“Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Cembalosonaten Wq.49 Nr.1-6 ‘Württembergische'” to be released on June 30, 2023

A recording of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach’s Wurttemberg sonatas by Keith Jarrett will be released by ECM in June 2023.

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.

“Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Cembalosonaten Wq.49 Nr.1-6 ‘Württembergische'” cover
“Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Cembalosonaten Wq.49 Nr.1-6 ‘Württembergische’” cover

The tracklist is as follows:

CD 1

  1. I. Moderato (Sonata No. 1 in A Minor, H. 30) (7:33)
  2. II. Andante (Sonata No. 1 in A Minor, H. 30) (3:15)
  3. III. Allegro assai (Sonata No. 1 in A Minor, H. 30) (5:29)
  4. I. Un poco allegro (Sonata No. 2 in A-Flat Major, H. 31) (6:52)
  5. II. Adagio (Sonata No. 2 in A-Flat Major, H. 31) (3:08)
  6. III. Allegro (Sonata No. 2 in A-Flat Major, H. 31) (3:51)
  7. I. Allegro (Sonata No. 3 in E Minor, H. 33) (6:02)
  8. II. Adagio (Sonata No. 3 in E Minor, H. 33) (3:16)
  9. III. Vivace (Sonata No. 3 in E Minor, H. 33) (2:59)

CD 2

  1. I. Un poco allegro (Sonata No. 4 in B-Flat Major, H. 32) (5:47)
  2. II. Andante (Sonata No. 4 in B-Flat Major, H. 32) (3:01)
  3. III. Allegro (Sonata No. 4 in B-Flat Major, H. 32) (4:30)
  4. I. Allegro (Sonata No. 5 in E-Flat Major, H. 34) (7:42)v
  5. II. Adagio (Sonata No. 5 in E-Flat Major, H. 34) (3:21)v
  6. III. Allegro assai (Sonata No. 5 in E-Flat Major, H. 34) (3:32)
  7. I. Moderato (Sonata No. 6 in B Minor, H. 36) (7:02)
  8. II. Adagio non molto (Sonata No. 6 in B Minor, H. 36) (3:43)
  9. III. Allegro (Sonata No. 6 in B Minor, H. 36) (4:30)

Thanks to Matthias for the information.

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