Complete Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin

by Johann Sebastian Bach / Arthur Grumiaux

Complete Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 15 October 1993
  • Label: Philips
  • Country: Germany
  • Length: 1:05:33

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Reissued as a definitive CD collection, Arthur Grumiaux's masterful recordings of Bach's solo violin works highlight incredibly virtuosic acoustic performance. The album strips away all accompaniment to focus purely on the complex, highly technical, and deeply melancholic melodic structures of Baroque composition.

Genres

Descriptors: acoustic, instrumental, technical, suite, complex, melodic, unaccompanied-solo

Tracklist

  1. Sonata No. 1 for Solo Violin in G Minor, BWV 1001: I. Adagio (3:42)
  2. Sonata No. 1 for Solo Violin in G Minor, BWV 1001: II. Fuga. Allegro (5:13)
  3. Sonata No. 1 for Solo Violin in G Minor, BWV 1001: III. Siciliana (2:22)
  4. Sonata No. 1 for Solo Violin in G Minor, BWV 1001: IV. Presto (2:35)
  5. Partita No. 1 for Solo Violin in B Minor, BWV 1002: I. Allemanda (4:25)
  6. Partita No. 1 for Solo Violin in B Minor, BWV 1002: II. Double (1:57)
  7. Partita No. 1 for Solo Violin in B Minor, BWV 1002: III. Courante (2:29)
  8. Partita No. 1 for Solo Violin in B Minor, BWV 1002: IV. Double (2:32)
  9. Partita No. 1 for Solo Violin in B Minor, BWV 1002: V. Sarabande (2:03)
  10. Partita No. 1 for Solo Violin in B Minor, BWV 1002: VI. Double (1:26)
  11. Partita No. 1 for Solo Violin in B Minor, BWV 1002: VII. Bourr茅e "Tempo di Borea" (2:29)
  12. Partita No. 1 for Solo Violin in B Minor, BWV 1002: VIII. Double (2:26)
  13. Sonata No. 2 for Solo Violin in A Minor, BWV 1003: I. Grave (3:43)
  14. Sonata No. 2 for Solo Violin in A Minor, BWV 1003: II. Fuga (7:42)
  15. Sonata No. 2 for Solo Violin in A Minor, BWV 1003: III. Andante (3:29)
  16. Sonata No. 2 for Solo Violin in A Minor, BWV 1003: IV. Allegro (3:58)
  17. Partita No. 2 for Solo Violin in D Minor, BWV 1004: I. Allemande (3:07)
  18. Partita No. 2 for Solo Violin in D Minor, BWV 1004: II. Corrente (1:58)
  19. Partita No. 2 for Solo Violin in D Minor, BWV 1004: III. Sarabande (3:07)
  20. Partita No. 2 for Solo Violin in D Minor, BWV 1004: IV. Gigue (3:07)
  21. Partita No. 2 for Solo Violin in D Minor, BWV 1004: V. Chaconne (13:17)
  22. Sonata No. 3 for Solo Violin in C Major, BWV 1005: I. Adagio (4:05)
  23. Sonata No. 3 for Solo Violin in C Major, BWV 1005: II. Fuga (10:41)
  24. Sonata No. 3 for Solo Violin in C Major, BWV 1005: III. Largo (2:58)
  25. Sonata No. 3 for Solo Violin in C Major, BWV 1005: IV. Allegro assai (2:40)
  26. Partita No. 3 for Solo Violin in E Major, BWV 1006: I. Preludio (3:47)
  27. Partita No. 3 for Solo Violin in E Major, BWV 1006: II. Loure (2:46)
  28. Partita No. 3 for Solo Violin in E Major, BWV 1006: III. Gavotte en Rondeau (2:55)
  29. Partita No. 3 for Solo Violin in E Major, BWV 1006: IV. Menuet I-II (2:33)
  30. Partita No. 3 for Solo Violin in E Major, BWV 1006: V. Bourr茅e (1:14)
  31. Partita No. 3 for Solo Violin in E Major, BWV 1006: VI. Gigue (1:29)

Credits

  • Johann Sebastian Bach - primary artist, composed by
  • Rachel Podger - primary artist, violin

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