CPE Bach: Symphonies

Rebecca Miller leads the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment in a program of five symphonies by Bach’s most productive son. CPE Bach always lived in his father’s shadow, and is now an almost unknown figure, at least beyond the classical cognoscenti. How can such an unknown be considered a game-changer? A listen to his music reveals why - it constantly shifts, wrong-footing the listener when they least expect it with wild directional and color changes - it is bright, effervescent, and a fascinating link between the music of his father (and the Baroque era) and Joseph Haydn (and the Classical era).

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Symphony in D Major, Wq. 183, No. 1
I. Allegro di molto
 
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Symphony in D Major, Wq. 183, No. 1
II. Largo
 
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Symphony in D Major, Wq. 183, No. 1
III. Presto
 
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Symphony in A Major, Wq. 182, No. 4
I. Allegro, ma non troppo
 
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Symphony in A Major, Wq. 182, No. 4
II. Largo ed innocentem
 
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Symphony in A Major, Wq. 182, No. 4
III. Allegro assai
 
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Symphony in B Minor, Wq. 182, No. 5
I. Allegretto
 
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Symphony in B Minor, Wq. 182, No. 5
II. Larghetto
 
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Symphony in B Minor, Wq. 182, No. 5
III. Presto
 
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Symphony in F Major, Wq. 183, No. 3
I. Allegro di molto
 
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Symphony in F Major, Wq. 183, No. 3
II. Larghetto
 
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Symphony in F Major, Wq. 183, No. 3
III. Presto
 
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Symphony in E-Flat Major, Wq. 179
I. Prestissimo
 
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Symphony in E-Flat Major, Wq. 179
II. Larghetto
 
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Symphony in E-Flat Major, Wq. 179
III. Presto
 
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