Ton Koopman
6 organ sonatas
- Type CD
- Label Challenge Classics
- UPC 0608917226027
- Catalog number CC 72260
- Release date 09 May 2014
About the album
C.P.E. Bach left a substantial body of work after his death. He left relatively few works for organ. These have given rise to considerable debate: how many of his works have been lost, and should a particular piece be played on the organ or some other keyboard instrument? There are also several questions surrounding his organ sonatas: did he write five or six of them? In any event, only one of them survives in manuscript, in the collection of Amalia of Prussia. Princess Anna Amalia,youngest sister of Frederick the Great, played the organ and was the fortunate owner of no fewer than two organs. The organ on which I recorded these six sonatas once belonged to her, having been installed in her Berlin mansion in 1755, the same year that marked the appearance of four of these Organ Sonatas. The instrument, manufactured by Peter Migendt, has two manuals and a pedal board, with what was an exceptional range for those days. In the period 1753-1755, C.P.E. Bach was keenly looking for alternative positions. Was he perhaps hoping for an appointment with the princess? It appears that she was not altogether taken by C.P.E. Bach’s style, rather preferring his father’s music.
It was a delight to be allowed to record these works on this beautiful Migendt organ, following its recent restoration.
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11Sonata in a minor Wq 70/4 Allegro assai
04:51 -
12Sonata in a minor Wq 70/4 Adagio
03:49 -
13Sonata in a minor Wq 70/4 Allegro
03:21 -
14Sonata in F major Wq 70/3 Allegro
04:44 -
15Sonata in F major Wq 70/3 Largo
02:45 -
16Sonata in F major Wq 70/3 Allegretto
03:21 -
17Sonata in g minor Wq 70/6 Allegro moderato
06:34 -
18Sonata in g minor Wq 70/6 Adagio
02:48 -
19Sonata in g minor Wq 70/6 Allegro
04:34 -
110Sonata in D major Wq 70/5 Allegro di molto
06:40 -
111Sonata in D major Wq 70/5 Adagio e mesto
03:37 -
112Sonata in D major Wq 70/5 Allegro
03:52 -
113Sonata in B-flat major Wq 70/2 Allegro
03:18 -
114Sonata in B-flat major Wq 70/2 Arioso
02:29 -
115Sonata in B-flat major Wq 70/2 Allegro
02:15 -
116Sonata in d minor Wq 69 Allegro
03:54 -
117Sonata in d minor Wq 69 Andante
02:42 -
118Sonata in d minor Wq 69 Allegro
11:48
Ton Koopman turns 75 and ABO 40 years anniversary
24-09-2019
Ton Koopman celebrates 75th birthday together with Johann Sebastian
The renowned Ton Koopman is celebrating its 75th birthday this fall. Koopman is one of the last great early music pioneers of the first hour. Still as energetic as 40 years ago, when he founded his Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra (ABO), he and his ensemble are celebrating the achievement of this crown year. At the concert on October 4 in the Muziekgebouw aan ...