8051773573804

Bach: Sonatas For Violin And Harpsichord

Henryk Szeryng & Helmuth Walcha

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Format: 2CD

Cat No: WS121380

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Release Date:  04 October 2019

Label:  Urania Records

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  2

Barcode:  8051773573804

Genres:  Classical  Chamber Music  

  • Description

    Henryk Szeryng and Helmuth Walcha perform the Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord BWV 1018 and other works by J.S. Bach.

    The six Sonatas for violin and harpsichord BWV 1014–1019 by Johann Sebastian Bach are works in trio sonata form, with the upper parts in the harpsichord and violin over a bass line supplied by the harpsichord and an optional viola da gamba. Unlike baroque sonatas for solo instrument and continuo, where the realisation of the figured bass was left to the discretion of the performer, the keyboard part in the sonatas was almost entirely specified by Bach. The works were probably mostly composed during Bach's final years in Cöthen between 1720 and 1723 before he moved to Leipzig.

    Countless are the editions of the Sonatas, from that by Yehudi Menuhin and Louis Kentner in 1951 up to that by Isabelle Faust and Kristian Bezuidenhout in 2018. This album contains an edition which has not been available for yeas and despite it, does not follow recent philological parameters, it offers an example of unmatched classicism for its cleanliness, strength of its performers and equilibrium in its recording. An important extra is given with the inclusion of the hard to find recordings for organ of '40 and '60 by Helmuth Walcha.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Sonata n. 5 in F Minor BWV 1018: I. Largo
      • 2. Sonata n. 5 in F Minor BWV 1018: II. Allegro
      • 3. Sonata n. 5 in F Minor BWV 1018: III. Adagio
      • 4. Sonata n. 5 in F Minor BWV 1018: IV. Vivace
      • 5. Sonata n. 6 in G Major BWV 1019: I. Allegro
      • 6. Sonata n. 6 in G Major BWV 1019: II. Largo
      • 7. Sonata n. 6 in G Major BWV 1019: III. Allegro
      • 8. Sonata n. 6 in G Major BWV 1019: IV. Adagio
      • 9. Sonata n. 6 in G Major BWV 1019: Vi. Allegro
      • 10. Schübler Chorales BWV 645: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme
      • 11. Schübler Chorales BWV 646: Woll soll ich fliehen hin
      • 12. Schübler Chorales BWV 647: Wer nur den lieben Gott laesst walten
      • 13. Schübler Chorales BWV 648: Meine Seele erhebt den Herren
      • 14. Schübler Chorales BWV 649: Ach bleib bein uns, Herr Jesu Christ
      • 15. Schübler Chorales BWV 650: Kommst du nun Jesu, von Himmel herunter
      • 16. Organ Prelude & fugue in A Minor BWV 543
      • 17. Partita No. 3 for Violin in E Major BWV 1006: I. Preludio
      • 18. Partita No. 3 for Violin in E Major BWV 1006: II. Loure
      • 19. Partita No. 3 for Violin in E Major BWV 1006: III. Gavotte en Rondeau
      • 20. Partita No. 3 for Violin in E Major BWV 1006: IV. Menuet I & Menuet II
      • 21. Partita No. 3 for Violin in E Major BWV 1006: V. Bourrée
      • 22. Partita No. 3 for Violin in E Major BWV 1006: VI. Gigue