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Johann Christian Friedrich Bach: Works for Keyboard Solo

8/25/2023, 19 Tracks, 1:18:24

Featuring

  • Jermaine Sprosse
  • Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach

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Interpretation

The performer, Jermaine Sprosse, used original prints and manuscripts from Bach's time for this recording to ensure an unadulterated musical text.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

The Fantasie F-Dur 'J.C.F. Bachs Empfindungen' was composed by Jermaine Sprosse in 2022 to emulate J. C. F. Bach's improvisational style, as none of Bach's own fantasias have survived.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, the composer featured on this album, was the third of Johann Sebastian Bach's composing sons and was known as the 'Bückeburger Bach'.

Source: Booklet

Instruments

This album features an original fortepiano by Johann Haselmann, built around 1805, which is part of the Romeo Ciuffa Collection.

Source: Booklet

Cultural Impact

The popular theme 'Ah, vous dirai-je, Maman', used in Bach's variations, is also known today as 'Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star' in English-speaking countries.

Source: Booklet

Composer's Artistic Vision

J. C. F. Bach's keyboard compositions were shaped by a lifelong tension between the demanding North German style of his half-brother C. P. E. Bach and the emerging Classical style of Mozart and Haydn.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Jermaine Sprosse, the performer on this album, is considered a leading interpreter of the music of C. P. E. Bach and his musical circle.

Source: Booklet

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