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Release Date: 3rd Mar 2014
Catalogue No: BIS1967
Label: BIS
Series: C P E Bach - Keyboard Concertos
Length: 59 minutes

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Bach, C P E: Concerto for Harpsichord and Piano in E-Flat Major, Wq. 47, H. 479

Work length18:43

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Miklós Spányi, Tamás Szekendy
Concerto Armonico
Márta Ábrahám

I. Allegro di molto

Track length7:47

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II. Larghetto

Track length5:45

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III. Vivace

Track length5:11

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Bach, C P E: Concerto for 2 harpsichords, 2 horns & strings in F major, Wq. 46 (H408)

Work length25:11

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Miklós Spányi, Cristiano Holtz
Concerto Armonico
Márta Ábrahám

I. Allegro

Track length10:49

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II. Largo

Track length8:08

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III. Allegro assai

Track length6:14

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Bach, C P E: Keyboard Sonatina in D Major, Wq. 109, H. 453

Work length15:48

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Miklós Spányi, Cristiano Holtz
Concerto Armonico
Péter Szüts

I. Presto

Track length0:46

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II. Arioso

Track length2:26

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III. Ein wenig lebhafter

Track length1:00

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IV. Presto

Track length0:43

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V. Arioso

Track length2:55

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VI. Tempo di minuetto

Track length2:37

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VII. Allegro

Track length1:16

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VIII. Tempo di minuetto

Track length4:05

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Final disc in the series.

With this disc, Miklós Spányi’s survey of the complete keyboard concertos of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, begun in 1995, reaches its conclusion. But over the years it has already been described as ‘a unique monument to one of the 18th century's most underrated composers’ (Gramophone) as well as ‘one of the most important and monumental recording projects of the century so far’ (MusicWeb International) and ‘an epoch-making achievement… in the history of recorded music’ (klassik-heute.de). Together, the 64 works – composed over a period of fifty-five years (1733-88) – form an endlessly fascinating picture of their composer’s various choices made in the course of a long career. They also illustrate the development of the concerto genre, and, indeed, of music itself during the mid-eighteenth century – a period of experimentation and great variety. All of these aspects are explored in an admirable fashion in the liner notes to the various discs, written by the C.P.E. Bach scholars Jane R. Stevens and Darrell M. Berg. Throughout the series, Miklós Spányi has performed the solo parts on harpsichord, fortepiano and tangent piano, carefully explaining his choices in his own remarks to each volume, and thereby providing much insight into a crucial chapter in the development of the keyboard instruments. The two double concertos on this final volume frame most of Bach’s career, with the F major work for two harpsichords hailing from 1740 and the Concerto in E flat major being the fruit of the composer’s final year. The latter work is intriguing in that Bach in his score specified that the solo parts should be performed on a harpsichord and a fortepiano respectively, resulting in some fascinating sound effects. The disc ends with a Sonatina for two harpsichords, composed in the 1760s, and remarkable for the size of its orchestra: the work employs the largest forces ever used by Bach, and forms a suitably resplendent finale to this great recording project, and a festive opening to the 2014 tricentennial of the composer's birth.

C P E Bach - Complete Keyboard Concertos, Volume 20

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