Concerto nach Italienischen Gusto ‘Italian Concerto’, BWV 971
Ouvertüre nach Französischer Art ‘French Overture’, BWV 831
Duet in E minor, BWV 802
Duet in F major, BWV 803
Duet in G major, BWV 804
Duet in A minor, BWV 805
Capriccio in B flat major ‘on the departure of his beloved brother’, BWV 992
Capriccio in E major ‘in honorem Johann Christoph Bachii Ohrdrufiensis’, BWV 993

Mahan Esfahani again highlights the radicalism, virtuosity and sheer joyousness of the works recorded here, both in his playing and in his uncommonly engaging booklet notes.

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Recorded in the Parish Church of St John the Baptist, Loughton, Essex, on 15-17 March 2021. The instrument heard on this album was built by the workshop of Jukka Ollikka in Prague and completed in January 2018; based on examples by Michael Mietke.