C.P.E. Bach: Solo Keyboard Music, Vol. 38 Miklós Spányi

• Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714 - 1788): Keyboard Sonata in G Major:
• 1 Keyboard Sonata in G Major: I. Allemande 03:01
• 2 Keyboard Sonata in G Major: II. Polonaise (After J.S. Bach's BWV Anh. 125) 02:20
• 3 Keyboard Sonata in G Major: III. Menuet 00:58
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750): Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach, H. 1 (Excerpts):
• 4 Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach, H. 1 (Excerpts): March in D Major, BWV Anh. 122 [Attrib. C.P.E. Bach] 01:23
• 5 Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach, H. 1 (Excerpts): Polonaise in G Minor, BWV Anh. 123 [Attrib. C.P.E. Bach] 01:42
• 6 Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach, H. 1 (Excerpts): March in G Major, BWV Anh. 124 [Attrib. C.P.E. Bach] 01:45
• Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach:
• 7 Menuet in E-Flat Major 02:02
• Keyboard Suite in E-Flat Major:
• 8 Keyboard Suite in E-Flat Major: I. Allegro 01:16
• 9 Keyboard Suite in E-Flat Major: II. Marche 00:58
• 10 Keyboard Suite in E-Flat Major: III. Menuet, Wq. 116 No. 1, H. 171 00:58
• Movements in G Major:
• 11 Movements in G Major: I. Praeludium 02:42
• 12 Movements in G Major: II. Polonaise I, H. 340 (Alternate Version) 02:10
• 13 Movements in G Major: III. Polonaise II 02:11
• 14 Movements in G Major: IV. Air I 01:56
• 15 Movements in G Major: V. Air II 01:29
• 16 Movements in G Major: VI. Menuet 02:42
• Keyboard Suite in E Minor, Wq. 65 No. 4, H. 6:
• 17 Keyboard Suite in E Minor, Wq. 65 No. 4, H. 6: I. Prelude 03:00
• 18 Keyboard Suite in E Minor, Wq. 65 No. 4, H. 6: II. Allemande 04:10
• 19 Keyboard Suite in E Minor, Wq. 65 No. 4, H. 6: III. Adagio non molto 03:03
• 20 Keyboard Suite in E Minor, Wq. 65 No. 4, H. 6: IV. Echo 02:38
• 21 Keyboard Suite in E Minor, Wq. 65 No. 4, H. 6: V. Gigue 00:52
• 22 Keyboard Suite in E Minor, Wq. 65 No. 4, H. 6 (1733 Version): III. Cantabile 03:35
• Menuet in C Major, Wq. 111, H. 1.5:
• 23 Menuet in C Major, Wq. 111, H. 1.5 02:01
• Johann Sebastian Bach: Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach, H. 1 (Excerpts):
• 24 Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach, H. 1 (Excerpts): March in E-Flat Major, BWV Anh. 127 [Attrib. C.P.E. Bach] 01:41
• Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Variations in G Major on a Menuet by Locatelli, Wq. 118 No. 7, H. 14:
• 25 Variations in G Major on a Menuet by Locatelli, Wq. 118 No. 7, H. 14: Menuet 00:59
• 26 Variations in G Major on a Menuet by Locatelli, Wq. 118 No. 7, H. 14: Var. 1 01:21
• 27 Variations in G Major on a Menuet by Locatelli, Wq. 118 No. 7, H. 14: Var. 2 01:08
• 28 Variations in G Major on a Menuet by Locatelli, Wq. 118 No. 7, H. 14: Var. 3 01:15
• 29 Variations in G Major on a Menuet by Locatelli, Wq. 118 No. 7, H. 14: Var. 4 01:28
• 30 Variations in G Major on a Menuet by Locatelli, Wq. 118 No. 7, H. 14: Var. 5 01:00
• 31 Variations in G Major on a Menuet by Locatelli, Wq. 118 No. 7, H. 14: Var. 6 01:01
• 32 Variations in G Major on a Menuet by Locatelli, Wq. 118 No. 7, H. 14: Var. 7 00:54
• 33 Variations in G Major on a Menuet by Locatelli, Wq. 118 No. 7, H. 14: Var. 8 01:01
• 34 Variations in G Major on a Menuet by Locatelli, Wq. 118 No. 7, H. 14: Var. 9 01:05
• 35 Variations in G Major on a Menuet by Locatelli, Wq. 118 No. 7, H. 14: Var. 10 01:26
• 36 Variations in G Major on a Menuet by Locatelli, Wq. 118 No. 7, H. 14: Var. 11 00:56
• 37 Variations in G Major on a Menuet by Locatelli, Wq. 118 No. 7, H. 14: Var. 12 01:34
• 38 Variations in G Major on a Menuet by Locatelli, Wq. 118 No. 7, H. 14: Var. 13 01:21
• 39 Variations in G Major on a Menuet by Locatelli, Wq. 118 No. 7, H. 14: Var. 14 01:15
• 40 Variations in G Major on a Menuet by Locatelli, Wq. 118 No. 7, H. 14: Var. 15 01:01
• 41 Variations in G Major on a Menuet by Locatelli, Wq. 118 No. 7, H. 14: Var. 16 01:05
• 42 Variations in G Major on a Menuet by Locatelli, Wq. 118 No. 7, H. 14: Var. 17 01:21
• 43 Variations in G Major on a Menuet by Locatelli, Wq. 118 No. 7, H. 14: Var. 18 01:19
• 44 Variations in G Major on a Menuet by Locatelli, Wq. 118 No. 7, H. 14: Var. 19 01:05
• 45 Variations in G Major on a Menuet by Locatelli, Wq. 118 No. 7, H. 14: Var. 20 01:09
• 46 Variations in G Major on a Menuet by Locatelli, Wq. 118 No. 7, H. 14: Var. 21 01:12
• Total Runtime 01:16:29

Info for C.P.E. Bach: Solo Keyboard Music, Vol. 38

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach was more systematic than many of his composer colleagues when it came to keeping track of his own works and made at least two catalogues of his compositions for solo keyboard. At various times he also destroyed manuscripts that remained in his possession, especially those of early works. But even so, there are a number of pieces that slipped through the net, and several of them can be found on this album. A few of them were included anonymously into the second Clavierbuchlein for Anna Magdalena Bach, while Emanuel Bach was still living in his father’s home in Leipzig. Among the pieces are some that have been identified as being by Bach only recently, during the ongoing work of producing a printed edition of the composer’s complete works. As devised by Miklos Spanyi, the programme is a colourful mix of brief dance movements and other miniatures, provides both variety and insights into the formative years of the composer. It ends with Bach’s Variations on a Menuet by Locatelli, the most technically demanding of his variation sets composed in 1735 when he was a young man of 21.

Miklós Spányi, clavichord

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.

Booklet for C.P.E. Bach: Solo Keyboard Music, Vol. 38