CPE Bach was once more famous than his father, the great JS Bach. To mark the younger Bach's tercentenary, Ivan Hewett picks 10 pieces that demonstrate his genius.

CPE Bach at 300: why he's more than just Johann Sebastian's son. For so long in his father's shadow, CPE Bach will make a well-deserved return to the spotlight during 2014's tercentenary ...

Piers Adams celebrates the 300th anniversary of the birth of CPE Bach. Including interviews with German musicians and tracks from new CDs released to mark the occasion. Show more Piers Adams ...

The two C.P.E. Bach works on the program reflected a broad range of styles. His Symphony No. 5 in B minor for strings was all drama and mannerisms, with an opening movement that could easily have ...

If Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach wrote a dull piece of music, I've not yet heard it. And even if there is a workaday piece or two lurking within his 300 keyboard sonatas, you certainly won't find it ...

Lucie Skeaping discusses the musicians of Frederick the Great's court, including Agricola, Quantz, CPE Bach, Fasch and Graun as well as the king himself. Show more A keen flautist himself ...

This week we look at CPE Bach's music and reputation in the light of the sensational rediscovery of much of his archive in 1999. From 1750, for the next 60 years, ...

The Handel and Haydn Society will celebrate one of the most dynamic periods in the history of music with Mozart, CPE Bach, and Friends. H+H Associate Conductor Ian Watson will direct the streaming ...

J.S. Bach, Barrios Music by CPE Bach's father, Johann Sebastian, is next. From the Partita No. 2, guitarist David Russell plays the Allemande, Courante, and Gigue in a concert in suburban Atlanta.

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, the second son of Johann Sebastian, was born in 1714 in Weimar, Germany. A prank-loving, high-spirited child, he studied music with his father before going on to read ...