The 6 Trio Sonatas

Album by Johann Sebastian Bach & Eliot Fisk & Albert Fuller

The Six Trio Sonatas are a set of six trio sonatas for organ by Johann Sebastian Bach, composed circa 1727–1730. Rooted in Baroque counterpoint, they employ a three-voice texture across two hands and pedal with imitative lines and dance-derived movements, and they occupy a central place in Bach's Leipzig keyboard output as clear examples of his contrapuntal and structural technique.

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Trio Sonata No. 1 in E-flat major, BWV 525: I. Allegro
    2:52
  2. 2.
    Trio Sonata No. 1 in E-flat major, BWV 525: II. Adagio
    6:28
  3. 3.
    Trio Sonata No. 1 in E-flat major, BWV 525: III. Allegro
    3:41
  4. 4.
    Trio Sonata No. 2 in C minor, BWV 526: I. Vivace
    3:56
  5. 5.
    Trio Sonata No. 2 in C minor, BWV 526: II. Largo
    3:10
  6. 6.
    Trio Sonata No. 2 in C minor, BWV 526: III. Allegro
    4:00
  7. 7.
    Trio Sonata No. 3 in D minor, BWV 527: I. Andante
    6:00
  8. 8.
    Trio Sonata No. 3 in D minor, BWV 527: II. Adagio e dolce
    4:18
  9. 9.
    Trio Sonata No. 3 in D minor, BWV 527: III. Vivace
    4:12
  10. 10.
    Trio Sonata No. 4 in E minor, BWV 528: I. Adagio - Vivace
    2:45
  11. 11.
    Trio Sonata No. 4 in E minor, BWV 528: II. Andante
    5:02
  12. 12.
    Trio Sonata No. 4 in E minor, BWV 528: III. Un poco allegro
    2:48
  13. 13.
    Trio Sonata No. 5 in C major, BWV 529: I. Allegro
    4:39
  14. 14.
    Trio Sonata No. 5 in C major, BWV 529: II. Largo
    4:51
  15. 15.
    Trio Sonata No. 5 in C major, BWV 529: III. Allegro
    3:38
  16. 16.
    Trio Sonata No. 6 in G major, BWV 530: I. Vivace
    3:55
  17. 17.
    Trio Sonata No. 6 in G major, BWV 530: II. Lento
    5:45
  18. 18.
    Trio Sonata No. 6 in G major, BWV 530: III. Allegro
    3:33

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