The performer, Miklós Spányi, believes that C.P.E. Bach's fantasias, variations, and sinfonia arrangements are particularly well-suited for the fortepiano.
Performer Biography
Miklós Spányi, the performer, has won first prize at international harpsichord competitions in Nantes (1984) and Paris (1987).
Instruments
The fortepiano used for this recording was built in 1999 by Michael Walker, modeled after a 1749 instrument by Gottfried Silbermann, which was one of C.P.E. Bach's working instruments.
Composer Biography
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach composed the works on this album between 1741 and 1755, a productive period during his time at the court of Friedrich II of Prussia (Frederick the Great).
Performer Biography
Miklós Spányi has dedicated his work as a performer and researcher to the oeuvre of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, and has actively worked to revive C.P.E. Bach's favorite instrument, the clavichord.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Emanuel Bach, like his father, mixed musical styles, transferring features of one genre to another and blurring conventional boundaries.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Emanuel Bach believed it was his mission to provide compositions for both amateur and professional keyboardists.
