2 Mar 2014

Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach (1714-1788)

From Composer of the Week, 9:00 am on 2 March 2014

CPE Bach Anniversary 2014 edited.

Johann Sebastian Bach trained his sons to be successful musicians.

In his time composer and keyboard player Carl Philipp Emmanuel eclipsed the fame of his father and published an influential manual on playing technique.

His life saw the development of the fortepiano which was much more versatile and expressive than previous keyboards.

 

Music Details:

CPE BACH: Symphony in E WQ182/6, mvt 1 – Café Zimmermann (Alpha 107)
CPE BACH: Symphony in E WQ182/6, mvt 2 – Café Zimmermann (Alpha 107)
CPE BACH: March BWV Anh.122 – Luc Beauséjour (hpschd) (Analekta FL 2 3064)
D SCARLATTI: D Scarlatti_Sonata XV in E minor - Joseph Payne (hpschd) (BIS CD 499)
CPE BACH: Sonata per il cembalo solo in C – Preethi de Silva (hpschd) (Musical Heritage Society 513667Y)
CPE BACH: Sonata in C Wq 87 – Barthold Kuijken (transverse fl), Bob van Asperen (hpschd)(Sony S2K 53964)
CPE BACH: Concerto in D, mvt 1 – Miklós Spánji (ftpno), Concerto Armonico (BIS CD 768)
CPE BACH: Sonata in Bb H.282 – Preethi de Silva (ftpno) (Musical Heritage Society 513016T)
CPE BACH: Lamm Gottes from St Matthew Passion - Berlin Sing-Akademie, Zelter Ensemble (Capriccio 60 113)
CPE BACH: Symphony in E WQ182_6, mvt 3 (Alpha 107)