Mozart said of C.P.E. Bach: "He is the father, we are the children. Those of us who know anything at all learned it from him ... What he did would be considered old-fashioned now; but the way he did it was unsurpassable." C.P.E. Bach might seem an odd choice for pianist Marc-André Hamelin, who is known for his readings of virtuoso repertory (although he has also played plenty of Haydn, who also admired C.P.E.). His works are accessible to a moderately talented amateur pianist, but Hamelin captures something of the elusive ...
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Mozart said of C.P.E. Bach: "He is the father, we are the children. Those of us who know anything at all learned it from him ... What he did would be considered old-fashioned now; but the way he did it was unsurpassable." C.P.E. Bach might seem an odd choice for pianist Marc-André Hamelin, who is known for his readings of virtuoso repertory (although he has also played plenty of Haydn, who also admired C.P.E.). His works are accessible to a moderately talented amateur pianist, but Hamelin captures something of the elusive essence of C.P.E. Bach, of what Mozart was getting at. Hamelin's crisp, sharply etched readings convey the way Bach's structures were built on melodic shape. There are a few of the wild experiments listeners may expect from C.P.E.; hear L'Aly Rupalich for a modulation that would not be duplicated for another century or so. These are mostly in the fantasias, which the album includes in addition to the promised sonatas and rondos. In the more conventional sonatas, Hamelin brings...
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