Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer: Alina Ibragimova
Number of Discs: 2
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Hyperion
Catalogue: CDA67691-2
Release: 2009
Size: 654 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
CD 01
Sonata No. 1 for Solo Violin in G Minor, BWV 1001
01. I. Adagio
02. II. Fuga. Allegro
03. III. Siciliana
04. IV. Presto
Partita No. 1 for Solo Violin in B Minor, BWV 1002
05. I. Allemanda
06. II. Double
07. III. Courante
08. IV. Double
09. V. Sarabande
10. VI. Double
11. VII. Bourrée “Tempo di Borea”
12. VIII. Double
Sonata No. 2 for Solo Violin in A Minor, BWV 1003
13. I. Grave
14. II. Fuga
15. III. Andante
16. IV. Allegro
CD 02
Partita No. 2 for Solo Violin in D Minor, BWV 1004
01. I. Allemande
02. II. Corrente
03. III. Sarabande
04. IV. Gigue
05. V. Chaconne
Sonata No. 3 for Solo Violin in C Major, BWV 1005
06. I. Adagio
07. II. Fuga
08. III. Largo
09. IV. Allegro assai
Partita No. 3 for Solo Violin in E Major, BWV 1006
10. I. Preludio
11. II. Loure
12. III. Gavotte en rondeau
13. IV. Menuet I-II
14. V. Bourrée
15. VI. Gigue
‘One player, one instrument, one composer: Bach’s unaccompanied violin music has always been the greatest for any player, young or old. Alina Ibragimova, only 23, is already its equal’ (The Guardian)
‘Alina Ibragimova began to play unaccompanied Bach on the violin, and the hush became silence. This was spontaneous, the first sense that something new could happen’ (The Independent)
The dazzling young virtuoso Alina Ibragimova has enthralled audiences for years with her live Bach performances. Critics have acclaimed her faultless intonation, achingly beautiful tone, superlative technique and a musical wisdom far beyond her years. Now, in this important new recording of Bach’s complete sonatas and partitas for solo violin, Ibragimova brings all these qualities and more to create an interpretation that is both excitingly original and profoundly humble. This is music of unfathomable subtlety, astounding virtuosity and great expressive and architectural beauty.