Atsushi Sakai & Christophe Rousset - J.S. Bach: Sonatas for Viola da Gamba (2026) [Hi-Res]

Artist: Atsushi Sakai, Christophe Rousset
Title: J.S. Bach: Sonatas for Viola da Gamba
Year Of Release: 2026
Label: Aparté
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks) / 24bit-96kHz FLAC (tracks+booklet)
Total Time: 57:35
Total Size: 321 MB / 1.10 GB
WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist:Title: J.S. Bach: Sonatas for Viola da Gamba
Year Of Release: 2026
Label: Aparté
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks) / 24bit-96kHz FLAC (tracks+booklet)
Total Time: 57:35
Total Size: 321 MB / 1.10 GB
WebSite: Album Preview
1. Bach: Sonata for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord in G Major, BWV 1027: I. Adagio (4:06)
2. Bach: Sonata for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord in G Major, BWV 1027: II. Allegro ma non tanto (3:53)
3. Bach: Sonata for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord in G Major, BWV 1027: III. Andante (2:12)
4. Bach: Sonata for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord in G Major, BWV 1027: IV. Allegro moderato (3:21)
5. Bach: Sonata for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord in D Major, BWV 1028: I. Adagio (2:04)
6. Bach: Sonata for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord in D Major, BWV 1028: II. Allegro (3:56)
7. Bach: Sonata for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord in D Major, BWV 1028: III. Andante (4:59)
8. Bach: Sonata for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord in D Major, BWV 1028: IV. Allegro (4:17)
9. Bach: Sonata for Violin and Continuo in E Minor, BWV 1023 (Transc. for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord by Atsushi Sakai): I. [Prelude] – Adagio ma non tanto (4:59)
10. Bach: Sonata for Violin and Continuo in E Minor, BWV 1023 (Transc. for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord by Atsushi Sakai): II. Allemanda (4:43)
11. Bach: Sonata for Violin and Continuo in E Minor, BWV 1023 (Transc. for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord by Atsushi Sakai): III. Gigue (3:17)
12. Bach: Sonata for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord in G Minor, BWV 1029: I. Vivace (5:37)
13. Bach: Sonata for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord in G Minor, BWV 1029: II. Adagio (6:30)
14. Bach: Sonata for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord in G Minor, BWV 1029: III. Allegro (3:49)
Little is known about Johann Sebastian Bach’s sonatas for viola da gamba and harpsichord. Are they early works or products of his late period? Do they form a cycle, or are they a collection of independent pieces? Long-time musical partners Atsushi Sakai and Christophe Rousset set out to record these enigmatic works, in which the gamba, as so often in Bach, becomes at once the voice of lamentation and an instrument of dialogue with the divine.