Christopher Hinterhuber, the pianist on this album, has won numerous international awards, including top prizes at the J.S. Bach Competitions in Leipzig and Saarbrücken.
Critical Reception
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach was considered more important than his father by his generation, who disrespectfully called Johann Sebastian Bach 'the old periwig'.
Critical Reception
Although Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach's music did not always appeal to popular taste in Vienna and South Germany, it earned the admiration of composers like Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven.
Composer Biography
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, the composer featured on this album, was the second son of Johann Sebastian Bach, the famous Baroque composer.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach's music, exemplified in his 'Versuch über die wahre Art das Clavier zu spielen' (Essay on the True Art of Clavier Playing), uses dramatic and rhetorical devices and is associated with Lessing's theories of sentiment, Empfindsamkeit.
Composer Biography
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach succeeded his godfather Telemann as Cantor at the Johanneum in Hamburg, a position he found more congenial than his previous role at court.
Composer Biography
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach worked as a harpsichordist for Frederick the Great, the King of Prussia and an amateur flautist, often accompanying evening concerts.
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