Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

In this symphony, C.Ph.E. Bach appears as pioneer of the Viennese Classicism. Just in the first movement, we encounter a theme of individual form, a seven-bar (!) combination of syncopated tone repeti...

Das Highlight dieses Trios, der herrliche Adagio-Satz, weist inhaltlich in Beethovens Nähe. Die Mitwirkung eines Cellos gibt dem Werk die volle klangliche Abrundung.

Dieses Trio gehört zweifellos zu den besten kammermusikalischen Arbeiten Carl Philipp Emanuel Bachs. Das Werk darf mehr als rein historisches Interesse beanspruchen; es ist Musik, die starken Eindruck...

Composed in Berlin in 1747, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach's Trio Sonata In A Minor Wq.148 is a superb work for chamber group. For Flute, Violin (or Oboe), and Continuo - Piano (or Cembalo) with Cello (or...

Flute, Violin and Continuo.

Walther, lange mit dem Werk des Komponisten vertraut, legte seiner Ausgabe die Brüsseler Handschriften zugrunde.

The work presented here was written in 1745; it consists of three movements and stands out due to the skillful and interesting way the voices are led. Passages treated like a fugue alternate with imit...

Orchester-Set (3-3-2-2-1)

Among his orchestral works, the symphonies (Wq 182) are certainly those with which C.Ph.E. Bach advances farthest into new ground in music. Contrast and surprise as well as the permanent change of aff...

Around 1750, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach was one of the first German composers ever to write cello concertos. It is all the more respectable that the two such innovative works Wq 170 and 171 then surviv...

Carl Philipp Emanuel's organ sonatas are still overshadowed by his overpowering father. Forkel, for example, wrote almost apologetically: "These organ solos were made for a princess who could not play...