play pause radio-play skip-back skip-forward playing search copy check embed close plus caret-down caret-left caret-right caret-up chevron-down chevron-left chevron-right chevron-up arrow-left arrow-right open-in-new-tab filter menu more-horizontal more-vertical share share-android select star star-block volume-block volume-mute-block volume-mute volume lock settings recording composition devices laptop speaker
Log inCreate account

J. S. Bach: Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord

10/17/2025, 28 Tracks, 1:46:19

Featuring

  • Ilya Gringolts
  • Francesco Corti
  • Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Andrew Nathaniel McIntosh

Did you know?

1/7

Performer Biography

Ilya Gringolts, the violinist on this recording, won the Paganini Competition in 1998 and remains its youngest winner in history.

Source: Booklet

Recording & Production

The contemporary piece "Tertia deficiens" by Andrew McIntosh, featured on this album, is a world premiere recording, commissioned specifically for this project.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Francesco Corti, the harpsichordist on this recording, is a prizewinner at the Bach-Wettbewerb Leipzig (2006) and the Bruges Harpsichord Competition (2007).

Source: Booklet

Composer's Artistic Vision

For Bach, perfect balance and harmony in a trio could only be attained when all the voices "work wonderfully through each other."

Source: Booklet

Compositional Technique

Bach's use of the harpsichord as an obbligato partner allowed two players to create a three-voice compositional texture, with the harpsichord's right hand taking an upper voice and the left hand the bass.

Source: Booklet

Compositional Technique

Bach's trio texture was an abstract compositional principle, not bound to specific scoring, meaning the same composition could appear with different instrumentations.

Source: Booklet

Instruments

The harpsichord used on this recording is an Andrea Restelli (Milan, 1998) modeled after a Christian Vater instrument from 1738.

Source: Booklet

You might also enjoy...

Bach: Violin Sonatas, BWV 1014-1019
J.S. Bach: Works for Violin and Keyboard, Vol. 2
Bach: Sonatas for Harpsichord and Violin, BWV 1014-1019
Bach: The Sonatas for Violin & Harpsichord
Golden Violin
Bach: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1-6, BWVV 1014-1019
Bach, J.S.: Complete Violin Sonatas
Bach Sonatas BWV 1014-1019
Bach: Six Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord, BWV 1014-1019
Bach: Sonats for Violin and Harpsichord Nos. 4-6 & Chaconne from Partita for Solo Violin No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004
©℗ 2025 Arcana