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J.S. Bach, C.P.E. Bach & P. Seabourne: Toccatas & Fantasies

5/27/2022, 20 Tracks, 2:24:47

Featuring

  • Konstantin Lifschitz
  • Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Peter Seabourne
  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

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Composer Biography

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Johann Sebastian Bach's second surviving son, developed a visionary style that led to the forging of the Classical style.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Peter Seabourne, the contemporary composer featured on this album, abandoned composing for 12 years after becoming dissatisfied with his work and the new music world, before a sudden reawakening in 2001.

Source: Booklet

Historical Context

Bach's approach to the toccata form was strongly influenced by Dieterich Buxtehude, a composer whom Bach famously walked 400km to hear in Lübeck in 1705.

Source: Booklet

Compositional Technique

Unlike 19th-century toccatas characterized by rapid perpetual motion, Bach's early toccatas employ a multi-sectional form, juxtaposing virtuosic passages with fugues, gigues, and reflective recitatives and arias.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Konstantin Lifschitz, the performer on this album, received the ECHO Klassik Award for 'The Best Emerging Artist of the Year' in 1995 and was nominated for a Grammy for his recording of Bach's Goldberg Variations.

Source: Booklet

Composer's Artistic Vision

Peter Seabourne, a contemporary composer, created new toccatas and reflective, aria-based pieces to interleave with Bach's early works, aiming for an interesting interplay and juxtaposition.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

The exact dates of Bach's seven Toccatas BWV 910-916 are unknown, but they are often ascribed to his time as organist to Duke Wilhelm Ernst in Weimar, around 1707-13.

Source: Booklet

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