Search - Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach :: C.P.E. Bach: The Solo Keyboard Music, Vol. 3

Superb recording of rarely heard C.P.E. Bach works.

10/24/1999

(4 out of 5 stars)

"C.P.E. Bach, one of the most recognized musicians of his day, composed vast amounts of music, much of it for his own performance on his favored instrument, the clavichord. Miklos Spanyi has embarked on a crusade to record all of C.P.E. Bach's solo keyboard music, most of it very obscure for today's listener. There are many gems in this literature, and this third volume contains some of the most lively and interesting pieces in the set so far. Spanyi has a fine dramatic flare for this stylized music and performs with great clarity and precision on a magnificent modern instrument. I make it a point to purchase any recording I can find of C.P.E. Bach performed on the clavichord and Spanyi's recordings are at the top of my list. This third volume promises even greater pleasures for the future. The only reason I withhold the final star is that material itself, while interesting and often very beautiful, does not represent the very best of C.P.E. Bach."