Gustav Leonhardt
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An influential pioneer of Early Music, keyboard player, conductor and arranger Gustav Leonhardt's productive career was dedicated to presenting 17th and 18th century music on period instruments, helping to make his native Holland the world capital of Baroque music performance.
Born in s-Graveland, Wijdemeren in the north of Holland, he was himself a fine exponent on piano, harpsichord and organ, after studying at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in Basel. He made his debut as a harpsichordist in Vienna in 1950, where he studied musicology, and went on to become a professor of harpsichord at the Vienna Academy of Music and Amsterdam Conservatory. He went on to play and conduct chamber, orchestral and operatic music from different periods although he was best known for his J.S. Bach recordings, which began in 1953 with the 'Goldberg Variations' and 'The Art of Fugue'.
Leading the Leonhardt Baroque Ensemble, he continued to specialise in Bach, becoming acknowledged as the greatest Bach interpreter of his generation, and in 1971 collaborated with cellist/conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt in recording the complete Bach cantatas. He even portrayed Bach in a movie, 'The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach'. His influence ran deep as he continued to perform, playing his last concert in Paris in 2011, passing away just over a month later at the age of 83. Two asteroids have been named after him, 9903 Leonhardt and Gustavleonhardt.
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Gustav Leonhardt
Antoine et Jean-Baptiste Forqueray: Pièces de clavecin (Les indispensables de Diapason)
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- Telemann : Recorder Sonata in D minor TWV41, D4 : IV Allegro featuring Gustav Leonhardt
- Telemann : Recorder Sonata in D minor TWV41, D4 : II Presto featuring Gustav Leonhardt
- Telemann : Recorder Sonata in C major TWV41, C2 : IV Vivace featuring Gustav Leonhardt
- Telemann : Recorder Sonata in C major TWV41, C2 : II Allegro featuring Gustav Leonhardt
- Telemann : Recorder Sonata in C major TWV41, C2 : I Cantabile featuring Gustav Leonhardt
- Telemann : Recorder Sonata in F minor TWV41, F1 : I Triste featuring Gustav Leonhardt
- Telemann : Recorder Sonata in D minor TWV41, D4 : I Affettuoso featuring Gustav Leonhardt
- Telemann : Recorder Sonata in F minor TWV41, F1 : IV Vivace featuring Gustav Leonhardt
- Telemann : Recorder Sonata in F minor TWV41, F1 : II Allegro featuring Gustav Leonhardt
- Sonata in G Major: IV. Allegro assai (Arr. Leonhardt After Solo Violin Sonata, BWV 1005)
- Telemann : Recorder Sonata in B flat major TWV41, B3 : IV Vivace featuring Gustav Leonhardt
- Sonata in G Major: II. Fugue. Adagio (Arr. Leonhardt After Solo Violin Sonata, BWV 1005)
- Telemann : Recorder Sonata in B flat major TWV41, B3 : II Allegro featuring Gustav Leonhardt
- Telemann : Recorder Sonata in B flat major TWV41, B3 : I Largo featuring Gustav Leonhardt
- Suite in E Minor, BWV 996: VI. Gigue
- Cantata No. 100 "Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan" BWV 100~5. Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan! Muss ich den Kelch gleich
- Telemann : Recorder Sonata in C major TWV41, C5 : II Larghetto featuring Gustav Leonhardt
- Suite in E Minor, BWV 996: V. Bourrée
- Telemann : Recorder Sonata in C major TWV41, C5 : I Adagio - Allegro featuring Gustav Leonhardt
- Sonate für Violine und Cembalo in f-moll, BWV 1018: Allegro featuring Gustav Leonhardt
- Sonate für Violine und Cembalo in E-dur, BWV 1016: Allegro featuring Gustav Leonhardt
- Sonate für Violine und Cembalo in h-moll, BWV 1014: Allegro featuring Gustav Leonhardt
- Sonate für Violine und Cembalo in G-dur, BWV 1019: Allegro featuring Gustav Leonhardt
- Schauet doch und sehet, BWV 46: No. 3, Aria. "Dein Wetter zog sich auf von weiten"
