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C. P. E. Bach: Solo Keyboard Music Vol 29 / Spanyi

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Details

Composer
BACH, CARL PHILIPP EMANUEL
Artist
Miklos Spanyi
Format
CD
Label
BIS
Released
Mar 10, 2015
Catalog #
BIS-2046
UPC
7318590020463

About

With this disc, Miklós Spányi completes C.P.E. Bach's set of ‘Zweyte Fortsetzung’ Sonatas, in itself a continuation of two previous sets (Wq 50 and 51). The composer himself clearly regarded the 18 sonatas of these sets as a major achievement. All of them are substantial works but the three included here might be considered the most diverse and original of the entire series. Bach assembled the Wq 52 set for publication in 1763 but Sonata No.4 had in fact been composed twenty years earlier, while No.5 and No.6 are of a later date. Together the three works exhibit Bach’s inexhaustible technique of varying melodies and textures, but they also display new structures and harmonic adventures. Following them on this disc are two of C.P.E. Bach's last compositions in the sonata genre, composed after he had left his post at the court of Frederick the Great in Berlin to take up that of Director of Music in Hamburg. Although Bach at this time more and more often performed on the fortepiano, he still favoured the clavichord, and as late as 1786, when the Sonata in C minor, Wq 65/49 was completed, he specified the use of the clavichord vibrato known as Bebung in the manuscript score. Throughout this series, Miklós Spányi has often opted for a clavichord – a copy of a rather late eighteenth-century instrument, built in the Silbermann tradition reaching back to some fifty years earlier. This choice has endeared him to many clavichord lovers, including the reviewer in BBC Music Magazine who about an earlier volume wrote: 'Spányi's ultra-sensitive touch adds magic on this delicate instrument. Gentle tonal subtlety provides rich rewards.'

Tracklist 15 tracks

  1. 1 I. Allegro 09:42
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    09:42
    Composer
    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
    Performer
    Miklós Spányi
  2. 2 II. Poco andante 05:42
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Poco andante
    Duration
    05:42
    Composer
    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
    Performer
    Miklós Spányi
  3. 3 III. Allegro assai 06:04
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Allegro assai
    Duration
    06:04
    Composer
    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
    Performer
    Miklós Spányi
  4. 4 I. Allegro 03:25
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    03:25
    Composer
    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
    Performer
    Miklós Spányi
  5. 5 II. Larghetto 03:38
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Larghetto
    Duration
    03:38
    Composer
    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
    Performer
    Miklós Spányi
  6. 6 III. Allegro 05:17
    Track
    6
    Title
    III. Allegro
    Duration
    05:17
    Composer
    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
    Performer
    Miklós Spányi
  7. 7 I. Allegro 08:11
    Track
    7
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    08:11
    Composer
    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
    Performer
    Miklós Spányi
  8. 8 II. L'Einschnitt: Adagio 03:20
    Track
    8
    Title
    II. L'Einschnitt: Adagio
    Duration
    03:20
    Composer
    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
    Performer
    Miklós Spányi
  9. 9 III. Allegro di molto 04:54
    Track
    9
    Title
    III. Allegro di molto
    Duration
    04:54
    Composer
    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
    Performer
    Miklós Spányi
  10. 10 I. Allegro 06:48
    Track
    10
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    06:48
    Composer
    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
    Performer
    Miklós Spányi
  11. 11 II. Adagio assai 01:21
    Track
    11
    Title
    II. Adagio assai
    Duration
    01:21
    Composer
    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
    Performer
    Miklós Spányi
  12. 12 III. Andante 06:00
    Track
    12
    Title
    III. Andante
    Duration
    06:00
    Composer
    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
    Performer
    Miklós Spányi
  13. 13 I. Allegretto 03:23
    Track
    13
    Title
    I. Allegretto
    Duration
    03:23
    Composer
    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
    Performer
    Miklós Spányi
  14. 14 II. Andante 03:48
    Track
    14
    Title
    II. Andante
    Duration
    03:48
    Composer
    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
    Performer
    Miklós Spányi
  15. 15 III. Allegro 02:29
    Track
    15
    Title
    III. Allegro
    Duration
    02:29
    Composer
    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
    Performer
    Miklós Spányi