Bach, J.c.: Sinfonias, Vol. 4

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Cat No: 8553367

Release Date: 12 January 1999

Label: Naxos - Nxc / Naxos Classics

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Genres: Classical

Composer/Series: BACH, J.C.

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Johann Christian Bach (1735 -1782)Symphonies Op. 18, Nos.1- 6Symphony in E flat major for double orchestra, Op. 18,No.1Symphony in B flat major, Op. 18, No.2Symphony in D major for double orchestra, Op. 18. No.3Symphony in D major, Op. 18, No.4Symphony in E major for double orchestra, Op. 18, No.5Symphony in D major, Op. 18, No.6 Johann Christian Bach, the youngest son of JohannSebastian, was born in 1735 in Leipzig, where his father had served as Thomaskantorsince 1723. By the time of his birth his two eldest brothers, born to Johann Sebastian'sfirst wife, had left home. Wilhelm Friedemann was employed as organist at the Sophienkirchein Dresden and Carl Philipp Emanuel was at the University of Frankfurt-am-Oder.The fourth surviving son of Johann Sebastian's first marriage, Johann GottfriedBernhard had secured a position as organist at Muhlhausen, where his father hadonce served. Three surviving older children of the second marriage were athome, including the feeble-minded Gottfried Heimrich and the three-year-old JohannChristoph Friedrich. Johann Christian was taught by his father and perhaps byhis cousin Johann Elias, who had come to live with the family. By the time ofhis father's death in 1750 he was the last of the sons to remain at home,Johann Christoph Friedrich having recently found appointment as an organist at Buckeburg. Johann Christian now moved to Berlin, where hishalf-brother Carl Philipp Emanuel was now harpsichordist to King Frederick theGreat. Here he was able to undertake further study with his brother and it was duringthe following three years in Berlin that he wrote his first keyboard concertosand a choral ode for the King's birthday, among other compositions. In 1754 heseized the opportunity to travel to Italy, where introductions enabled him toenter the service of Count Agostino Litta, a member of one of the leadingfamilies in Milan. His patron encouraged him to turn his attention to churchmusic and there followed a period of study with Padre Martini in Bologna. By1757 he had become a Catholic and in 1760 was appointed organist at MilanCathedral, although now he had turned his attention as a composer moreparticularly to secular forms. His first opera, Artaserse was written in1760 for the Teatro Regio in Turin and the following year his setting ofanother Metastasio libretto, Catone in Utica, was given at the San Carlotheatre in Naples, where his Alessandro nell'lndie was staged early in1762. Offers had now come from Venice and from London forBach's services, while Naples still hoped for further operas from him. Takingleave from his duties at the Cathedral, to which he had recently givenrelatively little attention, Bach travelled to London for the 1762-3 operaseason, arranging a series of pasticcios before the mounting of his own Orioneat the King's Theatre in February 1763, followed in May by Zanaida.Later the same year he finally resigned his position in Milan and now settledin London, where he enjoyed the fav
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