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Sonatas for violin and harpsichord
Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach

Ryo Terakado | Fabio Bonizzoni

Sonatas for violin and harpsichord

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Format: CD
Label: Challenge Classics
UPC: 0608917297126
Catnr: CC 72971
Release date: 02 May 2025
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CC 72971
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02 May 2025
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Ryo Terakado: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, J.S. Bach’s second son, was, in my opinion, the one among his talented siblings who most deeply respected his father and remained faithful to his teachings while also striving to create music that reflected the changing times. Throughout his life, he composed chamber music, and among his Klavier Trios, there are sixteen pieces that explicitly designate a keyboard and a single melodic instrument. Among these, his crowning achievement in this genre—and a breakthrough work—is found in the four sonatas for violin and clavier composed in 1763 (Wq. 75–Wq. 78).In these sonatas, particularly in the slow movements, the contrast between the keyboard and violin idioms deepens the musical expression.

C.P.E. Bach also left behind intriguing works for the same instrumentation in his very late years, during the 1780s. The Fantasia in F-sharp Minor (Wq. 80) was based on his Fantasia for Clavier (Wq. 67), with a violin part added to enrich the texture and a newly composed Allegro appended. The original clavier fantasia was already a late work, but this violin-accompanied version was completed even later, in 1788, the year of his death. The violin is no longer an equal partner to the clavier. Instead, it is used solely to enhance the emotional depth and tonal color of the music, never carrying an independent melody. This represented an entirely new approach to the violin. Yet this very aspect intensified the depth of the music, creating an even stronger emotional impact. To this violin-accompanied version, C.P.E. Bach uniquely gave the subtitle C.P.E. Bachs Empfindungen (C.P.E Bach’s Sentiments”). Moreover, the opening instruction reads Sehr traurig und ganz langsam ("Very sad and utterly slow"), revealing the heavy sorrow that weighed upon him at the time. As he faced the shadow of death, his inner turmoil is expressed through eleven dramatic tempo changes, portraying a heart deeply shaken.This CD includes this Fantasia along with three of the four sonatas mentioned earlier.

Ryo Terakado: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, der zweite Sohn von J. S. Bach, war meiner Meinung nach derjenige unter seinen talentierten Geschwistern, der seinen Vater am meisten respektierte und seinen Lehren treu blieb, während er gleichzeitig danach strebte, Musik zu schaffen, die den Wandel der Zeit widerspiegelte. Sein Leben lang komponierte er Kammermusik, und unter seinen Klaviertrios gibt es sechzehn Stücke, die ausdrücklich ein Tasteninstrument und ein einzelnes Melodieinstrument vorsehen. Zu seinen größten Errungenschaften in diesem Genre – und einem bahnbrechenden Werk – gehören die vier Sonaten für Violine und Klavier aus dem Jahr 1763 (Wq. 75–Wq. 78). In diesen Sonaten, insbesondere in den langsamen Sätzen, vertieft der Kontrast zwischen den Idiomen von Klavier und Violine den musikalischen Ausdruck.

Auch C.P.E. Bach hinterließ in seinen letzten Lebensjahren, in den 1780er Jahren, faszinierende Werke für dieselbe Besetzung. Die Fantasia in fis-Moll (Wq. 80) basierte auf seiner Fantasia für Clavier (Wq. 67), der eine Violinstimme hinzugefügt wurde, um die Textur zu bereichern, und der ein neu komponiertes Allegro angefügt wurde. Die ursprüngliche Clavierfantasie war bereits ein Spätwerk, aber diese von einer Violine begleitete Version wurde noch später, im Jahr seines Todes 1788, fertiggestellt. Die Violine ist nicht mehr ein gleichberechtigter Partner des Klaviers. Stattdessen wird sie ausschließlich dazu verwendet, die emotionale Tiefe und Klangfarbe der Musik zu verstärken, und trägt nie eine eigenständige Melodie. Dies stellte einen völlig neuen Ansatz für die Violine dar. Doch gerade dieser Aspekt verstärkte die Tiefe der Musik und erzeugte eine noch stärkere emotionale Wirkung. C.P.E. Bach gab dieser von der Violine begleiteten Version den einzigartigen Untertitel C.P.E. Bachs Empfindungen (C.P.E. Bachs Gefühle“). Darüber hinaus lautet die Eröffnungsanweisung Sehr traurig und ganz langsam („Sehr traurig und ganz langsam“), was die schwere Trauer offenbart, die ihn zu dieser Zeit belastete. Als er dem Tod ins Auge sah, drückte sich seine innere Zerrissenheit in elf dramatischen Tempowechseln aus, die ein zutiefst erschüttertes Herz darstellen. Diese CD enthält diese Fantasia zusammen mit drei der vier zuvor erwähnten Sonaten.

Artist(s)

Ryo Terakado (violin)

Ryo Terakado was born in 1961 in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. He started to play violin at the age of 4, and won 2nd prize in the All Japan Youth Musical Competition when he was 14. Ryo studied violin, chamber music and conducting at the Toho Gakuen School of Music. In 1983, he took third prize in the All Japan Music Competition. Upon graduating from Toho Gakuen, he was invited to become concertmaster of the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, a position he held for two years.   Meanwhile, Ryo’s interest in Baroque music had been developing for some time: at the age of 19, he started to teach himself Baroque violin, and in 1985, he moved to the Netherlands to study the instrument at...
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Ryo Terakado was born in 1961 in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. He started to play violin at the age of 4, and won 2nd prize in the All Japan Youth Musical Competition when he was 14. Ryo studied violin, chamber music and conducting at the Toho Gakuen School of Music. In 1983, he took third prize in the All Japan Music Competition. Upon graduating from Toho Gakuen, he was invited to become concertmaster of the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, a position he held for two years.
Meanwhile, Ryo’s interest in Baroque music had been developing for some time: at the age of 19, he started to teach himself Baroque violin, and in 1985, he moved to the Netherlands to study the instrument at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague under the guidance of Sigiswald Kuijken, receiving a soloist diploma in 1989.
Since 1987, he has performed as concertmaster with Baroque orchestras in Europe and Japan including La Petite Bande, Les Arts Florissants, La Chapelle Royale, Collegium Vocale Gent, and Tokyo Bach Mozart Orchestra; he made regular appearances with these orchestras to perform the concertos of composers including Bach, Vivaldi and Mozart. Ryo is also the current concertmaster of Bach Collegium Japan, and is invited frequently to Italy, Poland, France and Australia as a soloist. Since 1994, he has been one of the featured artists in the Hokutopia International Music Festival in Tokyo, where he made his debut as a conductor. His repertoire as a conductor includes operas by Monteverdi, Purcell, Rameau, Gluck, Haydn and Mozart.
Ryo is a faculty member of the Hague Royal Conservatory (Holland), The Royal Conservatory in Brussels and his alma mater, Toho Gakuen School of Music (Japan). He teaches regularly at Yonsei University in Seoul and makes concert appearances in Korea.
His discography can be found on the Ricercar (Belgium), Accent (Germany) BIS (Sweden) and Denon (Japan) labels.

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Fabio Bonizzoni (harpsichord)

Fabio Bonizzoni is considered one of the leading Italian harpsichordists and organists of his generation. His playing has been defined as “Bright and buoyant, with no tricks […] but plenty of energy and brilliance” (Gramophone).    Having graduated in baroque organ and harpsichord at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague in Ton Koopman’s class, he played for several years with some of the most important baroque orchestras of our times, in particular with the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Le Concert des Nations and Europa Galante. Since 2004, he exclusively devotes himself to his activities as soloist and director, in particular of his own orchestra La Risonanza.   His impressive discography includes works by Claudio Merulo, Giovanni Salvatore, Giovanni Picchi, Francesco Geminiani, Bernardo Storace, Domenico Scarlatti, Johann Sebastian Bach (Goldberg Variations and the Art of Fugue), Girolamo Frescobaldi (First and Second Book of Toccatas).   With La Risonanza he has completed the project of recording all the...
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Fabio Bonizzoni is considered one of the leading Italian harpsichordists and organists of his generation. His playing has been defined as “Bright and buoyant, with no tricks […] but plenty of energy and brilliance” (Gramophone). Having graduated in baroque organ and harpsichord at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague in Ton Koopman’s class, he played for several years with some of the most important baroque orchestras of our times, in particular with the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Le Concert des Nations and Europa Galante. Since 2004, he exclusively devotes himself to his activities as soloist and director, in particular of his own orchestra La Risonanza.
His impressive discography includes works by Claudio Merulo, Giovanni Salvatore, Giovanni Picchi, Francesco Geminiani, Bernardo Storace, Domenico Scarlatti, Johann Sebastian Bach (Goldberg Variations and the Art of Fugue), Girolamo Frescobaldi (First and Second Book of Toccatas).
With La Risonanza he has completed the project of recording all the Italian Cantatas with instruments by G.F. Handel: this project has been named by the Gramophone Magazine the most important of the decade, and 3 of the 7 CDs of the collection have been awarded the prestigious Handel Stanley Sadie Prize. The last disc of this series, Apollo e Dafne, won the Gramophone Award.
Since 2016, he and La Risonanza are recording for Challenge Classics: a Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas and two volumes of Bach harpsichord concertos have appeared so far.
His activity is also enriched by commitments as guest conductor both of baroque and modern orchestras. Since 2014 he is artistic director of Note Etiche, a festival focusing on links between music, ethics and sustainability and, since 2016, he and his orchestra enjoy artistic residency at Palazzina Liberty in their hometown Milan.


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01.
Fantasia in F-sharp Minor for Keyboard and Violin, Wq80: I. Sehr traurig und ganz langsam
13:02
(Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach) Ryo Terakado, Fabio Bonizzoni
02.
Fantasia in F-sharp Minor for Keyboard and Violin, Wq80: II. Allegro
03:28
(Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach) Ryo Terakado, Fabio Bonizzoni
03.
Sonata in B-flat Major for Keyboard and Violin, Wq77: I. Allegro di molto
06:48
(Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach) Ryo Terakado, Fabio Bonizzoni
04.
Sonata in B-flat Major for Keyboard and Violin, Wq77: II. Largo
05:22
(Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach) Fabio Bonizzoni, Ryo Terakado
05.
Sonata in B-flat Major for Keyboard and Violin, Wq77: III. Presto
05:04
(Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach) Fabio Bonizzoni, Ryo Terakado
06.
Sonata in C Minor for Keyboard and Violin, Wq78: I. Allegro moderato
08:21
(Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach) Fabio Bonizzoni, Ryo Terakado
07.
Sonata in C Minor for Keyboard and Violin, Wq78: II. Adagio ma non troppo
07:52
(Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach) Fabio Bonizzoni, Ryo Terakado
08.
Sonata in C Minor for Keyboard and Violin, Wq78: III. Presto
05:28
(Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach) Fabio Bonizzoni, Ryo Terakado
09.
Sonata in B Minor for Keyboard and Violin, Wq76: I. Allegro moderato
08:09
(Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach) Fabio Bonizzoni, Ryo Terakado
10.
Sonata in B Minor for Keyboard and Violin, Wq76: II. Poco andante
05:09
(Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach) Fabio Bonizzoni, Ryo Terakado
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Sonata in B Minor for Keyboard and Violin, Wq76: III. Allegretto siciliano
05:06
(Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach) Fabio Bonizzoni, Ryo Terakado
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