Rachel Barton Pine - Testament: Complete Sonatas & Partitas for Solo Violin J.S. Bach (2016) CD-Rip
Artist: Rachel Barton Pine
Title: Testament: Complete Sonatas & Partitas for Solo Violin J.S. Bach
Year Of Release: 2016
Label: Avie Records
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (image+.cue,log,scans)
Total Time: 02:05:34
Total Size: 641 Mb
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Tracklist: Title: Testament: Complete Sonatas & Partitas for Solo Violin J.S. Bach
Year Of Release: 2016
Label: Avie Records
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (image+.cue,log,scans)
Total Time: 02:05:34
Total Size: 641 Mb
WebSite: Album Preview
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
CD 1
[1]-[4] Sonata No.1 in G minor, BWV 1001
[5]-[8] Partita No.1 in B minor, BWV 1002
[9]-[12] Sonata No.2 in A minor BWV 1003
CD 2
[1]-[5] Partita No.2 in D minor, BWV 1004
[6]-[9] Sonata No.3 in C major, BWV 1005
[10]-[15] Partita No.3 in E major, BWV 1006
Performers:
Rachel Barton Pine violin
Rachel Barton Pine has often performed the Sonatas and Partitas of Johann Sebastian Bach in recital, but her 2016 release on Avie is her first studio recording of this essential masterwork for violinists. Using a Baroque bow on a modernized 1742 Guarneri de Gesù violin, Pine plays the Sonatas and Partitas with crisp accentuation, transparent voicing, and a warm tone, much as she does in her concert performances. Her interpretation, which is influenced by period practices but not limited by them, offers clear counterpoint in the sonatas and buoyant dance rhythms in the partitas, and there is little scratchiness in her stopped chords to disrupt the smoothness and transparency of her elegant lines. Pine's depth of feeling and expressive insights into the music keep it from seeming like dry, technical exercises, yet there is none of the overly rhetorical Romantic approach here, either, so this reading does justice to Bach's likely intentions while communicating emotion in a subtle and tasteful manner. Highly recommended.