Sonates and Partitas for Solo Violin

Album by Johann Sebastian Bach & Elizabeth Wallfisch

Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin is a set of six works for solo violin by Johann Sebastian Bach, composed around 1720. They are written in the Baroque style and use polyphonic textures, complex counterpoint and dance rhythms to extend the technical and expressive range of the instrument, and they come from Bach's early Leipzig period when he was active as a church musician and instrumental composer.

Sonates and Partitas for Solo Violin by Bach - album cover

First released: 1st March 1997

Sonata Baroque Classical

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Disc 1

1.
Sonata no. 1 in G minor: Adagio / Fuga / Siciliana / Presto
16:26
2.
Partita no. 1 in B minor: Allemanda / Double / Corrente / Double / Sarabande / Double / Tempo Di Borea / Double
23:25
3.
Sonata no. 2 in A minor: Grave / Fuga / Andante / Allegro
23:37

Disc 2

2.
Partita no. 2 in D minor: Allemanda / Corrente / Sarabande / Giga / Ciaccona
25:44
3.
Sonata no. 3 in C major: Adagio / Fuga / Largo / Allegro Assai
24:38
4.
Partita no. 3 in E major: Preludio / Loure / Gavotte En Rondeau / Menuet 1 / Menuet 2 / Bourée / Gigue
17:59