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C.P.E. Bach: Solo Keyboard Music Vol 20 / Miklos Spanyi

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Details

Composer
BACH, C.P.E.
Artist
Miklos, Spanyi
Format
CD
Label
BIS
Released
Apr 01, 2010
Catalog #
BIS-CD-1623
UPC
7318590016237

About

In these five sonatas from the 1760s, the period prior to C.P.E. Bach's departure from Frederick the Great's court in Berlin, we find some of his most attractive writing, in the opinion of Darrell M. Berg, author of the liner notes to this disc and general editor of the complete edition of the composer's works. The fabulous landscapes and high drama of so many earlier works (such as the Württemberg Sonatas on volumes 16 and 17 of this series) are left behind, as are the lyrical intimacy and simplicity of the so-called 'easy' sonatas. Or rather: these qualities are incorporated in the 'new' style and a certain synthesis is achieved. The result is a style featuring Bach's familiar energy and vivacity but with greater equilibrium, resulting in compositions we might - for want of a better term - call more 'classical'. Miklós Spányi has acquired a reputation as a leading interpreter and firm advocate of this music that stands between the Baroque and the Classical period, and which is less well-known than it deserves partly because of the difficulty of classifying it. He has here chosen to perform it on C.P.E. Bach's own favourite keyboard instrument, the clavichord. Spányi's ground-breaking work in this series, and in the parallel one of the same composer's keyboard concertos, will be familiar to many lovers of early keyboard music. It has been called 'a major contribution to recorded keyboard literature' in American Record Guide, to single out one single disc, Volume 17 of this series was selected as Editor's Choice in Gramophone, and described as 'the answer to clavichord fans' dreams'.

Tracklist 16 tracks

  1. 1 I. Allegro pomposo 06:20
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro pomposo
    Duration
    06:20
    Composer
    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
    Performer
    Miklós Spányi
  2. 2 II. Andante arioso 02:50
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Andante arioso
    Duration
    02:50
    Composer
    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
    Performer
    Miklós Spányi
  3. 3 III. Allegretto 03:56
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Allegretto
    Duration
    03:56
    Composer
    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
    Performer
    Miklós Spányi
  4. 4 I. Allegro 06:16
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    06:16
    Composer
    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
    Performer
    Miklós Spányi
  5. 5 II. Larghetto 04:27
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Larghetto
    Duration
    04:27
    Composer
    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
    Performer
    Miklós Spányi
  6. 6 III. Allegro 04:50
    Track
    6
    Title
    III. Allegro
    Duration
    04:50
    Composer
    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
    Performer
    Miklós Spányi
  7. 7 I. Allegretto 05:32
    Track
    7
    Title
    I. Allegretto
    Duration
    05:32
    Composer
    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
    Performer
    Miklós Spányi
  8. 8 II. Molto adagio e sostenuto 04:10
    Track
    8
    Title
    II. Molto adagio e sostenuto
    Duration
    04:10
    Composer
    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
    Performer
    Miklós Spányi
  9. 9 III. Allegro di molto 05:03
    Track
    9
    Title
    III. Allegro di molto
    Duration
    05:03
    Composer
    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
    Performer
    Miklós Spányi
  10. 10 I. Allegretto 10:15
    Track
    10
    Title
    I. Allegretto
    Duration
    10:15
    Composer
    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
    Performer
    Miklós Spányi
  11. 11 II. Larghetto affettuoso 04:37
    Track
    11
    Title
    II. Larghetto affettuoso
    Duration
    04:37
    Composer
    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
    Performer
    Miklós Spányi
  12. 12 III. Presto 02:37
    Track
    12
    Title
    III. Presto
    Duration
    02:37
    Composer
    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
    Performer
    Miklós Spányi
  13. 13 I. Allegretto 06:31
    Track
    13
    Title
    I. Allegretto
    Duration
    06:31
    Composer
    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
    Performer
    Miklós Spányi
  14. 14 II. Andante 04:05
    Track
    14
    Title
    II. Andante
    Duration
    04:05
    Composer
    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
    Performer
    Miklós Spányi
  15. 15 III. Allegretto 02:55
    Track
    15
    Title
    III. Allegretto
    Duration
    02:55
    Composer
    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
    Performer
    Miklós Spányi
  16. 16 III. Allegro (alternate version) 04:16
    Track
    16
    Title
    III. Allegro (alternate version)
    Duration
    04:16
    Composer
    Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
    Performer
    Miklós Spányi