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~ Leonidas Kavakos
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~ Olivier Messiaen
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~ Robert Schumann
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~ Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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Track Listings
| Disc: 1 | |||
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| 1. Sonata No.1 In G Minor | |||
| 2. Sonata No.1 In G Minor | |||
| 3. Sonata No.1 In G Minor | |||
| 4. Sonata No.1 In G Minor | |||
| 5. Partita No.1 In B Minor | |||
| 6. Partita No.1 In B Minor | |||
| 7. Partita No.1 In B Minor | |||
| 8. Partita No.1 In B Minor | |||
| 9. Partita No.1 In B Minor | |||
| 10. Partita No.1 In B Minor | |||
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| Disc: 2 | |||
| 1. Partita No.2 In D Minor | |||
| 2. Partita No.2 In D Minor | |||
| 3. Partita No.2 In D Minor | |||
| 4. Partita No.2 In D Minor | |||
| 5. Partita No.2 In D Minor | |||
| 6. Sonata No.3 In C Major | |||
| 7. Sonata No.3 In C Major | |||
| 8. Sonata No.3 In C Major | |||
| 9. Sonata No.3 In C Major | |||
| 10. Partita No.3 In E Major | |||
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Album Description
Generally acknowledged as the lonesome peak of the rich literature for the violin, both pleasurable and highly philosophical, JS Bach's Sonatas and Partitas are the greatest challenge for any virtuoso, next to Paganini's "Capricci". In his liner notes Gidon Kremer refers to them as "the Himalayas" for the violin.
Generally acknowledged as the lonesome peak of the rich literature for the violin, both pleasurable and highly philosophical, JS Bach's Sonatas and Partitas are the greatest challenge for any virtuoso, next to Paganini's "Capricci". In his liner notes Gidon Kremer refers to them as "the Himalayas" for the violin.
Bach completed them in 1720, when he was Kapellmeister at the court of Koethen. Three four-part Sonatas alternate with suite-like Partitas consisting basically of dances compiled in a very individual manner. In contrast to the conventional use of the violin as a melody instrument, Bach entrusts it with elaborate polyphonic structures, especially in the Fugues of the Sonatas and in the Chaconne from the second Partita, one of the most overwhelming pieces ever written for any instrument. But the cycle's extraordinary musical quality lies in the width, variety and grandeur built by only a single violin.
Personnel:
Gidon Kremer (violin)
About the Artist
Gidon Kremer, born 1947 in Riga, is one of the most charismatic and adventurous virtuosos of our time, praised for his high degree of individualism and his rejection of the well-trodden paths of interpretation. Besides his outstandingly intense renderings of the standard repertoire, his spirit of discovery has made him a pre-eminent performer of contemporary music, particularly Schnittke, Kancheli, Nono, Adams and Pärt, whom he put on the map internationally with the legendary ECM album 'Tabula Rasa' in 1984. His new recording of Bach's Sonatas and Partitas (following one for Philips in 1980) is the result of lifelong study. While insights of historically informed performance practice have left their traces, this is still an utterly personal and exciting interpretation on an extraordinary technical level. Kremer, who recorded every movement as a whole (ie without cuts) sees this album as a "bequest".
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