Bach, J.S.: Flute Sonatas, Vol. 2

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Cat No: 8553755

Release Date: 12 January 1999

Label: Naxos - Nxc / Naxos Classics

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Genres: Classical

Composer/Series: BACH, J.S.

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Johann Sebastian Bach(1685-1750) Flute Sonatas Vol. 2 Sonata in B minor forflute and harpsichord, BWV 1030 Sonata in E major forflute and continuo, BWV 1035 Sonata in G minor for flute and harpsichord, BWV 1020 Sonata in C major forflute and continuo, BWV 1033 Trio Sonata in Gmajor, BWV 1039 In a letter to afriend in 1750 Padre Martini, a dominant figure in Italian music, wrote that heconsidered it unnecessary to describe the unique merits of Bach, who was quitewell known and admired, not only in Germany but everywhere in Italy too: hecould only add that it would be difficult to find a master better than him,since he could with justification be described as one of the foremost musiciansof Europe. The importance ofJohann Sebastian Bach to Western music continues to the present. He was onceregarded as one who provided a synthesis, a summary of the skills and grandeurof the past, offering a perfection in his own period, but suggesting no wayforward. This view is now seen to be erroneous. The music of Bach is like avast lake into which rivers have flowed and which continues to provide hisposterity with a source of spiritual and musical refreshment. No musician cantrain for his profession without coming into contact with the music of this composer,arguably the greatest of all time. The works of Bach are, indeed, a compendiumof all that is needed for keyboard- players, violinists, cellists andflautists. The biography of Bachwritten by Johann Nicolaus Forkel (1749-1818) and published in 1802, based onconversations with Bach's sons Wilhelm Friedemann and Carl Philipp Emanuel andon other first-hand sources, remains the foundation of Bach historicalscholarship. In his catalogue of Bach's compositions Forkel regrettably passesover the flute sonatas with barely a comment: Many single Sonatas for theharpsichord with accompaniment of violin, flute, viola da gamba, &c., alladmirably composed and so that even in our days most of them would be heard byconnoisseurs with pleasure. The history of theflute sonatas is not clear. It is probable that most of them were written whileBach was in the service of Prince Leopold of Anhalt-Cothen. At the time itcould hardly have been imagined that the small town of Cothen, thirty kilometres north of Halle, would be rememberedin history as one of the most important centres of music of the day. PrinceLeopold was a young man who loved music and who gradually expanded his courtorchestra to eighteen members. He engaged Johann Sebastian Bach as Kapellmeisterin 1717 and it is interesting to notice, as an illustration of the esteem inwhich Bach was held, that his salary was twice that of his predecessor. ThePrince was an accomplished musician himself and played the violin, viol andharpsichord and the court orchestra was fortunate in its harmonious workingconditions, with a friendly relationship and mutual understanding between themusicians and their patron. All performances at Cothentook place at court, with oth
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