Music of Johann Sebastian Bach
Andrew Appel, harpsichord
BRIDGE 9005

Andrew Appel, Artistic Director of the Four Nations Ensemble, performs throughout Europe and the United States as soloist in many festivals including Italy's Spoleto Festival, New York's Mostly Mozart Festival, and the Redwoods Festival. As recitalist, Mr. Appel has performed at Carnegie and Avery Fisher Halls in New York, as well as halls from the Music Academy of the West to the Smithsonian in Washington DC. Besides his work with The Four Nations Ensemble, he has been a guest of Chatham Baroque, the Smithsonian Players, and Orpheus. He serves as harpsichordist for Opera Lafayette and has toured with several European chamber orchestras. He has enjoyed critical acclaim for his solo recording of Bach works with Bridge Records as well as his fortepiano performances of Haydn for ASV.

Reviews:

“One of the most compelling Bach harpsichord discs to come along lately features Andrew Appel in a magnificent program. What emerges in his playing is a kind of improvisatory flair that gives the music a special vibrancy, a feeling of being spun forth on the spot and from the heart.” - Pulse

“An extroverted and broadly rhetorical approach, with exceptionally brilliant playing—impressive in its breadth and impact.” - Ovation

 

 

Johann Sebastian Bach

Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue, BWV 903
Capriccio on the Departure of His Most Beloved Brother, BWV 992
Fantasia in C minor, BWV 906
Italian Concerto, BWV 971
Fantasia and Fugue in A minor, BWV 904
Toccata in D Major, BWV 912

Andrew Appel, harpsichord

BRIDGE 9005