Bach,C.P.E. / Spanyi,Miklos - Solo Keyboard Music 30 - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

The music of Arcangelo CORELLI (1653-1713) had an explosive impact on all European musical circles. As both composer and violin virtuoso, CORELLI's reputation and fame was immense. In this regard, there is no lack of important sources bearing witness to a genuine enthusiasm for his music, which was welcomed as a revelation, an illumination, a pure and refined distillation of the traditional language of the Baroque sonata and Italian style. It is not difficult to imagine how the compositions of CORELLI would have circulated all over Europe, being performed, listened to, copied, and also transcribed. Among musicians, there was a veritable legion of composers influenced by CORELLI's models. This phenomenon is one of the reasons for the existence of a transcription for bass viola da gamba and continuo of CORELLI's opus 5, originally composed for violin and continuo. The manuscript used for the present recording contains all 12 sonatas and can be found in the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris. It is of anonymous authorship, most likely originating in the German-speaking world. The transcription was probably made on the basis of a copy of the original edition for violin printed in Rome in 1700, the only autograph edition.

With this disc Miklos Spanyi completesC.P.E. Bach's set of 'Zweyte Fortsetzung'Sonatas, in itself a continuation of twoprevious sets (Wq 50 and 51). The composer himself clearly regardedthe 18 sonatas of these sets as a majorachievement. All of them are substantial works but thethree included here might be consideredthe most diverse and original of theentire series. Following them on this disc are twoof his last compositions in the sonatagenre. Throughout this series, Miklos Spanyihas often opted for a clavichord,endearing him to many clavichordlovers and music critics.

Bach / Miklos Spanyi - C.P.E. Bach Solo Keyboard Music 28 [COMPACT DISCS] date 09/09/2014