Double Concertos by J. S. Bach & His Sons / Leonhardt Consort, Gustav Harnoncourt, Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt Composers: Johann Sebastian Bach, Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach, Johann Christian Bach, Wilhelm Friedemann Bach. Orchestra/Ensemble: Vienna Concentus Musicus, Leonhardt Consort. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Gustav Leonhardt. One finds here a nice combination of the strongest features of both these great artists: Harnoncourt's feeling for the dynamic shades within the musical phrases and Leonhardt's unique rhythmic drive. Being the son of a famous father isn't always easy. The sons of Johann Sebastian Bach knew all about that. Carl Philipp Emanuel told his father's first biographer, Johann Nikolaus Forkel, that he and his older brother Wilhelm Friedemann "necessarily had to choose their own kind of style because they never would have matched their father in his style."
