C.P.E. Bach: The Solo Keyboard Music, Vol. 36 Miklós Spányi

• Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788):
• 1 Rondo in E-Flat Major, Wq. 61, H. 288 07:16
• Keyboard Sonata in D Major, Wq. 61 No. 2, H. 286:
• 2 Keyboard Sonata in D Major, Wq. 61 No. 2, H. 286: I. Allegro di molto 02:26
• 3 Keyboard Sonata in D Major, Wq. 61 No. 2, H. 286: II. Allegretto 01:25
• 4 Keyboard Sonata in D Major, Wq. 61 No. 2, H. 286: III. Presto di molto 01:32
• Fantasia in B-Flat Major, Wq. 61 No. 3, H. 289:
• 5 Fantasia in B-Flat Major, Wq. 61 No. 3, H. 289 06:03
• Rondo in D Minor, Wq. 61 No. 4, H. 290:
• 6 Rondo in D Minor, Wq. 61 No. 4, H. 290 05:25
• Keyboard Sonata in E Minor, Wq. 61 No. 5, H. 287:
• 7 Keyboard Sonata in E Minor, Wq. 61 No. 5, H. 287: I. Allegretto 03:37
• 8 Keyboard Sonata in E Minor, Wq. 61 No. 5, H. 287: II. Andante 01:56
• 9 Keyboard Sonata in E Minor, Wq. 61 No. 5, H. 287: III. Allegretto 02:29
• Fantasia in C Major, Wq. 61 No. 6, H. 291:
• 10 Fantasia in C Major, Wq. 61 No. 6, H. 291 05:58
• Keyboard Sonata in G Major, Wq. 65 No. 48, H. 280:
• 11 Keyboard Sonata in G Major, Wq. 65 No. 48, H. 280: I. Andantino 07:44
• 12 Keyboard Sonata in G Major, Wq. 65 No. 48, H. 280: II. Adagio e sostenuto 01:56
• 13 Keyboard Sonata in G Major, Wq. 65 No. 48, H. 280: III. Allegro 03:23
• 12 Variations on La folia d'Espagne, Wq. 118 No. 9, H. 263:
• 14 12 Variations on La folia d'Espagne, Wq. 118 No. 9, H. 263 07:42
• Keyboard Sonata in G Major, Wq. 65 No. 50, H. 299:
• 15 Keyboard Sonata in G Major, Wq. 65 No. 50, H. 299: I. Rondo. Lebhaft 02:01
• 16 Keyboard Sonata in G Major, Wq. 65 No. 50, H. 299: II. Andante 02:34
• 17 Keyboard Sonata in G Major, Wq. 65 No. 50, H. 299: III. Allegro 02:08
• Fantasia in F-Sharp Minor, Wq. 67, H. 300:
• 18 Fantasia in F-Sharp Minor, Wq. 67, H. 300 12:23
• Total Runtime 01:17:58

Info for C.P.E. Bach: The Solo Keyboard Music, Vol. 36

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach published the first collection in his series 'for Connaisseurs and Amateurs' in 1779, at the age of 65, and the sixth and final in 1787, a year before his death. Throughout the series he continues to develop the three genres which are featured in it – sonata, rondo and fantasia.

In the sixth collection, the fantasias and rondos continue to resemble each other in structure and in stylistic features: abrupt tempo changes, disruptive rhythms, and constant harmonic non sequiturs. Bach gives them ample dimensions, but as in previous collections he continues to reduce the length of the sonatas, to the point that Sonata No. 1 is the shortest work of the collection, although it is in three distinct movements. On this amply-filled album, Miklós Spányi also includes four other works from Carl Philipp's last decade which in various ways underline the composer's boundless curiosity.

The Sonata in G major, Wq 65/48 was composed for an experimental keyboard instrument with a bowing device coupled to it – a 'Bogenclavier' – while Bach in the set of variations Wq 118/9 gives us his own take on La Folia, the harmonic scheme that almost a century earlier had inspired composers such as Corelli, Marin Marais and Vivaldi, as well as his own father, in the famous ‘Peasant Cantata’.

Miklós Spányi, tangent piano

Miklós Spányi
was born in Budapest, Hungary. He studied organ and harpsichord at the Ferenc Liszt Music Academy in his native city with Ferenc Gergely and János Sebestyén. He continued his studies at the Royal Flemish Conservatory (Koninklijk Vlaams Muziekconservatorium) in Antwerp with Jos van Immerseel and at the Hochschule für Music in Munich with Hedwig Bilgram.

Spányi has won first prize at international harpsichord competitions in Nantes (1984) and Paris (1987). He has given concerts in most European countries as a soloist on five historical keyboard instruments (organ, harpsichord, fortepiano, clavichord, tangent piano) as well as playing continuo with various chamber music groups and orchestras. He has been artistic director of the Hungarian baroque orchestra Concerto Armonico Budapest since its foundation in 1983. He has recorded an extensive discography for different labels as a soloist and with orchestra. Between 2006-9 Miklós Spányi was artistic director of the Finnish early music group Ensemble OpusX.

For some years Miklós Spányi's work as a performer and researcher has been focused on the oeuvre of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach. Today he is one of the world’s most acknowledged C.P.E.Bach scholars and performers. For the Swedish label BIS he has been recording C.P.E.Bach’s Complete Keyboard Concertos as well as his Complete Solo Keyboard Music, of both series numerous cd's have already been issued. Hungaroton Records has launched the series Tangent Piano Collection with Miklós Spányi, mostly featuring chamber music with tangent piano. For Könemann Music Budapest Miklós Spányi has editied some volumes of C.P.E.Bach’s solo keyboard works. He has also worked intensively to revive C.P.E. Bach's favourite keyboard instrument, the clavichord. Miklós Spányi was teaching at the Oulu Conservatoire and the Sibelius Academy in Finland between 1990-2012. Currently he is associated as teacher with the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Mannheim, Germany, with the Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest, Hungary and with the Conservatorium van Amsterdam in the Netherlands. He has given masterclasses in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, France, Portugal, Hungary and Finland.

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