Latest News: Classical, Bach, C P E (composer)
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Interview,
Bart Van Reyn on CPE Bach's Die Auferstehung 14th June 2022
The Belgian conductor discusses his new recording of Die Auferstehung und Himmelfahrt Jesu, a passion-oratorio on Christ's Resurrection and Ascension which was conducted by Mozart in the presence of Beethoven and Haydn (and influenced the latter's The Creation).
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Interview,
Marc-André Hamelin on CPE Bach 17th January 2022
The Canadian pianist talks to Katherine about delving into a 'fascinating trove of treasures' for his latest recording on Hyperion - and how CPE Bach turned out to be the first composer whose music he performed in public...
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Recording of the Week,
Marc-André Hamelin plays CPE Bach 31st December 2021
The Canadian pianist's Midas touch is everywhere in evidence on this programme of sonatas and rondos, many of which reveal the composer's delight in the new expressive possibilities offered by early pianos.
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Interview,
Víkingur Ólafsson on Mozart and his Contemporaries 9th September 2021
The Icelandic pianist talks to Katherine about his new album exploring 'one of the most incredible decades in any composer's life', and his mission to 'get rid of some my own preconceptions about Mozart by finding out more about the music of his day'.
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Recording of the Week,
Víkingur Ólafsson performs piano music by Mozart and contemporaries 3rd September 2021
For his fourth album on Deutsche Grammophon, the Icelandic pianist presents a sublime, intelligent programme of works by Mozart alongside pieces by Haydn, Galuppi, Cimarosa, and CPE Bach.
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Interview,
Steven Isserlis on CPE Bach and Haydn 25th September 2017
The cellist talks to David about his new album of eighteenth-century cello concertos, released earlier in the month on Hyperion.
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Recording of the Week,
CPE Bach Magnificat 10th February 2014
To mark the tercentenary of the birth of Johann Sebastian Bach’s fifth (and most prolific) child, Hans-Christoph Rademann directs the RIAS Kammerchor and Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin in a ‘punchy and agile’ account of his first large-scale choral work.
