Tempesta di Mare - J.S. Bach: 6 Trio Sonatas (Arr. R. Stone for Chamber Ensemble) (2014) [Hi-Res]

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01. Trio Sonata No. 1 in E-Flat Major, BWV 525: I. Allegro
02. Trio Sonata No. 1 in E-Flat Major, BWV 525: II. Adagio
03. Trio Sonata No. 1 in E-Flat Major, BWV 525: III. Allegro
04. Trio Sonata No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 526: I. Vivace
05. Trio Sonata No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 526: II. Largo
06. Trio Sonata No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 526: III. Allegro
07. Trio Sonata No. 3 in D Minor, BWV 527: I. Andante
08. Trio Sonata No. 3 in D Minor, BWV 527: II. Adagio e dolce
09. Trio Sonata No. 3 in D Minor, BWV 527: III. Vivace
10. Trio Sonata No. 4 in E Minor, BWV 528: I. Adagio-Vivace
11. Trio Sonata No. 4 in E Minor, BWV 528: II. Andante
12. Trio Sonata No. 4 in E Minor, BWV 528: III. Un poc'allegro
13. Trio Sonata No. 5 in C Major, BWV 529: I. Allegro
14. Trio Sonata No. 5 in C Major, BWV 529: II. Largo
15. Trio Sonata No. 5 in C Major, BWV 529: III. Allegro
16. Trio Sonata No. 6 in G Major, BWV 530: I. Vivace
17. Trio Sonata No. 6 in G Major, BWV 530: II. Lente
18. Trio Sonata No. 6 in G Major, BWV 530: III. Allegro

Bach compiled his set of six trio sonatas for organ during the late 1720s. They are thought to have been put together as training material for Bach’s son Wilhelm Friedemann and can be grouped among other pedagogical keyboard collections such as the Inventions and the Well-Tempered Clavier. They are unique, however, in transferring the typical trio sonata texture, a popular style normally played by ensemble, to a single instrument. In Bach’s originals the right and left hands take the top two parts while the pedals perform the bass line. The first movement of Sonata No. 4 was originally composed for ensemble and the unique formal and stylistic characteristics of the collection suggest that other movements, too, started life away from the organ.

Taking this on board, Tempesta di Mare Chamber Players have re-imagined these works in arrangements for ensemble, using scorings typically adopted in the performance of trio sonatas in Bach’s time. Bach was himself a serial adapter and re-arranger of his own works and this recording takes on his understanding of the musical work as a fluid entity, able to assume as many forms as there are purposes for them.

The Philadelphia-based early music ensemble Tempesta di Mare is renowned for its unique programming and championing of rarely performed works, not least through its fruitful relationship with Chandos Records.

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