Esther Hoppe - J. S. Bach: Sonatas & Partitas for Solo Violin (2022)

The Violin Sonatas and Partitas manuscript, which has fortunately survived, is dated 1720. The first page of the autograph carries the note “Libro Primo”; Bach’s Cello Suites BWV 1007-1012 may have been regarded as the “Libro Secondo”. A dedicatee is not known. Johann Sebastian Bach composed his Violin Sonatas and Partitas/ when he was employed as Kapellmeister in Köthen (1717-1723) and probably completed the cycle in 1720. There is hardly any other work in the entire violin literature with such significance. Bach set new standards in playing and composition; these works have lost none of their topicality and brilliance to this day.
Tracklist
CD1
1. Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Minor, BWV 1001: I. Adagio (3:50)
2. Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Minor, BWV 1001: II. Fuga. Allegro (5:03)
3. Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Minor, BWV 1001: III. Siciliana (2:52)
4. Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Minor, BWV 1001: IV. Presto (3:43)
5. Violin Partita No. 1 in B Minor, BWV 1002: I. Allemande (5:42)
6. Violin Partita No. 1 in B Minor, BWV 1002: II. Double (2:54)
7. Violin Partita No. 1 in B Minor, BWV 1002: III. Corrente (3:35)
8. Violin Partita No. 1 in B Minor, BWV 1002: IV. Double. Presto (3:27)
9. Violin Partita No. 1 in B Minor, BWV 1002: V. Sarabande (3:17)
10. Violin Partita No. 1 in B Minor, BWV 1002: VI. Double (2:30)
11. Violin Partita No. 1 in B Minor, BWV 1002: VII. Tempo di Borea (3:17)
12. Violin Partita No. 1 in B Minor, BWV 1002: VIII. Double (3:08)
13. Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Minor, BWV 1003: I. Grave (4:05)
14. Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Minor, BWV 1003: II. Fuga (7:32)
15. Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Minor, BWV 1003: III. Andante (4:50)
16. Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Minor, BWV 1003: IV. Allegro (6:28)

CD2
1. Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004: I. Allemanda (4:54)
2. Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004: II. Corrente (2:29)
3. Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004: III. Sarabanda (4:08)
4. Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004: IV. Giga (4:09)
5. Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004: V. Ciaccona (14:23)
6. Violin Sonata No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1005: I. Adagio (4:18)
7. Violin Sonata No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1005: II. Fuga (10:07)
8. Violin Sonata No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1005: III. Largo (3:15)
9. Violin Sonata No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1005: IV. Allegro assai (5:08)
10. Violin Partita No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1006: I. Preludio (3:25)
11. Violin Partita No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1006: II. Loure (4:26)
12. Violin Partita No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1006: III. Gavotte en Rondeau (3:05)
13. Violin Partita No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1006: IV. Menuet I & II (4:38)
14. Violin Partita No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1006: V. Bourrée (1:40)
15. Violin Partita No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1006: VI. Gigue (1:48)