"American Bach Soloists and Delos share the same high standards, goals and vision; and we at ABS couldn't be more excited about this new relationship." - Jeffrey Thomas 

Jeffrey Thomas is Artistic and Music Director of the American Bach Soloists. Educated at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, Manhattan School of Music and the Julliard School of Music, he is now professor of Music and director of choral ensembles in the Department of Music at the University of California, Davis. "Thomas' direction seems just right, capturing the humanity of the music... there is no higher praise for Bach performances." Fanfare Magazine. In 1998 the American Bach Soloists inaugurated their International Young Artists Bach Competition as a way to foster emerging musicians who wish to pursue a career in early music. Michael Sponseller received First Place in that year' s competition for harpsichordists. In this significant release, he performs four of Bach's best-known, best-selling harpsichord concertos in D minor, F major, and A minor (triple concerto with violinist Elizabeth Blumenstock and flautist Sandra Miller), and his Concerto in D Major after a violin concerto by Vivaldi.

J.S. BACH Harpsichord Concertos 

Concerto for Harpsichord, Strings, and Basso continuo in D minor, BWV 1052

Concerto for Harpsichord, Recorders, Strings, and Basso continuo in F major, BWV 1057

Concerto for Harpsichord, Flute, Violin, Strings, and Basso continuo in A minor, BWV 1044

Concerto in D major, BWV 972, after the Concerto for Violin, op. 3, no. 9, by Antonio Vivaldi