What are presented here are five well-wrought symphonies by three of [Bach’s] sons.

The present ensemble, Bach Concentus was founded in 2007 by their artistic director Ewald Demeyere and Guilin D’Alessio. They devote their attention to the instrumental and vocal music of the Baroque and Classical periods. In addition, yes, they do play period instruments. Their speciality is the Bach dynasty and include in their concerts repertoire from those offspring played on this disc as well as the relatively rarely heard Johann Bernard Bach and William Friedrich Bach. The excellent liner-notes sum up all this effort by noting that Bach Concentus wants to ‘put into practice the latest musicological discoveries regarding historical performance practice.’

All the spontaneity, colour and ultimately cool textures of these works are vividly brought out. They excited me, moved me and thoroughly entertained me. © 2012 MusicWeb International Read complete review