Track Listing

1. Son I In G, Bwv 1001- Adagio
2. Son I In G, Bwv 1001- Fuga. Allegro
3. Son I In G, Bwv 1001- Siciliana
4. Son I In G, Bwv 1001- Presto
5. Partia I In B, Bwv 1002- Allemanda
6. Partia I In B, Bwv 1002- Double
7. Partia I In B, Bwv 1002- Correnta
8. Partia I In B, Bwv 1002- Double. Presto
9. Partia I In B, Bwv 1002- Sarabande
10. Partia I In B, Bwv 1002- Double
11. Partia I In B, Bwv 1002- Tempo Di Borea
12. Partia I In B, Bwv 1002- Double
13. Son Ii In A, Bwv 1003- Grave
14. Son Ii In A, Bwv 1003- Fuga
15. Son Ii In A, Bwv 1003- Andante
16. Son Ii In A, Bwv 1003- Allegro
17. Partia Ii D-Moll - Allemanda
18. Partia Ii D-Moll - Corrente
19. Partia Ii D-Moll - Sarabanda
20. Partia Ii D-Moll - Giga
21. Partia Ii D-Moll - Ciaccona
22. Sonata Iii C-Dur - Adagio
23. Sonata Iii C-Dur - Fuga
24. Sonata Iii C-Dur - Largo
25. Sonata Iii C-Dur - Allegro Assai
26. Partita Iii E-Dur - Preludio
27. Partita Iii E-Dur - Loure
28. Partita Iii E-Dur - Gavotte En Rondeaux
29. Partita Iii E-Dur - Menuet I-Ii
30. Partita Iii E-Dur - Bouree
31. Partita Iii E-Dur - Gique

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #319784 in Music
• Released on: 1990-01-02
• Number of discs: 2
• Format: Import

Customer Reviews

Outstanding
Just outstanding... too bad Amazon doesn't have audio samples to give you a taste to help sell this. The pieces are superb to begin with, but the performance and recording are both exceptional as well. Can't recommend it enough.

As an aside, if you enjoy the emotive, introspective performance style exhibited here, Pieter Wispelwey's performance of Bach's Cello Suites on Channel Classics is an excellent companion to this collection.

Marvellous!
I've never really taken to these works before. They are most often played on modern instruments in "conservatory style." When they are performed in this way, I find them strange, remote, and austere.

Kuijken plays them on an gut-stringed instrument of the kind Bach would have known. He uses a lighter, exquisitely-controlled touch, and he goes easy on the vibrato. Above all, he recognizes that most of the movements are _dances_, Baroque dances, and he plays them with infectious, propulsive dance rhythms.

The result is completely enlightening: now I understand why this is such wonderful music! The old metaphor of taking the varnish off an old painting is a bit of a cliche, but was never more appropriate than here. And as often is true in authentic performance, taking a light touch to the music actually increases its emotional force, which here is extraordinary, or so I feel.

So, if you love Bach's music, do yourself a favor and buy this performance of the solo violin sonatas.