Composer: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Performer: Accademia Ottobon, Manuel Granatiero, Yu Yashima, Marco Ceccato
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Arcana
Catalogue: A537
Release: 2022
Size: 1.16 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Flute Sonata in A Minor, H. 555
01. I. Andante
02. II. Allegro
03. III. Vivace
Violin Sonata in G Minor, H. 542.5 (Transcr. for Flute and Keyboard by Manuel Granatiero)
04. I. Allegro
05. I. Adagio
06. III. Allegro
Flute Sonata in A Minor, H. 562
07. I. Adagio ma non tanto
08. II. Allegro
09. III. Allegro
Flute Sonata in D Major, H. 505
10. I. Allegro un poco
11. II. Largo
12. III. Allegro
Flute Sonata in E Minor, H. 551
13. I. Adagio
14. II. Allegro
15. III. Minuet
Manuel Granatiero presents his first solo album, following several successful concerto recordings with Amandine Beyer’s Gli Incogniti and Accademia Ottoboni, of which he is a founding member. Here, Manuel is joined by Yu Yashima and Marco Ceccato, as he turns his attention to the flute music of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach. The outcome of this project is “Light and Darkness” : five sonatas chosen from the substantial oeuvre that the composer dedicated to this instrument.
In addition to the famous Sonata for Solo Flute, the programme includes two sonatas with harpsichord obbligato and two sonatas with basso continuo. Demonstrating a wealth of stylistic and writing variety, they represent the entirety of the period in which Bach composed his surviving flute sonatas: BWV 1020 written in his youth at his father’s house in Leipzig, Wq. 124 written during his early years of study in Frankfurt, Wq. 128 and Wq. 132 during his service at the court of Frederick II, and Wq. 83 during his mature years in Hamburg.
This is therefore a miniature exploration of the universe of the “Berlin Bach” through some of his most intimate works that encourage us to experience the most diverse human emotions, from the darkest to the brightest ones.