Bach,C.P.E. / Waley-Cohen / Baillieu Complete Original Works CD

Born in Weimar, Carl Philipp Emanuel (1714-88) was the fifth child and second surviving son of JS Bach and his first wife Maria Barbara. By his own account he had no other teacher for composition and keyboard except his father. Nevertheless, the majority of Emanuel's earliest works owe more to the influence of Telemann and other exponents of the new galant style, while already suggesting his own progressive instinct. At the age of twenty-four, after seven years studying law, Emanuel decided to devote himself to music. In 1738 he accepted the position of keyboard player at the court of the Prussian crown prince - the future Frederick the Great. After nearly thirty years of royal service he left Berlin and moved to Hamburg, where he occupied the positions of Music Director and Cantor until his death. Described by the Guardian as a performer of "fearless intensity", former ECHO Rising Star Tamsin Waley-Cohen has established herself as one of the most insightful and versatile young British violinists. Described by The Daily Telegraph as 'in a class of his own' James Baillieu has been the prize-winner of the Wigmore Hall Song Competition, Das Lied International Song Competition, Kathleen Ferrier and Richard Tauber Competitions.

1. 1.áááI. Adagio ma non molto 2. 2.áááII. Allegro 3. 3.áááIII. Adagio 4. 4.áááIV. Menuetto I-II 5. Violin Sonata in D Minor, Wq. 72, H. 503 6. 5.áááI. Adagio ma non troppo 7. 6.áááII. Allegro 8. 7.áááIII. Allegro 9. Violin Sonata in C Major, Wq. 73, H. 504 10. 8.áááI. Allegro di molto 11. 9.áááII. Andante 12. 10.áááIII. Allegretto 13. Sinfonia in D Major, Wq. 74, H. 507 14. 11.áááI. Allegro 15. 12.áááII. Andante 16. 13.áááIII. Tempo di minuetto 17. Violin Sonata in F Major, Wq. 75, H. 511 18. 1.áááI. Allegro 19. 2.áááII. Larghetto 20. 3.áááIII. Allegro 21. Violin Sonata in B Minor, Wq. 76, H. 512 22. 4.áááI. Allegro moderato 23. 5.áááII. Poco andante 24. 6.áááIII. Allegretto siciliano 25. Violin Sonata in B-Flat Major, Wq. 77, H. 513 26. 7.áááI. Allegro di molto 27. 8.áááII. Largo 28. 9.áááIII. Presto 29. Violin Sonata in C Minor, Wq. 78, H. 514 30. 1.áááI. Allegro moderato 31. 2.áááII. Adagio ma non troppo 32. 3.áááIII. Presto 33. 4.áááArioso in A Major, Wq. 79, H. 535 34. 5.áááFantasie in F-Sharp Minor, Wq. 80, H. 536 (version for violin and keyboard)