Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer: Bojan Čičić
Number of Discs: 2
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Delphian
Catalogue: DCD34300
Release: 2023
Size: 2.84 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
CD 01
Partita for solo violin No. 1 in B minor, BWV1002
01. I. Allemanda
02. II. Double
03. III. Corrente
04. IV. Double II (Presto)
05. V. Sarabande
06. VI. Double III
07. VII. Tempo di bourrée
08. VIII. Double IV
Partita for solo violin No. 2 in D minor, BWV1004
09. I. Allemanda
10. II. Corrente
11. III. Sarabanda
12. IV. Giga
13. VI. Ciaccona
Partita for solo violin No. 3 in E major, BWV1006
14. I. Preludio
15. II. Loure
16. III. Gavotte en Rondeau
17. IV. Menuet I
18. V. Menuet II
19. VI. Menuet I Da Capo
20. VII. Bourrée
21. VIII. Gigue
CD 02
Sonata for solo violin No. 1 in G minor, BWV1001
01. I. Adagio
02. II. Fuga (Allegro)
03. III. Siciliana
04. IV. Presto
Sonata for solo violin No. 2 in A minor, BWV1003
05. I. Grave
06. II. Fuga
07. III. Andante
08. IV. Allegro
Sonata for solo violin No. 3 in C major, BWV1005
09. I. Adagio
10. II. Fuga
11. IV. Largo
12. V. Allegro assai
Hearing guitarist Sean Shibe’s Bach recital, recorded in Delphian’s fifteenth – century Scottish venue, Baroque violinist Bojan Cicic was inspired during the first lockdown to begin recording Bach’s iconic Partitas and Sonatas. Amid the gloom of the pandemic and restrictions on performances, Cicic travelled north – when allowed – to explore the intense rigours of Bach’s fugues and shining virtuosity of the Partitas’ fast movements. Dedicated to his late violin professor and with a booklet essay written by Mahan Esfahani, for Bojan Cicic the making of this recording in the snowbound Scottish countryside has been his greatest career highlight – a journey for him from darkness into light.