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THE SIX SONATAS FOR VIOLIN & HARPSICORD
VOLUME ONE
Micaela Comberti ~ Baroque Violin
With Colin Tiney ~ Harpsichord
In October 1774, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach sent Johann Nikolaus Forkel, who was slowly gathering material for a biography of J.S.Bach, a parcel of his father's music. It contained eleven "Trii," some organ pieces with a pedal part, the variations on "Vom Himmel hoch" and a covering note. "The six Clavier trios - [violin sonatas, but notice Emanuel's choice of words] - are among my departed father's best works. They still sound splendid and give me much pleasure, although they were written more than fifty years ago. Some of their slow movements ("Adagii") could not be set more lyrically even today. I beg you, as the scores are very tattered, to take good care of them." The other five "trios" were presumably the two for flute in B minor and A major (BWV 1030) (The word "trio" was a normal eighteenth century description for a three-voice piece with the second melody line taken by the keyboard right hand - "violin sonata" would imply a solo violin with harpsichord continuo.)
Continued next CD
- Colin Tilney ©2001
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Sonata No. 1 in B Minor, BWV 1014 [1.] Adagio [2.] Allegro [3.] Andante [4.] Allegro Sonata No. 2 in A Major, BWV 1015 [5.] (Adagio) - dolce [6.] Allegro [7.] Andante un poco [8.] Presto |
Suite in A Minor, BWV 818a [9.] (Prelude) [10.] Allemande [11.] Courante [12.] Sarabande [13.] Menuet [14.] Giga Sonata No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1016 [15.] Adagio [16.] Allegro [17.] Adagio ma non tanto [18.] Allegro Total Program Length: 59:06 |
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