Bach: Sonatas

1. Johann Sebastian Bach / Sonatas : for violin and keyboard : No. 5 in F minor BWV 1018 : [Largo]
2. Johann Sebastian Bach / Sonatas : for violin and keyboard : No. 5 in F minor BWV 1018 : Allegro
3. Johann Sebastian Bach / Sonatas : for violin and keyboard : No. 5 in F minor BWV 1018 : Adagio
4. Johann Sebastian Bach / Sonatas : for violin and keyboard : No. 5 in F minor BWV 1018 : Vivace
5. Johann Sebastian Bach / Sonatas : for violin and keyboard : No. 3 in E Major BWV 1016 : Adagio
6. Johann Sebastian Bach / Sonatas : for violin and keyboard : No. 3 in E Major BWV 1016 : Allegro
7. Johann Sebastian Bach / Sonatas : for violin and keyboard : No. 3 in E Major BWV 1016 : Adagio ma non tanto
8. Johann Sebastian Bach / Sonatas : for violin and keyboard : No. 3 in E Major BWV 1016 : Allegro
9. Johann Sebastian Bach / Sonatas : for violin and keyboard : No. 4 in C minor BWV 1017 :  Siciliano. Largo
10. Johann Sebastian Bach / Sonatas : for violin and keyboard : No. 4 in C minor BWV 1017 :  Allegro
11. Johann Sebastian Bach / Sonatas : for violin and keyboard : No. 4 in C minor BWV 1017 :  Adagio
12. Johann Sebastian Bach / Sonatas : for violin and keyboard : No. 4 in C minor BWV 1017 :  Allegro
13. Johann Sebastian Bach / Sonatas : for violin and keyboard : No. 6 in G Major BWV 1019 : Allegro
14. Johann Sebastian Bach / Sonatas : for violin and keyboard : No. 6 in G Major BWV 1019 : Largo
15. Johann Sebastian Bach / Sonatas : for violin and keyboard : No. 6 in G Major BWV 1019 : Allegro
16. Johann Sebastian Bach / Sonatas : for violin and keyboard : No. 6 in G Major BWV 1019 : Adagio
17. Johann Sebastian Bach / Sonatas : for violin and keyboard : No. 6 in G Major BWV 1019 : Allegro

The violin was one of Bach’s favourite instruments and inspired his most lyrical outpourings. We know he was greatly influenced by the Italian masters whose work he discovered during his Weimar years – by the power of Frescobaldi, the melodic flexibility of Corelli, the sunny grace of Vivaldi – but he developed his own wonderful artistry in writing music of polyphonic density for the violin and “playing” with its sound palette. His deep understanding of the instrument clearly enabled him to exploit its full potential and to write as well as perform music of the utmost virtuosity.