Sonatas with Varied Reprises, Wq 50
Tom Beghin
- Label
- Evil Penguin
- Catalogue number
- EPRC 0066
- EAN / barcode
- 0608917725322
- Release date
- 24 October 2024
- Number of CDs
- 2
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach's Sonatas with Varied Reprises (comp. 1758–9, publ. 1760) constituted a bold experiment. Spelling out every repeat, Bach applies to each the art of variation. Starting off as a service ("play this and you'll sound as if you're improvising"), the opus ends up a masterclass in variation. Tom Beghin, playing his own beloved clavichord, enacts the role of the keyboardist-composer who repeats himself, while never saying the same thing twice.
