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Johann Sebastian Bach

Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin

Christian Tetzlaff, violin

ODE 1299-2D · 2 CDs · September 2017

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Track listing

32 tracks · 130:45

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CD 1

Johann Sebastian Bach

  1. Sonata No. 1 for solo violin in G minor, BWV 1001 15:10
  2. 1 1 I. Adagio 3:40
  3. 2 2 II. Fuga 5:11
  4. 3 3 III. Siciliana 3:10
  5. 4 4 IV. Presto 3:09
  6. Partita No. 1 for solo violin in B minor, BWV 1002 25:34
  7. 5 5 I. Allemanda 4:09
  8. 6 6 II. Double 2:23
  9. 7 7 III. Courante 2:53
  10. 8 8 IV. Double 3:44
  11. 9 9 V. Sarabande 3:44
  12. 10 10 VI. Double 3:12
  13. 11 11 VII. Tempo di Borea 3:06
  14. 12 12 VIII. Double 2:55
  15. Sonata No. 2 for solo violin in A minor, BWV 1003 21:29
  16. 13 13 I. Grave 3:53
  17. 14 14 II. Fuga 7:33
  18. 15 15 III. Andante 5:01
  19. 16 16 IV. Allegro 5:02

CD2

Johann Sebastian Bach

  1. Partita No. 2 for solo violin in D minor, BWV 1004 28:35
  2. 1 1 I. Allemande 4:15
  3. 2 2 II: Courante 2:22
  4. 3 3 III. Sarabande 3:56
  5. 4 4 IV. Gigue 3:54
  6. 5 5 V. Chaconne 14:08
  7. Sonata No. 3 for solo violin in C major, BWV 1005 21:53
  8. 6 6 VI. Adagio 3:56
  9. 7 7 II. Fuga 9:42
  10. 8 8 III. Largo 3:33
  11. 9 9 IV. Allegro assai 4:42
  12. Partita No. 3 for solo violin in E major, BWV 1006 17:32
  13. 10 10 I. Preludio 3:20
  14. 11 11 II. Loure 4:20
  15. 12 12 III. Gavotte en Rondeau 2:54
  16. 13 13 IV. Menuett I 1:36
  17. 14 14 V. Menuett II 2:23
  18. 15 15 VI. Bourrée 1:19
  19. 16 16 VII. Gigue 1:40

About this recording

Award-winning violinist Christian Tetzlaff continues his
highly successful series of chamber music recordings on
Ondine with a new recording of Sonatas and Partitas for
Solo Violin (BWV1001–1006) by Johann Sebastian Bach
(1685–1750).

Bach’s Sonatas and Partitas have an iconic status in the
violin repertoire. Yet, little is known about the background
of these fascinating works. Bach’s autograph manuscript
is dated in Köthen in 1720, and it is commonly considered
as the year when the cycle was completed. In his booklet
notes Christian Tetzlaff offers fascinating perspectives to
these masterpieces.

Christian Tetzlaff is considered one of the world’s leading
international violinists and maintains a most extensive
performing schedule. Musical America named him
‘Instrumentalist of the Year’ in 2005 and his recording
of the violin concertos by Mendelssohn and Schumann,
released on Ondine in 2011 (ODE 1195-2), received the
‘Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik’. He has recently
been awarded an ECHO as ’Best Instrumentalist’ for his
recording of Brahms Sonatas with Lars Vogt. In addition,
in 2015 ICMA awarded Christian Tetzlaff as the ‘Artist of
the Year’. His recordings on Ondine with Brahms’ Trios
(ODE 1271-2D) and Violin Concertos by Dvorák and Suk
(1279-5) released

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Christian Tetzlaff

Christian Tetzlaff has been one of the most sought-after violinists and exciting musicians on the classical music scene for many years. “The greatest performance of the work I’ve ever heard,” Tim Ashley wrote in the Guardian about his interpretation of the Beethoven Violin Concerto with Daniel Harding. In the Frankfurter Rundschau Hans-Klaus Jungheinrich called it virtually a “rediscovery” of this frequently played work.

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