. Bach / Symphony in E-flat major, Wq. 179 (H. 654)

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788) Symphony in E-flat major, Wq. 179 [H. 654] (1757) 00:00 - Prestissimo 04:15 - Larghetto 08:14 - Presto Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin (2001) “In the Symphony in E-flat major (Wq. 179) of 1757, the venturesome harmonic path of the Prestissimo comes to a strangely restrained close in the dominant, only to pass through a transition in the relative minor [C] for the purpose of paving the way for the highly unstable, chromaticized H major of the emotionally charged, but, surprisingly enough, elaborately contrapuntal Larghetto. Painting: Study of clouds, John Constable