Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer: Olivier Fortin, Julien Martin
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Alpha
Catalogue: ALPHA939
Release: 2023
Size: 2.41 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Flute Sonata No. 6 in E major, BWV1035
01. I. Adagio ma non tanto
02. II. Allegro
03. III. Siciliano
04. IV. Allegro assai
Violin Sonata in B Minor, BWV 1014
05. III. Andante (Transcr. for Recorder and Harpsichord by Julien Martin and Olivier Fortin)
Trio Sonata No. 3 in D minor, BWV527
06. I. Andante (Transcr. for Recorder and Harpsichord by Julien Martin and Olivier Fortin)
07. II. Adagio e dolce (Transcr. for Recorder and Harpsichord by Julien Martin and Olivier Fortin)
08. III. Vivace (Transcr. for Recorder and Harpsichord by Julien Martin and Olivier Fortin)
Partita for solo violin No. 2 in D minor, BWV1004
09. Chaconne
10. Chorale Prelude BWV659 ‘Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland’
Suite in C minor, BWV997
11. I. Preludio (Transcr. for Recorder and Harpsichord by Julien Martin and Olivier Fortin)
12. II. Fuga (Transcr. for Recorder and Harpsichord by Julien Martin and Olivier Fortin)
13. III. Sarabande (Transcr. for Recorder and Harpsichord by Julien Martin and Olivier Fortin)
14. IV. Gigue et double (Transcr. for Recorder and Harpsichord by Julien Martin and Olivier Fortin)
Violin Sonata in C minor, BWV1017
15. Siciliano
“Johann Sebastian Bach used the recorder in two Brandenburg concertos and some twenty cantatas and oratorios, but alas, he left us no sonata with harpsichord,” say Julien Martin and Olivier Fortin. Arranging chamber music for a variety of instrumental ensembles was a widespread practice in the eighteenth century. Bach himself seems to have created a number of works that did not necessarily require the use of a specific instrument. Here Julien Martin and Olivier Fortin, musical partners for many years, present the Sonata in F major, originally written for transverse flute and continuo, transcriptions of the Trio Sonata for organ No. 3 in E minor, the Partita for violin No. 2 in G minor, and the Chorale ‘Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland’, whose extensive ornamental flourishes elongate and transform the chorale melody to the point of rendering it unrecognisable.