Speculation on J.S. Bach - Reconstructed chamber music & chorals

Börner, Dirk, Floutier, Étienne, Form, Michael, Rouquié, Marie

PC 10384

“Johann Sebastian Bach’s chamber music was in constant transition. His few surviving trio sonatas, for the traditional combination of two melody instruments and continuo, likely date from his years in Weimar and Köthen. Bach revisited some of these works in Leipzig, reworking them for concerts at Zimmerman’s coffee house into sonatas for a melody instrument with harpsichord obbligato. Unfortunately, few of these manuscripts survive, leaving us with only later arrangements as rough clues to their original form and instrumentation. Prominent Bach scholars agree that Bach, just as Handel and Telemann, must have made a major contribution to the main genre of 18th century chamber music. In view of this evaluation, there is a particularly unfortunate gap in the catalogue of the Thomaskantor’s works. Our program was conceived as an approximation of some of these lost trio sonatas.“ (Michael Form)

Works:
• Bach, J S: Chorale Preludes II, BWV645-650 'Schübler Chorales':
• Bach, J S: Chorale Prelude BWV645 'Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme':
• Bach, J S: Chorale Prelude BWV646 'Woll soll ich fliehen hin':
• Bach, J S: Chorale Prelude BWV647 'Wer nur den lieben Gott laesst walten':
• Bach, J S: Chorale Prelude BWV648 'Meine Seele erhebt den Herren':
• Bach, J S: Chorale Prelude BWV649 'Ach bleib’ bei uns, Herr Jesu Christ':
• Bach, J S: Chorale Prelude BWV650 'Kommst du nun, Jesu, vom Himmel herunter':
• Bach, J S: Das Orgelbüchlein:
• Bach, J S: Flute Sonata No. 3 in A major, BWV1032:
• Bach, J S: Prelude & Fugue in E minor, BWV548 'Wedge':
• Bach, J S: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2:
• Bach, J S: Trio in G minor, BWV584:
• Bach, J S: Viola da Gamba Sonata No. 2 in D major, BWV1028

CD x 1

Pan Classics

3/4/18

7619990103849