Bach's accompanied sonatas for violin are not terribly common on concert programs, perhaps because they are not a cohesive group but more in the nature of odds and ends. However, they work well when performed, as they are here, with cello and harpsichord. The cello has a gentler, cleaner sound than the more commonly used viola da gamba, and it places the focus on the violin soloist. The whole group here plays period instruments, and Gottfried von der Goltz is a master of his 1720 Testore violin. The performances are all ...
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Bach's accompanied sonatas for violin are not terribly common on concert programs, perhaps because they are not a cohesive group but more in the nature of odds and ends. However, they work well when performed, as they are here, with cello and harpsichord. The cello has a gentler, cleaner sound than the more commonly used viola da gamba, and it places the focus on the violin soloist. The whole group here plays period instruments, and Gottfried von der Goltz is a master of his 1720 Testore violin. The performances are all clean and sharp. The chief attraction is that this program includes some unusual works that give an idea of how difficult it has been over the years to sort out Bach's immense output. There are several undoubtedly genuine Bach sonatas for violin and continuo, all in four movements but quite different from one another. Listen to the opening slow movement of the Sonata for violin and continuo in C minor, BWV 1024, intensely dramatic in the manner of the young Bach. The Sonata for violin...
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