The Baroque dream team of Rachel Podger and Kristian Bezuidenhout interpret the astonishing music of C.P.E. Bach's Violin Sonatas in C Minor, B Minor, D Major and G Minor. The two early sonatas here from the 1730s resemble the older style of his father. Listening to these works, you can imagine J.S. Bach glancing over Emanuel's shoulders while he wrote them as a teenager at home in Leipzig. The later sonatas, written 30 to 50 years later, reveal an emancipated composer whose developed musical language embodies the 'Empfindsamer Stil', the directly emotional and rhetorical style characteristic of northern-German music of the time. Rachel Podger: "It was wonderful to delve into the specific musical world that belongs to C.P.E. Bach for this recording with Kris. These violin sonatas are (quite unfortunately!) largely overshadowed by the classical Viennese sonatas of Mozart and Beethoven. Part of his genius is that he is full of surprises and unpredictable turns, and this was hugely enjoyable for me during the musical partnership with the wonderful Kristian Bezuidenhout."

Tracklist:

Sonata in G minor H. 542.5~Untitled
Sonata in G minor H. 542.5~Adagio
Sonata in G minor H. 542.5~Allegro
Sonata in C minor WQ. 78~Allegro moderato
Sonata in C minor WQ. 78~Adagio ma non troppo
Sonata in C minor WQ. 78~Presto
Arioso con Variazioni Per Il Cembalo E Violino in A Major WQ. 79
Sonata in B minor WQ. 76~Allegro moderato
Sonata in B minor WQ. 76~Poco Andante
Sonata in B minor WQ. 76~Allegretto siciliano
Sonata in D Major WQ. 71~Poco Adagio
Sonata in D Major WQ. 71~Allegro
Sonata in D Major WQ. 71~Adagio
Sonata in D Major WQ. 71~Menuet I,II

UPC: 723385415237
Label: Channel Classics
Release Date: 4.28.23
Format: CD

C Bach .P.E. / Podger / Bezuidenhout - Sonatas For Keyboard & Violin (Hybr) (CD)