The Sonatas & Partitas for Solo Violin, BWV 1001-1006

Album by Johann Sebastian Bach & Eliot Fisk

The Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin, BWV 1001-1006 is a set of six works for unaccompanied violin by Johann Sebastian Bach, composed around 1720 during his Köthen period. They exemplify Baroque counterpoint and dance-derived forms adapted to a single instrument, combining demanding technical passages with polyphonic writing, and represent a major contribution to Bach's instrumental output and to the solo violin repertoire.
First released: 2001

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Sonata I in G minor, BWV 1001: Adagio
    3:00
  2. 2.
    Partita II in D minor, BWV 1004: Allemanda
    4:28
  3. 3.
    Partita II in D minor, BWV 1004: Corrente
    2:24
  4. 4.
    Sonata I in G minor, BWV 1001: Fuga (Allegro)
    4:49
  5. 5.
    Sonata I in G minor, BWV 1001: Siciliana
    2:41
  6. 6.
    Partita II in D minor, BWV 1004: Sarabanda
    4:22
  7. 7.
    Partita II in D minor, BWV 1004: Giga
    3:54
  8. 8.
    Sonata I in G minor, BWV 1001: Presto
    3:54
  9. 9.
    Partita II in D minor, BWV 1004: Ciaccona
    12:11
  10. 10.
    Partita I in B minor, BWV 1002: Allemanda
    4:27
  11. 11.
    Sonata III in C major, BWV 1005: Adagio
    2:43
  12. 12.
    Partita I in B minor, BWV 1002: Double
    2:32
  13. 13.
    Sonata III in C major, BWV 1005: Fuga
    9:12
  14. 14.
    Partita I in B minor, BWV 1002: Corrente
    3:05
  15. 15.
    Partita I in B minor, BWV 1002: Double (Presto)
    3:44
  16. 16.
    Sonata III in C major, BWV 1005: Largo
    3:01
  17. 17.
    Sonata III in C major, BWV 1005: Allegro assai
    5:25
  18. 18.
    Partita I in B minor, BWV 1002: Sarabande
    2:54
  19. 19.
    Partita I in B minor, BWV 1002: Double
    2:39
  20. 20.
    Partita III in E major, BWV 1006: Preludio
    3:45
  21. 21.
    Partita III in E major, BWV 1006: Loure
    3:26
  22. 22.
    Partita I in B minor, BWV 1002: Tempo di Borea
    2:51
  23. 23.
    Partita III in E major, BWV 1006: Gavotte en Rondeau
    2:39
  24. 24.
    Partita I in B minor, BWV 1002: Double
    3:03
  25. 25.
    Sonata II in A minor, BWV 1003: Grave
    3:09
  26. 26.
    Partita III in E major, BWV 1006: Menuets I & II
    3:58
  27. 27.
    Sonata II in A minor, BWV 1003: Fuga
    6:42
  28. 28.
    Partita III in E major, BWV 1006: Bourrée
    1:25
  29. 29.
    Partita III in E major, BWV 1006: Gigue
    2:13
  30. 30.
    Sonata II in A minor, BWV 1003: Andante
    3:08
  31. 31.
    Sonata II in A minor, BWV 1003: Allegro
    6:06

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