On this absorbing recording Keith Jarrett steps away from jazz entirely to interpret the Württemberg Sonatas of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, performed on clavichord. Best known for his groundbreaking improvised concerts and his luminous jazz quartets and trios, Jarrett has long maintained a parallel life as a serious interpreter of notated keyboard music, and here he turns to one of the most adventurous composers of the eighteenth century. C.P.E. Bach's writing is famously restless and expressive, full of sudden dynamic contrasts, surprising harmonic turns and an almost improvisatory sense of fantasy, qualities that make him a natural fit for Jarrett's sensibility. The choice of the clavichord, an intimate and whisper-quiet instrument, is crucial: rather than the brilliance of a modern piano, it offers an extraordinarily delicate and nuanced sound that demands close, attentive listening. Every subtle inflection of touch, every shading of dynamics and articulation, registers with startling immediacy. Jarrett plays with great sensitivity and clarity, drawing out the music's expressive depth without ever resorting to romantic exaggeration. The result is a quietly mesmerizing classical statement, a chamber-scale recording of rare intimacy that reveals a different but equally committed side of one of the most important musicians of his generation. For those who know Jarrett only through his jazz work, it offers a fascinating window onto his lifelong devotion to the classical tradition, which he has pursued with the same seriousness he brings to improvisation. On vinyl the clavichord's fragile, candlelit sonority is preserved with remarkable fidelity, rewarding patient, attentive listening above all.