Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer: Frank Peter Zimmermann
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: BIS
Catalogue: BIS-2577
Release: 2022
Size: 1.26 GB
Recovery: +3%
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Sonata for solo violin No. 2 in A minor, BWV1003
01. I. Grave
02. II. Fuga
03. III. Andante
04. IV. Allegro
Partita for solo violin No. 2 in D minor, BWV1004
05. I. Allemande
06. II. Courante
07. III. Sarabande
08. IV. Gigue
09. V. Chaconne
Partita for solo violin No. 3 in E major, BWV1006
10. I. Preludio
11. II. Loure
12. III. Gavotte en rondeau
13. IV. Menuetts I & II
14. V. Bourrée
15. VI. Gigue
Since the mid-1980s, Frank Peter Zimmermann has earned recognition as one of the leading violinists, admired not only for his technical skill and interpretive intelligence, but also for his versatility in a wide-ranging repertoire. His extensive discography spans from Bach Concertos and Beethoven Sonatas to works by composers such as Ligeti, Magnus Lindberg and Brett Dean. But during the four decades that Zimmermann has been making recordings, he has never previously recorded Bach’s Sei solo, the six sonatas and partitas for solo violin which form an absolute pinnacle in the repertoire for the instrument.
As he now takes on these works, it is with great respect for the task at hand – Zimmermann compares them to “a mighty tree, which protects me and crushes me at the same time”, the music giving him hope and strength at the same time as it confronts him with his limits as a violinist. On this first volume he offers us Sonata No. 2 in A minor, as well as the D minor Partita No. 2 with the iconic Chaconne and Partita No. 3 in E major.