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C.P.E. Bach: The Solo Keyboard Music, Vol. 40 / Miklós
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C.P.E. Bach: The Solo Keyboard Music, Vol. 40 / Miklós

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Details

Composer
BACH, C.P.E
Artist
Miklos Spanyi
Format
CD
Label
BIS
Released
May 21, 2021
Catalog #
BIS-2387
UPC
7318590023877

About

This album features solo keyboard arrangements of works by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach originally scored for other instruments. In the second half of the eighteenth century the demand for keyboard music increased rapidly, as musical skills became a social requisite for young ladies of the upper classes. To provide compositions for these new keyboard players was financially profitable, but Bach also had another reason for welcoming arrangements: the keyboard instruments were his favorite medium, and he devoted himself to making them into solo instruments as important as the violin and other melody instruments. The eighteen short pieces on this well-filled disc all exist in versions for various small groups of instruments or, in some cases, for mechanical instruments such as the barrel organ. Miklós Spányi has grouped them around three larger-scaled works, of which two are arrangements of symphonies while the Concerto in F major for solo keyboard may in fact be an original composition: a version for keyboard and orchestra exists, but is possibly a later development. In the case of several of the arrangements it is uncertain who made them – some of them only survive in the hand of one of Bach’s admirers. In his liner notes to the disc, Spányi proposes that they could in fact be the original versions, however, as he sees a striking similarity to Bach’s other, indisputably genuine small keyboard pieces.

Tracklist 27 tracks

  1. 1 Minuet in D Major, Wq. 116/35, H. 309 03:02
    Track
    1
    Title
    Minuet in D Major, Wq. 116/35, H. 309
    Duration
    03:02
    Composer
    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
    Performer
    Miklós Spányi
  2. 2 Polonoise in A Major, Wq. 116/34, H. 308 01:44
    Track
    2
    Title
    Polonoise in A Major, Wq. 116/34, H. 308
    Duration
    01:44
    Composer
    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
    Performer
    Miklós Spányi
  3. 3 Allegretto grazioso in C Major, Wq. 116/57, H. 331 02:48
    Track
    3
    Title
    Allegretto grazioso in C Major, Wq. 116/57, H. 331
    Duration
    02:48
    Composer
    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
    Performer
    Miklós Spányi
  4. 4 Menuet in G Major, Wq. 116/29, H. 303 03:52
    Track
    4
    Title
    Menuet in G Major, Wq. 116/29, H. 303
    Duration
    03:52
    Composer
    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
    Performer
    Miklós Spányi
  5. 5 I. Allegro 04:10
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    04:10
    Composer
    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
    Performer
    Miklós Spányi
  6. 6 II. Andante 03:43
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Andante
    Duration
    03:43
    Composer
    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
    Performer
    Miklós Spányi
  7. 7 III. Presto 03:16
    Track
    7
    Title
    III. Presto
    Duration
    03:16
    Composer
    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
    Performer
    Miklós Spányi
  8. 8 Minuet in G Major, Wq. 116/31, H. 305 02:56
    Track
    8
    Title
    Minuet in G Major, Wq. 116/31, H. 305
    Duration
    02:56
    Composer
    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
    Performer
    Miklós Spányi
  9. 9 March in D Major, Wq. 116/46, H. 320 01:47
    Track
    9
    Title
    March in D Major, Wq. 116/46, H. 320
    Duration
    01:47
    Composer
    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
    Performer
    Miklós Spányi
  10. 10 Menuet in D Major, Wq. 116/40, H. 314 00:59
    Track
    10
    Title
    Menuet in D Major, Wq. 116/40, H. 314
    Duration
    00:59
    Composer
    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
    Performer
    Miklós Spányi
  11. 11 Polonoise in B-Flat Major, Wq. 116/43, H. 317 01:04
    Track
    11
    Title
    Polonoise in B-Flat Major, Wq. 116/43, H. 317
    Duration
    01:04
    Composer
    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
    Performer
    Miklós Spányi
  12. 12 Menuet in C Major, Wq. 116/47, H. 321 00:55
    Track
    12
    Title
    Menuet in C Major, Wq. 116/47, H. 321
    Duration
    00:55
    Composer
    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
    Performer
    Miklós Spányi
  13. 13 Presto in A Minor, Wq. 116/39, H. 313 01:03
    Track
    13
    Title
    Presto in A Minor, Wq. 116/39, H. 313
    Duration
    01:03
    Composer
    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
    Performer
    Miklós Spányi
  14. 14 Polonaise in A Major, Wq. 116/42, H. 316 00:56
    Track
    14
    Title
    Polonaise in A Major, Wq. 116/42, H. 316
    Duration
    00:56
    Composer
    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
    Performer
    Miklós Spányi
  15. 15 Allegro in C Major, Wq. 116/51, H. 325 01:13
    Track
    15
    Title
    Allegro in C Major, Wq. 116/51, H. 325
    Duration
    01:13
    Composer
    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
    Performer
    Miklós Spányi
  16. 16 I. Allegro assai 08:05
    Track
    16
    Title
    I. Allegro assai
    Duration
    08:05
    Composer
    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
    Performer
    Miklós Spányi
  17. 17 II. Larghetto 08:18
    Track
    17
    Title
    II. Larghetto
    Duration
    08:18
    Composer
    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
    Performer
    Miklós Spányi
  18. 18 III. Poco presto 07:11
    Track
    18
    Title
    III. Poco presto
    Duration
    07:11
    Composer
    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
    Performer
    Miklós Spányi
  19. 19 Allegro in B-Flat Major, Wq. 116/38, H. 312 02:02
    Track
    19
    Title
    Allegro in B-Flat Major, Wq. 116/38, H. 312
    Duration
    02:02
    Composer
    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
    Performer
    Miklós Spányi
  20. 20 Polonaise in F Major, Wq. 116/41, H. 315 01:55
    Track
    20
    Title
    Polonaise in F Major, Wq. 116/41, H. 315
    Duration
    01:55
    Composer
    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
    Performer
    Miklós Spányi
  21. 21 Menuet in D Major, Wq. 116/33, H. 307 03:11
    Track
    21
    Title
    Menuet in D Major, Wq. 116/33, H. 307
    Duration
    03:11
    Composer
    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
    Performer
    Miklós Spányi
  22. 22 Allegro di molto in A Major, Wq. 116/36, H. 310 01:35
    Track
    22
    Title
    Allegro di molto in A Major, Wq. 116/36, H. 310
    Duration
    01:35
    Composer
    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
    Performer
    Miklós Spányi
  23. 23 Langsam und traurig in A Minor, Wq 116/50, H. 324 01:28
    Track
    23
    Title
    Langsam und traurig in A Minor, Wq 116/50, H. 324
    Duration
    01:28
    Composer
    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
    Performer
    Miklós Spányi
  24. 24 Polonaise in D Major, Wq. 116/49, H. 323 01:31
    Track
    24
    Title
    Polonaise in D Major, Wq. 116/49, H. 323
    Duration
    01:31
    Composer
    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
    Performer
    Miklós Spányi
  25. 25 I. Allegro assai 04:41
    Track
    25
    Title
    I. Allegro assai
    Duration
    04:41
    Composer
    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
    Performer
    Miklós Spányi
  26. 26 II. Andante 03:20
    Track
    26
    Title
    II. Andante
    Duration
    03:20
    Composer
    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
    Performer
    Miklós Spányi
  27. 27 III. Allegro 04:28
    Track
    27
    Title
    III. Allegro
    Duration
    04:28
    Composer
    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
    Performer
    Miklós Spányi