Bach: Keyboard Music, Vol. 3

Featuring

Miklós Spányi
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

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Performer Biography

Miklós Spányi, the performer, has won first prize at international harpsichord competitions in Nantes (1984) and Paris (1987).

Instruments

The clavichord used for this recording was built in 1993 by Joris Potvlieghe, based on Saxonian models from around 1770.

Compositional Technique

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach's early keyboard sonatas, including those on this album, show an affinity for the new keyboard sonata genre, which was in its infancy in the 1730s.

Interpretation

The performer, Miklós Spányi, chose to record the later versions of these sonatas because they display a wider variety in ornamentation and are closer to Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach's late style.

Composition History

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach revised these sonatas multiple times, including in 1744 in Berlin and again in the 1780s in Hamburg.

Composer Biography

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach composed these sonatas between 1732 and 1736 while still studying under his father, Johann Sebastian Bach.

Composer Biography

Despite studying law at university, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach continuously composed throughout his legal studies, never wavering in his dedication to a musical career.