Rachel Podger - Tutta sola (2022) (Hi-Res) MP3

On her new album entitled Tutta Sola, violinist Rachel Podger plays solo repertoire from five European composers who all lived to celebrate new year’s eve in 1700. It is a wonderful baroque programme of selected solo violin pieces, preludes, dances and fugal movements. One person, at least with regards to the repertoire for Baroque violin, springs immediately to mind: Johann Sebastian Bach. But the German composer was not the only composer to experiment with ‘senza basso’ – music without accompanying bass –, and neither was he the first. In addition to Johann Sebastian Bach, this recording features solo violin music from Johann Joseph Vilsmayr, Nicola Matteis Jr., Johann Paul von Westhoff, and Giuseppe Tartini. Each of them were remarkable violinists in their own right, too. Rachel Podger’s previous solo album was hailed by BBC Music Magazine as “A breath-taking interpretation of Bach’s Cello Suites. A spellbinding set that is arguably Podger's finest recorded achievement to date". It was included in The Guardian’s Top 10 Best Classical CDs of the Year 2019.

1 Toccata
2 Fugue
3 I. Prelude
4 II. Aria
5 III. Saraband
6 IV. Aria
7 V. Minuet
8 VI. Aria
9 VII. Minuet
10 VIII. Aria
11 IX. Gigue
12 X. Aria Variata
13 Fantasia in C Minor Con Discretione
14 Preludio
15 Fantezia
16 Filhota
17 Courante - Double
18 Sarabande - Double
19 Gigue
20 I. Prelude
21 II. Allemande
22 III. Courante
23 IV. Sarabande
24 V. Gigue
25 Prelude in D Major
26 Prelude in C Major
27 Prelude in D Minor
28 Prelude in D Minor
29 Prelude in G Minor
30 I. Andante Cantabile Di Se Senti
31 II. Allegro Assai
32 III. Aria Del Tasso
33 IV. Furlana
34 V. Minuet