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

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