The praise that Johann Joachim Quantz (Frederick the Great's flute teacher) in his Versuch einer Anweisung die Flöte travesiere zu spielen (1752) gives to the late organist Johann Sebastian Bach suggests that organ culture was coming to an end around the mid-18th century . Bach's sons Wilhelm Friedemann and Carl Philipp Emanuel were trained by their father to become fully-fledged organists, but
… Carl Philipp would declare at a later age that he had forgotten to play the pedal. Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert: none of these composers contributed to organ art as Bach and Buxtehude had. Interesting are the works that Wilhelm Friedemann and Carl Philipp wrote for Princess Anna Amalia (sister of Frederick II). But problems also arise here: what keyboard works did Carl Philipp actually write for the princess; or, in other words, how can the manualiter organ works be distinguished from the other keyboard works. A manuscript of four sonatas from 1755 contains a note by Carl Philipp's friend Forkel, making it clear that they were intended for a princess who did not master the pedal playing. After careful consideration, two more sonatas from 1758 have been added to these four sonatas and it is these six sonatas that form the program of this CD. (HJ) After careful consideration, two more sonatas from 1758 have been added to these four sonatas and it is these six sonatas that form the program of this CD. (HJ) After careful consideration, two more sonatas from 1758 have been added to these four sonatas and it is these six sonatas that form the program of this CD. (HJ)more
