Bach: Six Trio Sonatas

The King’s Consort

VIVAT 123

Bach’s Six Trio Sonatas, BWV 525-530, were originally written as practice works for his son Wilhelm Friedemann (b.1710) when Wilhelm was learning the organ. Here they are completely reimagined and transformed into colourful, expressive, instrumental chamber works.

It was Bach himself who founded the tradition of transcribing his own music for varying instrumental groupings. Robert King has arranged and adapted these six works to involve a wide range of instrumental colours. Five melody instruments (two violins, viola, oboe and oboe d'amore) create a variety of instrumental colours, underpinned by a similarly diverse continuo accompaniment of cello, theorbo, harpsichord and chamber organ.

An outstanding group of instrumentalists – Kati Debretzeni and Huw Daniel violins, Rose Redgrave viola and Frances Norbury oboe & oboe d’amore – and an equally fine continuo team (Robin Michael cello, Eligio Quinteiro theorbo, Robert King harpsichord & organ) brings a deliciously intimate and conversational quality to Bach’s music, quite different to that achieved at the organ.

Works:

•Astorga: Che ti giova, amor crudele, L. 31
• Bononcini, G B: Non ardisco pregarti, amata bella
• Bononcini, G B: Sinfonia No. 1 for Cello & Continuo in D Major
• Caldara: Arda il mio petto amante
• Caldara: Io soffrirò tacendo
• Caldara: Sinfonia for Cello & Continuo in D major
• Conti, F: Dimmi, o sorte nemica
• Fioré, A: Di quel sguardo fatal

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10/2/23

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