G. Henle Verlag Selected Piano Sonatas, Volume I - C.P.E. Bach/Berg - Piano - Book

Composer: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Editor: Darrell M. Berg
Fingering: Klaus Borner
Format: Softcover, Urtext Edition
Instrumentation: Piano
Level: Medium

As a pedagogue and composer, Johann Sebastian Bach's second eldest son, Carl Philipp Emanuel, was preeminent in the field of keyboard music during the transitional period between te baroque and classical eras. From his over 150 keyboard sonatas we have assembled a three-volume chronological selection that focuses on attractiveness and variety. Moreover, it makes available many previously unpublished sonatas. After all, sixty of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach's keyboard sonatas remained unpublished during his lifetime.

The first volume contains eleven early compositions, composed between 1740 and 1748. The available sources for our Urtext edition have been autographs, first prints issued during Bach's lifetime and manuscript copies from Bach's circle. Darrell M. Berg's preface provides important performance suggestions concerning the prescribed ornaments. With Berg's table of the most important embellishments and their correct rendition, the player is optimally equipped to study Bach's keyboard sonatas.

Contents:

• Wurttembergische Sonata b minor Wq 49,6
• Piano Sonata E flat major Wq 52,1
• Piano Sonata f sharp minor Wq 52,4
• Piano Sonata f minor Wq 62,6
• Piano Sonata C major Wq 62,7
• Piano Sonata (First Edition) G major Wq 65,12
• Piano Sonata b minor Wq 65,13
• Piano Sonata g minor Wq 65,17
• Piano Sonata G major Wq 65,22
• Piano Sonata d minor Wq 65,23
• Piano Sonata (Harpsichord with 2 manuals) d minor Wq 69