Rachel Podger, a leading interpreter of Baroque and Classical music, was the first woman to receive the Royal Academy of Music / Kohn Foundation Bach Prize in 2015.
Composition History
The earliest work on this album, the G minor Sonata, is attributed to both Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach and his father, J.S. Bach, showing fingerprints of both composers.
Composer Biography
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach's works for violin and keyboard span 50 years, from the 1730s to the 1780s.
Instruments
Rachel Podger plays a Pesarinius violin from Genoa, 1739, for this recording.
Compositional Technique
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach's sonatas often feature a 'sonata auf Concertenart' style, drawing on Vivaldian concerto forms with three movements, ritornello principles, and concertante effects between instruments.
Instruments
Kristian Bezuidenhout performs on a fortepiano that is a copy of an Anton Walter & Sohn (Vienna, c. 1805) instrument, built by Paul McNulty in 2008.
Performer Biography
Kristian Bezuidenhout, a keyboard artist equally at home on fortepiano, harpsichord, and modern piano, won the first prize and audience prize at the Bruges Fortepiano Competition at age 21.
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