C P E Bach - Solo Keyboard Music Volume 26 - BIS: BIS2040 - CD or download

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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... — Gramophone Magazine, November 2013 More…

Release Date: 2nd Sep 2013
Catalogue No: BIS2040
Label: BIS
Series: C P E Bach - Solo Keyboard Music
Length: 79 minutes

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Bach, C P E: Keyboard Sonata No. 1 in C Major, Wq. 51 / 1, H. 150

Work length17:43

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Miklós Spányi
Recorded: July 2012
Recording Venue: Keizerszaal, Sint-Truiden, Belgium

I. Allegro moderato

Track length7:52

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II. Andante

Track length3:27

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III. Allegro

Track length6:24

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Bach, C P E: Keyboard Sonata No. 2 in B flat Major, Wq. 51 / 2, H. 151

Work length19:41

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Miklós Spányi
Recorded: July 2012
Recording Venue: Keizerszaal, Sint-Truiden, Belgium

I. Adagio sostenuto - Presto

Track length8:15

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II. Adagio mesto e sostenuto

Track length5:58

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III. Allegro

Track length5:28

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Bach, C P E: Keyboard Sonata No. 3 in C Minor, Wq. 51 / 3, H. 127

Work length16:24

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Miklós Spányi
Recorded: July 2012
Recording Venue: Keizerszaal, Sint-Truiden, Belgium

I. Allegretto

Track length8:00

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II. Molto adagio

Track length1:44

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III. Allegro ma non tanto

Track length6:40

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Bach, C P E: Keyboard Sonata No. 2 in B flat Major, Wq. 51 / 2, H. 151

Work length5:48

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Miklós Spányi
Recorded: July 2012
Recording Venue: Keizerszaal, Sint-Truiden, Belgium

II. Adagio mesto e sostenuto (Embellished Version)

Track length5:48

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Bach, C P E: Keyboard Sonata No. 3 in C Minor, Wq. 51 / 3, H. 127

Work length1:47

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Miklós Spányi
Recorded: July 2012
Recording Venue: Keizerszaal, Sint-Truiden, Belgium

II. Molto adagio (Embellished Version)

Track length1:47

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Bach, C P E: Keyboard Sonata in C major, Wq. 65 / 35 (H156)

Work length18:13

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Miklós Spányi
Recorded: July 2012
Recording Venue: Keizerszaal, Sint-Truiden, Belgium

I. Allegro moderato

Track length8:00

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II. Andante

Track length3:44

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III. Allegro

Track length6:29

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Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach published his 'Fortsetzung' Sonatas, Wq51, in 1761, only one year after the appearance of Six Sonatas with Varied Reprises, Wq50 (released on Volume 21, BIS-1624). Although the new collection contained only one single movement with a written-out varied reprise, Bach and his publisher, George Ludewig Winter, titled it Fortsetzung (continuation or sequel), obviously hoping to capitalize on the success of the set which had preceded it. (The same strategy was used two years later, with Zweite Fortsetzung, Wq52.) Although the ‘Fortsetzung’ Sonatas were not published together with the composer's own variants on them, such alternative versions exist in manuscript, and splitting this set of large-scale works over two discs, Miklós Spányi also includes recordings of these varied or embellished versions, which may represent the composer's revisions but could equally well have been intended as study material for his students. On the disc is also one of the composer's intriguing experiments – a re-composed version of the entire first sonata of the set, in which each movement has the same bass line and harmonic progressions as the original, yet is varied throughout in texture, rhythm and character. A tour de force in the technique of variation, Bach’s achievement becomes all the more impressive when one considers that he went on to compose yet another, entirely different version of the same sonata, which will be included on the next disc in this highly acclaimed series.

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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.

Early Music Today

There is much to appreciate here, with the more subtle dynamic shaping beautifully controlled, and it undoubtedly brings some appropriate attention to this anniversary composer.

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