Sonatas & Partitas for Unaccompanied Violin

Album by Johann Sebastian Bach & Paul Galbraith

Sonatas and Partitas for Unaccompanied Violin is a set of six works for solo violin by Johann Sebastian Bach, composed around 1720. They combine contrapuntal polyphony, advanced violin techniques and Baroque dance forms, representing a demanding exploration of solo violin writing that occupies a central place in Bach's instrumental output and the Baroque repertoire.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Sonata no. 1 in A minor, BWV 1001: I. Adagio
    5:27
  2. 2.
    Sonata no. 1 in A minor, BWV 1001: II. Fuga
    4:55
  3. 3.
    Sonata no. 1 in A minor, BWV 1001: III. Siciliano
    2:40
  4. 4.
    Sonata no. 1 in A minor, BWV 1001: IV. Presto
    2:30
  5. 5.
    Partita no. 1 in B minor, BWV 1002: I. Allemanda
    2:21
  6. 6.
    Partita no. 1 in B minor, BWV 1002: II. Double
    2:31
  7. 7.
    Partita no. 1 in B minor, BWV 1002: III. Corrente
    3:00
  8. 8.
    Partita no. 1 in B minor, BWV 1002: IV. Double
    2:12
  9. 9.
    Partita no. 1 in B minor, BWV 1002: V. Sarabande
    3:46
  10. 10.
    Partita no. 1 in B minor, BWV 1002: VI. Double
    4:16
  11. 11.
    Partita no. 1 in B minor, BWV 1002: VII. Tempo di Bourrée
    1:44
  12. 12.
    Partita no. 1 in B minor, BWV 1002: VIII. Double
    1:44
  13. 13.
    Sonata no. 2 in B minor, BWV 1003: I. Grave
    3:59
  14. 14.
    Sonata no. 2 in B minor, BWV 1003: II. Fuga
    5:41
  15. 15.
    Sonata no. 2 in B minor, BWV 1003: III. Andante
    6:15
  16. 16.
    Sonata no. 2 in B minor, BWV 1003: IV. Allegro
    2:33

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Partita no. 2 in E minor, BWV 1004: I. Allemanda
    2:29
  2. 3.
    Partita no. 2 in E minor, BWV 1004: II. Corrente
    1:29
  3. 4.
    Partita no. 2 in E minor, BWV 1004: III. Sarabande
    3:47
  4. 5.
    Partita no. 2 in E minor, BWV 1004: IV. Giga
    2:42
  5. 6.
    Partita no. 2 in E minor, BWV 1004: V. Ciaccona
    19:55
  6. 7.
    Sonata no. 3 in D major, BWV 1005: I. Adagio
    5:40
  7. 8.
    Sonata no. 3 in D major, BWV 1005: II. Fuga
    8:36
  8. 9.
    Sonata no. 3 in D major, BWV 1005: III. Largo
    2:28
  9. 10.
    Sonata no. 3 in D major, BWV 1005: IV. Allegro assai
    2:28
  10. 11.
    Partita no. 3 in E major, BWV 1006: I. Preludio
    4:01
  11. 12.
    Partita no. 3 in E major, BWV 1006: II. Loure
    1:25
  12. 13.
    Partita no. 3 in E major, BWV 1006: III. Gavotte en Rondeau
    2:39
  13. 14.
    Partita no. 3 in E major, BWV 1006: IVa. Menuet I
    0:52
  14. 15.
    Partita no. 3 in E major, BWV 1006: IVb. Menuet II
    1:48
  15. 16.
    Partita no. 3 in E major, BWV 1006: V. Bourrée
    0:44
  16. 17.
    Partita no. 3 in E major, BWV 1006: VI. Gigue
    1:02

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