C P E Bach - Solo Keyboard Music Volume 25
Sonatas from 1740-47
Miklós Spányi (clavichord)
Sonatas from the 1740s occupy Vol. 25 of Spanyi's immaculately considered companion series to his CPE Bach concerto cycle. The full-toned clavichord beguiles.
C P E Bach - Solo Keyboard Music Volume 25
Sonatas from 1740-47
Miklós Spányi (clavichord)
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Sonatas from the 1740s occupy Vol. 25 of Spanyi's immaculately considered companion series to his CPE Bach concerto cycle. The full-toned clavichord beguiles.
About
Miklós Spányi continues from the previous volume of this series by presenting keyboard sonatas composed in 1744, a year of great significance in C.P.E. Bach’s development as a composer.
Beside three sonatas from that year, the programme includes an earlier and a later work: the very substantial 1740 Sonata in G major, Wq65/12, and the Sonata in F major, Wq65/21 composed 1747. Many sonatas of this period are serious ‘grand’ sonatas intended for professional players.
Miklós Spányi performs these works on the clavichord – an instrument favoured by C.P.E. Bach himself, and for which Spányi has a particular affinity.
Contents and tracklist
Work length15:31
I. Allegro
Track length6:32
II. Andantino
Track length3:25
III. Allegro
Track length5:34
Work length13:41
I. Allegretto
Track length6:56
II. Andante
Track length2:47
III. Vivace
Track length3:58
Work length17:53
I. Allegro
Track length7:56
II. Andante
Track length4:40
III. Presto spirituoso e staccato
Track length5:17
Work length16:28
I. Allegretto
Track length7:40
II. Andante
Track length3:11
III. Cantabile
Track length5:37
Work length14:59
I. Allegro assai
Track length6:19
II. Andantino
Track length2:50
III. Allegretto
Track length5:50
Awards and reviews
September 2012
Sonatas from the 1740s occupy Vol. 25 of Spanyi's immaculately considered companion series to his CPE Bach concerto cycle. The full-toned clavichord beguiles.
November 2013
Why don't today's pianists jump on this repertoire as a matter of course?...The judiciously reverberant sound and the large-sized clavichords that Spanyi favours illuminate the composer's carefully considered dynamic contrasts, bringing welcome vibrancy and presence to the performance.
