I agree with you.

Why 'infamous'? Did he do something terrible?

I like it. Particularly his unique forte piano transitions . Sturm und Drang full of innovation.

@@alindmay Good point, but CPE’s music is categorically *not* Viennese (mainly) sturm und drang, but his own very personal take on North German empfindsamer Stil.

NisanyanS Music is sometimes like listening to someone speaking a foreign language one does not understand; you may appreciate the sound as in the case of Italian for example which is naturally very beautiful, but may not understand a word of the message. I would suggest that if CPE is a foreign language to you, the lack of understanding might just be your problem not that of CPE; I have a similar issue with the music of Debussy who I might well describe in the words you have used above, I would not however, because I understand the problem is entirely mine. Your analysis of CPE is mistaken, but to use another metaphor, music is like food - some you like and some you don’t and it’s a personal thing with no right or wrong answer. CPE is actually one of the few composers to put his own musical aesthetics into words, if you are interested in challenging your own problem with CPE, get a copy of his Versuch and read the relevant sections; if not, just think of CPE as I do Debussy, but be wary of making bold statements that are in fact as inaccurate as to fact as they are unrepresentative in judgement.

Complete nonsense

@@markusboyd4834 You have probably said more in two words than I did in four paragraphs.

I can hear it clearly just fine.

@@dorette-hi4j Listen to it again, with the full score open in front of you - and see how much you can hear. The singers don’t even have time to breathe at this absurd overspeed.

@@gregfolland6569 How often within each phrase do you think singers need to take breath in the opening chorus? There are rests between phrases for them to breathe.

@@dorette-hi4j Remainer and/or cyclist, by any chance? … Please advise.

@@gregfolland6569 ???

CPE Bach is a fascinating North German empfindsamer Stil relatively unknown area of the predominantly Viennese Classical period so dominated by the very different sounds of Mozart and Haydn, to the exclusion of almost all else. CPE was the only composer Haydn ever acknowledged as a mentor and the respect was mutual; apart from one alleged quote, there is almost nothing of CPE in Mozart, apart from CPE’s Versuch (Manual on keyboard playing) which was known to all composers as it outlines in some detail what was to become modern keyboard technique (Beethoven was still using it into the 19th century).

@@elaineblackhurst1509 but Mozart borrowed a lot from J.Christian Bach...for example the piano concertos...

@@111wolfgang The borrowings are actually very few, but there is no doubt that Mozart rated JC Bach very highly and remembered those days in London 1764/65 with affection and gratitude for the rest of his life. In the context of this discussion, JC Bach is to Mozart as CPE Bach is to Haydn

Usted puede buscar el internet por las letras.

cpebach.org/pdfs/librettos/IV-2-Translation.pdf

hay grabaciones antiguas que toman el coro inicial a menor velocidad, también lo prefiero.En el resto esta interpretación me parece excelente

Das finde ich auch!