Composer: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Performer: Marc-André Hamelin
Number of Discs: 2
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Hyperion
Catalogue: CDA68381-2
Release: 2022
Size: 2.18 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
CD 01
Sonata in A Minor, H. 247
01. I. Allegro
02. II. Andante
03. III. Allegro di molto
04. Rondo in E Major, H. 265
Fantasia in C Major, H. 291
05. I. Presto di molto
06. II. Andante
07. III. Presto di molto
08. IV. Larghetto sostenuto
09. V. Presto di molto
Sonata in E Minor, H. 66
10. I. Allemande
11. II. Courante
12. III. Sarabande
13. IV. Menuet
14. V. Gigue
15. Abschied von meinem Silbermannischen Claviere, in einem Rondo, H. 272
Arioso with 9 Variations in C Major, H. 259
16. Arioso
17. Var. 1
18. Var. 2
19. Var. 3
20. Var. 4
21. Var. 5
22. Var. 6
23. Var. 7
24. Var. 8
25. Var. 9
26. March in G Major (Formerly Attrib. J.S. Bach as BWV Anh124, from Anna Magdalena Notenbuch)
27. Solfeggio in C Minor, H. 220 “Solfeggietto”
CD 02
01. Rondo in C Minor, H. 283
Sonata in F Minor, H. 173
02. I. Allegro assai
03. II. Andante
04. III. Andantino grazioso
05. L’Aly Rupalich, H. 95
Sonata in D Major, H. 286
06. I. Allegro di molto
07. II. Allegretto
08. III. Presto di molto
Sonata in A-Flat Major, H. 31 “Württemberg Sonata No. 2”
09. I. Un poco allegro
10. II. Adagio
11. III. Allegro
12. Rondo in B-Flat Major, H. 267
Sonata in E Minor, H. 281
13. I. Presto
14. II. Adagio
15. III. Andantino
16. La complaisante, H. 109
17. Rondo in E Major, H. 274
Freie Fantasie fürs Clavier in F-Sharp Minor, H. 300
18. I. Adagio
19. II. Allegretto
20. III. Largo
21. IV. Adagio
22. V. Largo
23. VI. Adagio
24. VII. Allegretto
25. VIII. Adagio
26. IX. Allegretto
27. X. Largo
28. L’Herrmann, H. 92
29. La Prinzette, H. 91
The music of CPE Bach makes complex stylistic demands of the performer like little else of its time, the extraordinary drama and intensity tempered by Enlightenment elegance and the influence of the Baroque. Marc-André Hamelin’s performances set new standards in this endlessly absorbing repertoire.