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Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord - Johann Sebastian Bach

3/17/2023, 36 Tracks, 2:03:22

Featuring

  • Adrian Butterfield
  • Silas Wollston
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

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Compositional Technique

Bach was an innovator in chamber music, treating the harpsichord as an equal dialogue partner with another instrument, rather than just providing harmonic support.

Source: Booklet

Compositional Technique

More than half of the movements in Bach's Six Sonatas for Violin and Obbligato Harpsichord are constructed so that the primary musical material appears in all three parts.

Source: Booklet

Composer's Artistic Vision

Bach had an extraordinary capacity to perceive the potential of a simple musical idea, often developing it into a highly complex form.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

The Sonata in G major (BWV 1019) exists in three different versions, showing Bach's experimentation with its structure and texture.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

The Sonata in G major (BWV 1021) was copied by Bach's second wife, Anna Magdalena, and may have been used by Bach to teach Count Heinrich Abraham von Boineburg how to play from a figured bass.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Adrian Butterfield, the violinist on this album, is Musical Director of the Tilford Bach Festival and Associate Director of the London Handel Festival.

Source: Booklet

Composer's Artistic Vision

Johann Nikolaus Forkel, Bach's first biographer, described Bach's harmony as an interweaving of several real melodies, each capable of appearing in any part.

Source: Booklet

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