Bach: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1-3, BWV 1014-1016
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Editors: Peter Wollny, Andrew Manze Instrumentation: Violin, Harpsichord Binding: ISMN: 9790006464906 Size: 9.6 x 12.2 inches Pages: 130 Urtext / Critical Edition Description Twenty-five years after Johann Sebastian Bach's death his son Carl Philipp Emanuel praised his father's trio sonatas, stating that "still today they sound great, even though they are older than fifty years." What a compliment about works of a genre that was notoriously fast to adapt to new styles and fashions in the eighteenth century! Still today, Bach's sonatas are considered masterpieces of Baroque counterpoint. Yet they might surprise anyone who expects them to feature the usual combination of two flutes or violins and figured bass. As in all of Bach's trio sonatas (except those for solo organ), there is only one melody instrument, as two of the three voices are played by the two hands of the obbligato harpsichord. The sonatas for violin and obbliga