Bach: Violin Concertos, Sinfonias, Overture and Sonatas

Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Faust, Isabelle

HMM 902335.36

After the double album of the Violin and Harpsichord Sonatas with Kristian Bezuidenhout, a bestseller in 2018, here is the next instalment in a Bach recording adventure that began nine years ago with a set of the Sonatas and Partitas now regarded as a benchmark. Isabelle Faust, Bernhard Forck and his partners at the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin have patiently explored a multitude of other works by Bach: harpsichord concertos, trio sonatas for organ, instrumental movements from sacred cantatas etc. All are revealed here as direct or indirect relatives of the three monumental Concertos BWV 1041-43. This fascinating achievement is a timely reminder that the master of The Well-Tempered Clavier was also a virtuoso violinist! Bach, J S: Concerto for Oboe & Violin in C minor, BWV1060 Bach, J S: Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, BWV1043 Bach, J S: Concerto in D major, BWV1045 Bach, J S: Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV1067 Bach, J S: Trio Sonata No. 3 in D minor, BWV527 Bach, J S: Trio Sonata No. 5 in C major, BWV529 Bach, J S: Violin Concerto in D minor, BWV1052 Bach, J S: Violin Concerto in G minor, BWV1056 Bach, J S: Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, BWV1041 Bach, J S: Violin Concerto No. 2 in E major, BWV1042

CD x 2

Harmonia Mundi

5/6/19

3149020935811