Violinist Viktoria Mullova made two great decisions before she made this record. First, she decided to record not only Bach's canonical six sonatas for violin and harpsichord, but also his Sonata in G major for violin and continuo and his Trio Sonata in C major for violin and continuo -- the continuo in question being organ and viola da gamba and the third instrument in the trio being a flute. This decision not only more generously filled the discs and more amply expanded the range and color of the ensemble, it added new ...
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Violinist Viktoria Mullova made two great decisions before she made this record. First, she decided to record not only Bach's canonical six sonatas for violin and harpsichord, but also his Sonata in G major for violin and continuo and his Trio Sonata in C major for violin and continuo -- the continuo in question being organ and viola da gamba and the third instrument in the trio being a flute. This decision not only more generously filled the discs and more amply expanded the range and color of the ensemble, it added new players for Mullova and harpsichordist/organist Ottavio Dantone to play with, to wit, gambist Vittorio Ghielmi and flutist Luca Pianca. Second, she decided to be herself, the self trained under Leonid Kogan in the Moscow Conservatoire, and defected from the USSR when she was 24, and can play anything from the Beatles to Shostakovich. She can instantly change from cool and serene to fiery and passionate depending on the mood and the music. Thus when Mullova actually came to make the...
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