C.P.E. Bach: Keyboard Sonata in A Major, Wq. 55 No. 4, H. 186
8/2/2019, 3 Tracks, 16:00
Featuring
Slobodan Jovanović
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
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Compositional Technique
The second movement of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach's Sonata in A major suggests the use of tempo rubato, with a passage featuring thirteen notes in the right hand against four in the left.
Performer Biography
Slobodan Jovanović, the harpsichordist on this album, studied harpsichord and clavichord with Robert Hill and basso continuo with Michael Behringer in Freiburg i. Br.
Instruments
This recording features a fortepiano built by Susanne Merzdorf in 2017, modeled after an Anton Walter instrument from 1782.
Performer Biography
In 2016 and 2017, Slobodan Jovanović played all six Brandenburg Concertos by J.S. Bach in diverse concerts with Philharmonie Baden-Baden.
Performer Biography
Slobodan Jovanović has performed as a continuo player with conductors such as Reinhard Goebel and Radoslaw Szulc, and with several ensembles and orchestras.
Composer Biography
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach served as harpsichordist at the court of Friedrich II (Frederick the Great) in Berlin for thirty years, but they did not find a musical connection.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, the composer of the Sonata in A major, felt that he was often more constrained when composing for others than for himself.
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