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BACH, C.P.E.: Keyboard Sonatas, Wq. 48, "Prussian Sonatas" (Alexander-Max)

Composer(s):Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel
Artist(s) Alexander-Max, Susan, fortepiano
Period(s) Classical (1750-1830)
Genre Classical Music
Category Instrumental
Catalogue 8.572674
Label Naxos
Quality   320kbps
Album Price
 
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USD 9.99
 

 
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CPE Bach was a chamber musician at the court of Frederick the Great for nearly three decades. He was also one of the greatest keyboard players in Europe. His compositional mastery is exemplified by the six ‘Prussian’ Sonatas of 1742, works of great expression and stylistic interest. His desire to explore ‘musical speech’ was accompanied by bold contrasts, tremendous dynamism, and acute sensitivity for the shaping of slow movements. These reveal his inventive, forward-thinking harmonies that both acknowledge the past but also strike out in vivid new directions.


   




Review By Salustio Alvarado,Ritmo,December 2012

De toda la ingente producción para teclado de Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714–1788), quizá lo más conocido son estas 6 Sonatas Wq 48, compuestas en 1742 y consideradas un consumado ejemplo del estilo llamado “Empfindsamkeit”, las cuales reciben la denominación de “Prusianas”, por estar dedicadas a quien fue durante muchos años su regio patrono, Federico II el Grande, rey de Prusia (1712–1786), cuyo tricentenario, por cierto, se celebra este año.

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Review By Steve Holtje,Culture Catch,July 2012

C.P.E. Bach’s…highly expressive keyboard sonatas were ahead of their time. Surprisingly, the available recordings of this set are on either clavichord…or on modern piano, so Alexander-Max, a New Yorker specializing in music of this period, fills a gap by using a ca. 1790 Hofmann grand piano for this 1742 set, which generates an amount of power between the other available choices. She takes every opportunity to indulge C.P.E.’s love of dramatic emotion with lots of tempo manipulation and dynamic contrast, which somewhat compensates for the lesser impact of the instrument…anyone who appreciates C.P.E. Bach’s sonatas should hear them on this period instrument. © 2012 Culture Catch

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Review By Stephen Smoliar,Examiner.com,July 2012

The keyboardist on this new recording is Susan Alexander-Max, who gives a historically-informed performance…

It is impossible to underestimate the significance of the influence this younger Bach had on Joseph Haydn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and Ludwig van Beethoven, the “Holy Trinity”…of Charles Rosen’s book The Classical Style. Much of that significance has been nicely captured by Alexander-Max in the essay she prepared for the accompanying booklet.

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