Fantasias Mélisande McNabney

• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750): Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D minor, BWV 903:
• 1J.S. Bach: Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D minor, BWV 903: Fantasia06:18
• 2J.S. Bach: Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D minor, BWV 903: Fugue06:05
• Mélisande McNabney: Improvisation:
• 3McNabney: Improvisation: exercises on the scale and modulation (D major – C minor), after C.P.E. Bach03:42
• Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714 - 1788): Fantasia and Fugue in C minor, Wq. 119/7:
• 4C.P.E. Bach: Fantasia and Fugue in C minor, Wq. 119/7: Fantasia01:24
• 5C.P.E. Bach: Fantasia and Fugue in C minor, Wq. 119/7: Fugue04:33
• Mélisande McNabney: Improvisation:
• 6McNabney: Improvisation: free fantasy and modulation (C minor to F-sharp minor)02:25
• Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Fantasia in F-sharp minor, Wq. 67:
• 7C.P.E. Bach: Fantasia in F-sharp minor, Wq. 6711:10
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Modulating Prelude from F major to E minor, K. deest, excerpt: from F major to C major:
• 8Mozart: Modulating Prelude from F major to E minor, K. deest, excerpt: from F major to C major (Transc. Mélisande McNabney)01:29
• Fantasia in C minor, K. 475:
• 9Mozart: Fantasia in C minor, K. 47512:16
• Four Preludes, K. 284a:
• 10Mozart: Four Preludes, K. 284a: Preludes Nos. 1 and 2 from C major to E-flat major02:53
• Leopold Koželuch (1747 - 1818): Three Preludes or Caprices for Harpsichord or Pianoforte:
• 11Koželuch: Three Preludes or Caprices for Harpsichord or Pianoforte: No. 1 in E-flat major07:03
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Four Preludes, K. 284a:
• 12Mozart: Four Preludes, K. 284a: Preludes Nos. 3 and 4 from E-flat major to C major01:34
• Fantasia in C minor, K396:
• 13Mozart: Fantasia in C minor, K396 (completed by Maximilian Stadler)12:07
• Total Runtime01:12:59

Info for Fantasias

Hailed as a “very accomplished and sensitive musician,” Mélisande McNabney returns with her latest album, Fantasias, performed on fortepiano. Fantasias includes works by Bach, Mozart, Koželuch, and two improvisations by McNabney herself after C.P.E. Bach. The album was recorded on a fortepiano made in 2019 by Rodney Regier, after an instrument by the 18th-century Viennese maker Anton Walter.

The concept of fantasy has a long history in music, and keyboard instruments are its main conduits. In the 18th century, composers were not only also performers, but also improvisers who would deploy their creative spirit for the public in real time by extemporizing on the keyboard.

Mélisande McNabney, piano

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