Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer: Michala Petri, Hille Perl, Mahan Esfahani
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: OUR Recordings
Catalogue: 6220673
Release: 2019
Size: 2.57 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Flute Sonata No. 1 in B minor, BWV1030
01. I. Andante
02. II. Largo e dolce
03. IIIa. Presto
04. IIIb. Allegro
Flute Sonata No. 2 in E flat major, BWV1031
05. I. Allegro moderato
06. II. Siciliano
07. III. Allegro
Flute Sonata No. 3 in A major, BWV1032
08. I. Vivace
09. II. Largo e dolce
10. III. Allegro
Flute Sonata No. 4 in C major, BWV1033
11. I. Andante – Presto
12. II. Allegro
13. III. Adagio
14. IV. Menuettos I & II
Flute Sonata No. 5 in E minor, BWV1034
15. I. Adagio man non tanto
16. II. Allegro
17. III. Andante
18. IV. Allegro
Flute Sonata No. 6 in E major, BWV1035
19. I. Allegro ma non tanto
20. II. Allegro
21. III. Siciliano
22. IV. Allegro assai
In honor of OUR Recordings’ 40th Release, Michala Petri could scarcely choose a more exciting program than a return visit to Bach’s Flute Sonatas; Michala’s famous 1992 recording with Keith Jarrett has long since attained legendary status. Just as her collaboration with Jarrett unveiled a ‘new-born’ approach to Bach, this new recording is likewise revelatory and… transcendent. Joining Michala on this journey is an early music dream team: harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani, rightly regarded as one of the fiercest of the younger generation of clavecinistes, playing his new Jukka Ollikka harpsichord, and Hille Perl, one of the world’s leading and most beloved viola da gambists rounding out the continuo unit. As we’ve come to expect from OUR Recordings, the sonics and packaging are extraordinary, thanks to the producer Preben Iwan and booklet notes by Mahan Esfahani. This new recording of the Bach ‘Flute’ Sonatas is destined to become a reference edition of this famous works.