Notes and Editorial Reviews
In his acclaimed series of C.P.E. Bach's music for solo keyboard, Miklós Spányi has constructed a programme consisting of four sonatas from the 1750's, including the closing Sonata in A major (Wq65/32), described by Dr. Darrell M. Berg in her liner notes as one of Bach's most graceful works for keyboard. The sonatas are interspersed with a number of shorter pieces: Solfeggios and Fantasias composed mainly to be used in the teaching of Bach's own students, which included members of the nobility, as well as aspiring professional musicians such as his younger brother Johann Christian. But although they are didactic pieces they are also imbued with the ingenuity of their maker, and testify to Bach's ability to create something original and
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beautiful within the time-span of one minute or less. Particularly interesting is the Fantasia in D major, Wq117/14, an example of Bach's 'free fantasias' which is completely unmeasured, requiring the performer to devise his or her own appropriate rhythm in the style of an improvisation. Reviewers of previous discs in this series have remarked on Miklós Spányi's approach to the rhythmical aspects of Bach's music, most recently in International Record Guide: 'Anyone expecting a chaste, Dresden-china simplicity is in for a culture schock as Spányi probes beneath the surface of Bach's highly articulate musical surfaces with a temporal plasticity that creates the impression of living, breathing musical organisms.' Read less
Works on This Recording
1.
Clavierstück für die rechte oder linke Hand allein, one-handed piece for keyboard in A major, H. 241 by Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach
Performer:
Miklós Spányi (Clavichord)
Period: Classical
Written: by 1771
Date of Recording: 06/2008
Venue: Heikki Sarvela Hall, Liminka, Finland
Length: 2 Minutes 34 Secs.
2.
Fantasia, for keyboard in D minor (Musikalisches Vielerley No. 12), H. 224, Wq. 117/12 by Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach
Performer:
Miklós Spányi (Clavichord)
Period: Classical
Written: 1766
Date of Recording: 06/2008
Venue: Heikki Sarvela Hall, Liminka, Finland
Length: 0 Minutes 37 Secs.
3.
Sonata for keyboard in G major, H. 63, Wq. 62/11 by Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach
Performer:
Miklós Spányi (Clavichord)
Period: Classical
Written: 1750
Date of Recording: 06/2008
Venue: Heikki Sarvela Hall, Liminka, Finland
Length: 11 Minutes 20 Secs.
4.
Fuga á 2, for keyboard in D minor, H. 99, Wq. 119/2 by Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach
Performer:
Miklós Spányi (Clavichord)
Period: Classical
Written: 1755
Date of Recording: 06/2008
Venue: Heikki Sarvela Hall, Liminka, Finland
Length: 3 Minutes 21 Secs.
5.
Fantasia, for keyboard in G major (Musikalisches Vielerley No. 11), H. 223, Wq. 117/11 by Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach
Performer:
Miklós Spányi (Clavichord)
Period: Classical
Written: 1766
Date of Recording: 06/2008
Venue: Heikki Sarvela Hall, Liminka, Finland
Length: 0 Minutes 56 Secs.
6.
Sonata for keyboard in G major, H. 77, Wq. 62/14 by Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach
Performer:
Miklós Spányi (Clavichord)
Period: Classical
Written: 1754
Date of Recording: 06/2008
Venue: Heikki Sarvela Hall, Liminka, Finland
Length: 7 Minutes 27 Secs.
7.
Fantasia, for keyboard in D major (example in Versuch II), H. 160, Wq. 117/14 by Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach
Performer:
Miklós Spányi (Clavichord)
Period: Classical
Written: by 1763
Date of Recording: 06/2008
Venue: Heikki Sarvela Hall, Liminka, Finland
Length: 3 Minutes 27 Secs.
8.
Solfeggio, for keyboard in A major, H. 222, Wq. 117/4 by Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach
Performer:
Miklós Spányi (Clavichord)
Period: Classical
Written: 1766
Date of Recording: 06/2008
Venue: Heikki Sarvela Hall, Liminka, Finland
Length: 0 Minutes 53 Secs.
9.
Sonata for keyboard in C minor, H. 121, Wq. 65/31 by Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach
Performer:
Miklós Spányi (Clavichord)
Period: Classical
Written: 1757
Date of Recording: 06/2008
Venue: Heikki Sarvela Hall, Liminka, Finland
Length: 13 Minutes 38 Secs.
10.
Solfeggio, for keyboard in E flat major, H. 221, Wq. 117/3 by Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach
Performer:
Miklós Spányi (Clavichord)
Period: Classical
Written: 1766
Date of Recording: 06/2008
Venue: Heikki Sarvela Hall, Liminka, Finland
Length: 0 Minutes 47 Secs.
11.
Pieces (40) for Keyboard, Wq 117: no 2, Solfeggio in C minor, H 220 by Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach
Performer:
Miklós Spányi (Clavichord)
Period: Classical
Written: 1766; Berlin, Germany
Date of Recording: 06/2008
Venue: Heikki Sarvela Hall, Liminka, Finland
Length: 1 Minutes 11 Secs.
12.
Sonata for keyboard in A major, H. 135, Wq. 65/32 by Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach
Performer:
Miklós Spányi (Clavichord)
Period: Classical
Written: after 1757; Germany
Date of Recording: 06/2008
Venue: Heikki Sarvela Hall, Liminka, Finland
Length: 16 Minutes 4 Secs.
Sound Samples
Clavierstuck fur die rechte oder linke Hand allein, Wq. 117/1, H. 241
Fantasia No. 2 in D minor, Wq. 117/12, H. 224
Keyboard Sonata in G major, Wq. 62/11, H. 63: I. Allegretto
Keyboard Sonata in G major, Wq. 62/11, H. 63: II. Andante
Keyboard Sonata in G major, Wq. 62/11, H. 63: III. Allegro
Fugue a 2 in D minor, Wq. 119/2, H. 99
Fantasia No. 1 in G major, Wq. 117/11, H. 223
Keyboard Sonata in G major, Wq. 62/14, H. 77: I. -
Keyboard Sonata in G major, Wq. 62/14, H. 77: II. -
Keyboard Sonata in G major, Wq. 62/14, H. 77: III. -
Fantasia in D major, Wq. 117/14, H. 160
Solfeggio No. 2 in A major, Wq. 117/4, H. 222
Keyboard Sonata in C minor, Wq. 65/31, H. 121: I. Allegro assai ma pomposo
Keyboard Sonata in C minor, Wq. 65/31, H. 121: II. Andantino
Keyboard Sonata in C minor, Wq. 65/31, H. 121: III. Allegro scherzando
Solfeggio No. 2 in E flat major, Wq. 117/3, H. 221
Solfeggio No. 1 in C minor, Wq. 117/2, H. 220
Keyboard Sonata in A major, Wq. 65/32, H. 135: I. Allegro
Keyboard Sonata in A major, Wq. 65/32, H. 135: II. Andante con tenerezza
Keyboard Sonata in A major, Wq. 65/32, H. 135: III. Allegretto
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