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Bach: Sonatas For Viola Da Gamba & Harpsichord

Sarah Cunningham & Richard Egarr

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Format: CD

Cat No: AV2491

Release Date:  26 November 2021

Label:  Avie

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  822252249125

Genres:  Classical  Baroque  

  • Description

    Titans of the period-performance community Sarah Cunningham and Richard Egarr join forces for a dazzling programme of J.S. Bach's three sonatas for viola da gamba and harpsichord together with arrangements of the Organ Trio sonata No. 3 and the Allemande from Flute Partita in A minor.

    Legends of the period-performance community Sarah Cunningham and Richard Egarr need little introduction with their contributions to recorded music garnering critical acclaim from early music afficionados across the decades. They join forces for their AVIE Records debut recording of J.S. Bach's celebrated Sonatas for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord together with Cunningham's dazzling Organ Trio Sonata and Flute Partita arrangements to conclude the programme. The Gamba Sonatas have long-established themselves as a staple in the cello/gamba repertoire, notably extending their fame into popular culture with the Adagio from Sonata No. 3 featuring (alongside with Bach's solo suites) in Anthony Minghella's 1990 BAFTA award-winning movie "Truly, Madly, Deeply", starring Alan Rickman and Juliet Stephenson.

    Sarah Cunningham is recognised as one of the foremost viola da gambists worldwide.

    Richard Egarr brings a joyful sense of adventure and a keen, enquiring mind to all his music-making – whether conducting, directing from the keyboard, giving recitals, playing chamber music, and indeed talking about music at every opportunity.

    CRITICA ACCLAIM

    "…achieves a pleasing balance and integration of texture, with [Sarah] Cunningham carefully differentiating between leading and subsidiary passages in her part, and Richard Egarr choosing well-contrasted timbres for his upper and lower lines." - BBC Music magazine, Feb 2022

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Bach: Sonata No.1 in G Major, BWV 1027 : I. Adagio
      • 2. Bach: Sonata No.1 in G Major, BWV 1027 : II. Allegro ma non tanto
      • 3. Bach: Sonata No.1 in G Major, BWV 1027 : III. Andante
      • 4. Bach: Sonata No.1 in G Major, BWV 1027 : IV. Allegro moderato
      • 5. Bach: Sonata No.2 in D Major, BWV 1028: I. Adagio
      • 6. Bach: Sonata No.2 in D Major,BWV 1028: II. Allegro
      • 7. Bach: Sonata No.2 in D Major, BWV 1028: III. Andante
      • 8. Bach: Sonata No.2 in D Major, BWV 1028: IV. Allegro
      • 9. Bach: Sonata No.3 in G Minor, BWV 1029: I. Vivace
      • 10. Bach: Sonata No.3 in G Minor, BWV 1029: II. Adagio
      • 11. Bach: Sonata No.3 in G Minor, BWV 1029: III. Allegro
      • 12. Bach: Organ Trio Sonata No.3 in D Minor, BWV 527 (arr. by Sarah Cunningham for viola da gamba and harpsichord): I. Andante
      • 13. Bach: Organ Trio Sonata No.3 in D Minor, BWV 527 (arr. by Sarah Cunningham for viola da gamba and harpsichord): II. Adagio e dolce
      • 14. Bach: Organ Trio Sonata No.3 in D Minor, BWV 527 (arr. by Sarah Cunningham for viola da gamba and harpsichord): III. Vivace
      • 15. Bach: Flute Partita in A minor, BWV 1013 (arr. by Sarah Cunningham for viola da gamba solo) (transcribed to D Minor): I. Allemande