Bach: Sonatas & Partitas for Solo Violin, BWV 1001-1006
7/28/2023, 31 Tracks, 2:19:04
Featuring
Alina Ibragimova
Johann Sebastian Bach
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Composition History
The Sonatas and Partitas were first published in 1802, and since then their idiomatic and exuberant polyphony have challenged and fascinated performers, composers, and commentators.
Performer Biography
Alina Ibragimova, the performer on this album, began playing the violin at age four and studied at the Moscow Gnesin and Yehudi Menuhin schools.
Compositional Technique
The Sonatas follow the Italian 'da chiesa' slow-fast-slow-fast pattern, ostensibly avoiding dance movements, while the Partitas are dance suites.
Instruments
Alina Ibragimova performs on a 1738 Pietro Guarneri of Venice violin, kindly provided by Georg von Opel.
Composition History
Bach's Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin are preserved in a beautifully written autograph manuscript completed at Cöthen and dated 1720.
Critical Reception
Bach's second son, Carl Philipp Emanuel, wrote in 1774 that his father understood the possibilities of all stringed instruments, as evidenced by his solo works for violin and cello.
Historical Context
Bach's solo violin music was not the first of its kind, but the culmination of a tradition that had existed in Germany since the mid-17th century.
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