Albrecht Breuninger, the violinist on this album, won second prize at the Brussels Queen Elisabeth Competition in 1997, a first for a German violinist.
Historical Context
In the late 18th century, when people spoke of 'Bach', they typically referred to Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, not his more famous father Johann Sebastian Bach.
Composer Biography
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, the composer on this album, was employed for 23 years in the orchestra of King Frederick II of Prussia.
Performer Biography
Piet Kuijken, the fortepianist on this album, teaches piano and fortepiano at the Royal Brussels Conservatory and is a guest professor at the Antwerp Conservatory.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach believed a musician must be moved themselves to move others, communicating their feelings to evoke shared emotion.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach was a key theorist of the 'Empfindsamer Stil' (sensitive style), a musical revolution that placed the feeling subject at the center of artistic creation.
Cultural Impact
The 'sensitive style' in music and the 'Sturm und Drang' movement in literature, both from this era, anticipated Romanticism and laid a foundation for 19th-century art.
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