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Mahan Esfahani - CPE Bach: Württemberg Sonatas (2014) [Official Digital Download 24/88.2]

Posted By: SERTiL

Date: 17 Mar 2017 13:28:52

Mahan Esfahani - CPE Bach: Württemberg Sonatas (2014) [Official Digital Download 24/88.2]

Mahan Esfahani - CPE Bach: Württemberg Sonatas (2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/88.2 kHz | Time - 76:48 minutes | 1.44 GB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital booklet

Hyperion is delighted to present the debut recording of the wonderful young harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani. He was the first harpsichordist to be named a BBC New Generation Artist or to be awarded a fellowship prize by the Borletti- Buitoni Trust. Here Mahan Esfahani has recorded CPE Bach's six 'Württemberg' sonatas, which were written in 17423 and published in 1744, and his thrillingly intense performances make the best possible case for this dramatic, beautifully written, endlessly imaginative but for some reason under-performed music. The sonatas range stylistically from initial stirrings of Sturm und Drang in keyboard music to sublime imitations of the human voice, with nods to the High Baroque and the idiom of CPE Bach's more famous father. Mahan writes in his booklet notes that 'Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach makes the most combative statement possible to assert his new musical language'.

CPE Bach: Wurttemberg Sonatas Esfahani Hyperion CDA67995 This, his first solo disc, provides a particularly welcome introduction onto the stage for an artist matching , in expression CPE Bach himself. Performance ***** Recording ***** BBC MUSIC RECORDING OF THE MONTH –BBC Music Magazine, Feb'14

Though not as significant as any of last year's high-profile musical centenaries, 2014 does see the tercentenary of the birth of JS Bach's second son, Carl Philipp Emanuel. Harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani gets his anniversary tribute in early, grouping together the six keyboard sonatas published in 1744, dedicated to the Duke of Württemberg. As Esfahani points out in his sleeve notes, when the works appeared, JS Bach had yet to write his final works, including The Musical Offering and The Art of Fugue, yet the set of three-movement sonatas was composed on the cusp of classicism. Esfahani's performances wonderfully convey the sense of the younger Bach flexing his muscles in the new musical language that he was involved in creating. The instrument Esfahani plays them on, a modern copy of a harpsichord from the beginning of the 18th century, and the way it is tuned, seem to emphasise the transitional feel of the music, too; there's an almost fortepiano-like solidity to the sound, with crisp definition in both the high and low registers that matches its expressive ambitions perfectly. –Guardian, 23/1/14

The elusive fusion of thematic intricacy, Baroque rhetoric and proto-classical Sturm and Drang offered by the instrument are caught perfectly by Esfahani's supple touch and disarming sense of rhetorical pacing. GRAMOPHONE CHOICE –Gramophone,Feb'14

(Esfahani's) playing: sure minded and vividly realized, it holds the attention with ease and is a pleasure to hear. This is an excellent recording and it can be thoroughly recommended. –IRR, Feb'14

Critics Choice –Gramophone, Dec'14

TRACKLIST

Sonata in A minor H30[11'28]
1 Moderato [4'40]
2 Andante [3'13]
3 Allegro assai [3'35]

Sonata in A flat major H31[13'07]
4 Un poco allegro [5'10]
5 Adagio [3'27]
6 Allegro [4'30]

Sonata in E minor H33[13'54]
7 Allegro [6'03]
8 Adagio [4'12]
9 Vivace [3'39]

Sonata in B flat major H32[12'30]
10 n poco allegro [4'19]
11 Andante [3'42]
12 Allegro [4'29]

Sonata in E flat major H34[12'12]
13 llegro [5'22]
14 Adagio [3'23]
15 Allegro assai [3'27]

Sonata in B minor H36[12'54]
16 Moderato [5'00]
17 Adagio non molto [4'22]
18 Allegro [3'32]

Dynamic Range Report

foobar2000 1.3.7 / Замер динамического диапазона (DR) 1.1.1
Дата отчёта: 2017-03-17 16:03:38

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Анализ: Mahan Esfahani / Bach, C.P.E.: Württemberg Sonatas
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DR Пики RMS Продолжительность трека
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DR13 -7.59 дБ -24.45 дБ 4:40 01-Sonata in A minor, H30 - I. Moderato
DR12 -11.42 дБ -26.50 дБ 3:13 02-Sonata in A minor, H30 - II. Andante
DR13 -4.62 дБ -21.93 дБ 3:43 03-Sonata in A minor, H30 - III. Allegro assai
DR12 -8.92 дБ -24.04 дБ 5:11 04-Sonata in A flat major, H31 - I. Un poco allegro
DR12 -11.44 дБ -25.98 дБ 3:27 05-Sonata in A flat major, H31 - II. Adagio
DR12 -7.75 дБ -22.83 дБ 4:39 06-Sonata in A flat major, H31 - III. Allegro
DR14 -6.05 дБ -23.17 дБ 6:03 07-Sonata in E minor, H33 - I. Allegro
DR13 -13.55 дБ -30.17 дБ 4:13 08-Sonata in E minor, H33 - II. Adagio
DR13 -9.08 дБ -24.23 дБ 3:47 09-Sonata in E minor, H33 - III. Vivace
DR12 -10.08 дБ -24.53 дБ 4:20 10-Sonata in B flat major, H32 - I. Un poco allegro
DR12 -14.55 дБ -28.68 дБ 3:43 11-Sonata in B flat major, H32 - II. Andante
DR13 -6.71 дБ -23.06 дБ 4:38 12-Sonata in B flat major, H32 - III. Allegro
DR12 -8.25 дБ -23.47 дБ 5:23 13-Sonata in E flat major, H34 - I. Allegro
DR12 -9.67 дБ -25.51 дБ 3:24 14-Sonata in E flat major, H34 - II. Adagio
DR13 -7.19 дБ -22.90 дБ 3:36 15-Sonata in E flat major, H34 - III. Allegro assai
DR15 -8.14 дБ -26.62 дБ 5:01 16-Sonata in B minor, H36 - I. Moderato
DR12 -12.14 дБ -27.90 дБ 4:22 17-Sonata in B minor, H36 - II. Adagio non molto
DR12 -9.89 дБ -25.68 дБ 3:33 18-Sonata in B minor, H36 - III. Allegro
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Количество треков: 18
Реальные значения DR: DR13

Частота: 88200 Гц
Каналов: 2
Разрядность: 24
Битрейт: 2753 кбит/с
Кодек: FLAC
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