C.P.E. Bach: The Solo Keyboard Music, Vol. 34 Miklós Spányi

• Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788): Rondo in A Major, Wq. 58 No. 1, H. 276:
• 1 Rondo in A Major, Wq. 58 No. 1, H. 276 06:14
• Keyboard Sonata in G Major, Wq. 58 No. 2, H. 273:
• 2 Keyboard Sonata in G Major, Wq. 58 No. 2, H. 273: I. Grazioso 01:53
• 3 Keyboard Sonata in G Major, Wq. 58 No. 2, H. 273: II. Larghetto e sostenuto - Largo 02:24
• 4 Keyboard Sonata in G Major, Wq. 58 No. 2, H. 273: III. Allegretto 02:01
• Rondo in E Major, Wq. 58 No. 3, H. 274:
• 5 Rondo in E Major, Wq. 58 No. 3, H. 274 05:20
• Keboard Sonata in E Minor, Wq. 58 No. 4, H. 188:
• 6 Keboard Sonata in E Minor, Wq. 58 No. 4, H. 188: I. Allegretto 07:20
• 7 Keboard Sonata in E Minor, Wq. 58 No. 4, H. 188: II. Andantino 02:39
• 8 Keyboard Sonata in E Minor, Wq. 58 No. 4, H. 188: III. Allegro assai 04:39
• Rondo in B-Flat Major, Wq. 58 No. 5, H. 267:
• 9 Rondo in B-Flat Major, Wq. 58 No. 5, H. 267 06:13
• Fantasy in E-Flat Major, Wq. 58 No. 6, H. 277:
• 10 Fantasy in E-Flat Major, Wq. 58 No. 6, H. 277 07:43
• Fantasy in A Major, Wq. 58 No. 7, H. 278:
• 11 Fantasy in A Major, Wq. 58 No. 7, H. 278 08:28
• Keyboard Sonata in F Major, Wq. 65 No. 19, H. 49:
• 12 Keyboard Sonata in F Major, Wq. 65 No. 19, H. 49: I. Presto 01:29
• 13 Keyboard Sonata in F Major, Wq. 65 No. 19, H. 49: II. Andantino 01:32
• 14 Keyboard Sonata in F Major, Wq. 65 No. 19, H. 49: III. Alla polacca 02:03
• Arioso with 20 Variations in C Major, Wq. 118 No. 10, H. 259:
• 15 Arioso with 20 Variations in C Major, Wq. 118 No. 10, H. 259: Theme 01:37
• 16 Arioso with 20 Variations in C Major, Wq. 118 No. 10, H. 259: Var. 1 01:31
• 17 Arioso with 20 Variations in C Major, Wq. 118 No. 10, H. 259: Var. 2 01:20
• 18 Arioso with 20 Variations in C Major, Wq. 118 No. 10, H. 259: Var. 3 01:39
• 19 Arioso with 20 Variations in C Major, Wq. 118 No. 10, H. 259: Var. 4 01:37
• 20 Arioso with 20 Variations in C Major, Wq. 118 No. 10, H. 259: Var. 5 01:25
• 21 Arioso with 20 Variations in C Major, Wq. 118 No. 10, H. 259: Var. 6 01:36
• 22 Arioso with 20 Variations in C Major, Wq. 118 No. 10, H. 259: Var. 7 02:12
• 23 Arioso with 20 Variations in C Major, Wq. 118 No. 10, H. 259: Var. 8 01:46
• 24 Arioso with 20 Variations in C Major, Wq. 118 No. 10, H. 259: Var. 9 01:46
• Total Runtime 01:16:27

Info for C.P.E. Bach: The Solo Keyboard Music, Vol. 34

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach had begun his series für Kenner und Liebhaber – ‘for Connaisseurs and Amateurs’ – with the traditional formula of a set of six sonatas, but became more unconventional in the second and third collection in which he alternated three sonatas with three rondos. With the fourth instalment, published in 1783, he went further still as he increased the number of pieces to seven and added ‘free fantasias’ to the sonatas and rondos.

Continuing his survey of Bach’s keyboard music – and the Kenner und Liebhaber series – Miklós Spányi performs the collection on a tangent piano, an early form of the piano with strings that are struck by small wooden slips (‘tangents’). The basic sound of the instrument is reminiscent of the harpsichord, but this can be modified in a number of ways through the use of various devices. Spányi rounds off the programme with two further works, of which the Sonata in F major, Wq 65/19 may be the very last keyboard composition that Bach completed during his lifetime.

Miklós Spányi, tangent piano

Miklós Spányi
was born in Budapest, Hungary. He studied organ and harpsichord at the Ferenc Liszt Music Academy in his native city with Ferenc Gergely and János Sebestyén. He continued his studies at the Royal Flemish Conservatory (Koninklijk Vlaams Muziekconservatorium) in Antwerp with Jos van Immerseel and at the Hochschule für Music in Munich with Hedwig Bilgram.

Spányi has won first prize at international harpsichord competitions in Nantes (1984) and Paris (1987). He has given concerts in most European countries as a soloist on five historical keyboard instruments (organ, harpsichord, fortepiano, clavichord, tangent piano) as well as playing continuo with various chamber music groups and orchestras. He has been artistic director of the Hungarian baroque orchestra Concerto Armonico Budapest since its foundation in 1983. He has recorded an extensive discography for different labels as a soloist and with orchestra. Between 2006-9 Miklós Spányi was artistic director of the Finnish early music group Ensemble OpusX.

For some years Miklós Spányi's work as a performer and researcher has been focused on the oeuvre of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach. Today he is one of the world’s most acknowledged C.P.E.Bach scholars and performers. For the Swedish label BIS he has been recording C.P.E.Bach’s Complete Keyboard Concertos as well as his Complete Solo Keyboard Music, of both series numerous cd's have already been issued. Hungaroton Records has launched the series Tangent Piano Collection with Miklós Spányi, mostly featuring chamber music with tangent piano. For Könemann Music Budapest Miklós Spányi has editied some volumes of C.P.E.Bach’s solo keyboard works. He has also worked intensively to revive C.P.E. Bach's favourite keyboard instrument, the clavichord. Miklós Spányi was teaching at the Oulu Conservatoire and the Sibelius Academy in Finland between 1990-2012. Currently he is associated as teacher with the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Mannheim, Germany, with the Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest, Hungary and with the Conservatorium van Amsterdam in the Netherlands. He has given masterclasses in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, France, Portugal, Hungary and Finland.

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