Bach, Johannes Sebastian/Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel/Telemann, Georg Philipp: Father, Son & Godfather (Bis Audio CD)  

Dan Laurin (recorder)
Henrik Frendin (viola)
Mats Olofsson (cello)
Anna Paradiso (harpsichord)
Paradiso Musicale


The Father, the Son and the Godfather is a snapshot of a time when composers were offered a tremendous freedom in their choices of genres and styles and features three composers who knew each other well: J.S. Bach (the father), C.P.E. Bach (the son) and Georg Philipp Telemann (CPE’s godfather).

We thus get Johann Sebastian’s rigorous, intellectually demanding Sonata in B minor, ample examples of the elegant and tender Empfindsamer Stil of his son C.P.E., and in two Trio Sonatas a taste of Telemann’s ‘world music’

This is the first recording of Paradiso Musicale, an ensemble featuring the acclaimed recorder player Dan Laurin and made up of an unusual combination of instruments.