Keith Jarrett - Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Wurttemberg Sonatas [2CD]

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£22.30

Cat. no: 4858495
Format: CD
Barcode: 028948584956
Release Date: 30 Jun 2023
Genre: Classical

Keith Jarrett's account of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach's Wurttemberg Sonatas is a revelation.

"I'd heard the sonatas played by harpsichordists, and felt there was room for a piano version," says Jarrett today. This outstanding recording, made in 1994 and previously unreleased, finds the pianist attuned to the expressive implications of the sonatas in every moment. The younger Bach's idiosyncrasies: the gentle playfulness of the music, the fondness for subtle and sudden tempo shifts, the extraordinary, rippling invention...all of this is wonderfully delivered.

The fluidity of the whole performance has a quality that perhaps could be conveyed only by an artist of great improvisational skills. In Jarrett's hands, CPE's exploration of new compositional forms retains the freshness of discovery.

Recorded at Keith Jarrett's Cavelight Studio in May 1994, the album includes liner notes by Paul Griffiths.

Keith Jarrett: piano

Tracks: Sonata I in a minor, Moderato / Andante / Allegro assai / Sonata II in A-flat major, Un poco allegro / Adagio / Sonata III in e minor, Allegro / Vivace / Sonata IV in B-flat major , Un poco allegro / Andante / Allegro / Sonata V in E-flat major, Allegro / Adagio / Sonata VI in b minor, Moderato / Adagio non molto