Complete Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin

Album by Johann Sebastian Bach & Arthur Grumiaux

Complete Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin is a cycle of six works for unaccompanied violin by Johann Sebastian Bach, composed around 1720. Written in the Baroque idiom, the set combines intricate contrapuntal writing, dance-derived movements and technically demanding passages to explore polyphony and expressive range on a single instrument, and it occupies a pivotal place in Bach's output and the solo violin repertoire.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Sonata no. 1 in G minor, BWV 1001: I. Adagio
    3:44
  2. 2.
    Sonata no. 1 in G minor, BWV 1001: II. Fuga (Allegro)
    5:14
  3. 3.
    Sonata no. 1 in G minor, BWV 1001: III. Siciliana
    2:26
  4. 4.
    Sonata no. 1 in G minor, BWV 1001: IV. Presto
    2:44
  5. 5.
    Partita no. 1 in B minor, BWV 1002: I. Allemanda
    4:25
  6. 6.
    Partita no. 1 in B minor, BWV 1002: II. Double
    1:57
  7. 7.
    Partita no. 1 in B minor, BWV 1002: III. Corrente
    2:29
  8. 8.
    Partita no. 1 in B minor, BWV 1002: IV. Double (Presto)
    2:34
  9. 9.
    Partita no. 1 in B minor, BWV 1002: V. Sarabande
    2:03
  10. 10.
    Partita no. 1 in B minor, BWV 1002: VI. Double
    1:26
  11. 11.
    Partita no. 1 in B minor, BWV 1002: VII. Tempo di Borea
    2:29
  12. 12.
    Partita no. 1 in B minor, BWV 1002: VIII. Double
    2:35
  13. 13.
    Sonata no. 2 in A minor, BWV 1003: I. Grave
    3:43
  14. 14.
    Sonata no. 2 in A minor, BWV 1003: II. Fuga
    7:48
  15. 15.
    Sonata no. 2 in A minor, BWV 1003: III. Andante
    3:30
  16. 16.
    Sonata no. 2 in A minor, BWV 1003: IV. Allegro
    3:58

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Partita no. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004: I. Allemanda
    3:07
  2. 3.
    Partita no. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004: II. Corrente
    1:58
  3. 4.
    Partita no. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004: III. Sarabande
    3:07
  4. 5.
    Partita no. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004: IV. Giga
    3:07
  5. 6.
    Partita no. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004: V. Ciaccona
    13:26
  6. 7.
    Sonata no. 3 in C, BWV 1005: I. Adagio
    4:05
  7. 8.
    Sonata no. 3 in C, BWV 1005: II. Fuga
    10:46
  8. 9.
    Sonata no. 3 in C, BWV 1005: III. Largo
    2:58
  9. 10.
    Sonata no. 3 in C, BWV 1005: IV. Allegro assai
    2:48
  10. 11.
    Partita no. 3 in E, BWV 1006: I. Preludio
    3:48
  11. 12.
    Partita no. 3 in E, BWV 1006: II. Loure
    2:48
  12. 13.
    Partita no. 3 in E, BWV 1006: III. Gavotte en Rondeau
    2:56
  13. 14.
    Partita no. 3 in E, BWV 1006: IV. Menuet I / II
    2:33
  14. 15.
    Partita no. 3 in E, BWV 1006: V. Bourrée
    1:14
  15. 16.
    Partita no. 3 in E, BWV 1006: VI. Gigue
    1:29

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