Sonatas for Violin and Continuo

Album by Johann Sebastian Bach & Johann Heinrich Schmelzer & Johannes Schenck & Georg Böhm & Philipp Heinrich Erlebach & Sonnerie

Sonatas for Violin and Continuo is a set of sonatas by Johann Sebastian Bach, composed around 1720. They are Baroque chamber works that pair solo violin with basso continuo, use contrapuntal textures and dance-derived rhythms, alternate slow expressive movements with faster imitative passages, and form part of Bach's mature instrumental output that shaped later violin repertoire.

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  1. 1.
    Sonata in E minor for Violin and Continuo, BWV 1023: (Prelude) – Adagio ma non tanto
    4:30
  2. 2.
    Sonata in E minor for Violin and Continuo, BWV 1023: Allemande
    3:55
  3. 3.
    Sonata in E minor for Violin and Continuo, BWV 1023: Gigue
    3:09
  4. 4.
    Sonata in G for Violin and Continuo, BWV 1021: Adagio
    3:34
  5. 5.
    Sonata in G for Violin and Continuo, BWV 1021: Vivace
    1:02
  6. 6.
    Sonata in G for Violin and Continuo, BWV 1021: Largo
    2:10
  7. 7.
    Sonata in G for Violin and Continuo, BWV 1021: Presto
    1:28
  8. 8.
    Trio Sonata IX in A minor for Violin, Viola da gamba and Continuo
    4:45
  9. 9.
    Suite in A from “Scherzi Musicali” for Viola da gamba and Continuo: Praeludium
    2:24
  10. 10.
    Suite in A from “Scherzi Musicali” for Viola da gamba and Continuo: Allemande
    4:01
  11. 11.
    Suite in A from “Scherzi Musicali” for Viola da gamba and Continuo: Courante
    2:01
  12. 12.
    Suite in A from “Scherzi Musicali” for Viola da gamba and Continuo: Sarabande
    2:27
  13. 13.
    Suite in A from “Scherzi Musicali” for Viola da gamba and Continuo: Gigue
    1:45
  14. 14.
    Suite in A from “Scherzi Musicali” for Viola da gamba and Continuo: Rondeau
    1:06
  15. 15.
    Suite VII in F for Harpsichord: Allemande
    2:20
  16. 16.
    Suite VII in F for Harpsichord: Courante
    0:45
  17. 17.
    Suite VII in F for Harpsichord: Sarabande – Double
    2:19
  18. 18.
    Suite VII in F for Harpsichord: Gigue
    1:04
  19. 19.
    Sonata no. 2 in E minor for Violin, Viola da gamba and Continuo: Adagio – Allegro – Adagio
    3:42
  20. 20.
    Sonata no. 2 in E minor for Violin, Viola da gamba and Continuo: Allemande
    1:08
  21. 21.
    Sonata no. 2 in E minor for Violin, Viola da gamba and Continuo: Courante
    1:11
  22. 22.
    Sonata no. 2 in E minor for Violin, Viola da gamba and Continuo: Sarabande – Variatio
    2:40
  23. 23.
    Sonata no. 2 in E minor for Violin, Viola da gamba and Continuo: Gigue
    1:30

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