

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