Keith Jarrett’s interpretations of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach’s Württemberg Sonatas are a true revelation. “I had heard these sonatas played by harpsichordists and found that there was room for a piano version,” says Jarrett today.
This exceptional recording, made in 1994 and previously unreleased, reveals the pianist in complete understanding with these pieces, capturing in their slightest expressive nuances the stylistic particularities of the young Bach: the playful sweetness of his music; his penchant for subtle and abrupt tempo changes; the extraordinary inventiveness of his undulating forms — everything here is wonderfully analyzed and presented. The overall fluidity of the performance reveals qualities that perhaps only artists gifted with improvisation are capable of conveying. In Jarrett’s hands, the innovative formal experiments dared by CPE in these compositions regain the freshness of discovery. Recorded by Keith Jarrett at Cavelight Studio in May 1994, this album includes liner notes by Paul Griffiths.
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