Bach: The Sonatas for Violin & Harpsichord Rachel Barton Pine & Jory Vinikour

• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750): Violin Sonata No. 1 in B Minor, BWV 1014:
• 1Violin Sonata No. 1 in B Minor, BWV 1014: I. Adagio04:10
• 2Violin Sonata No. 1 in B Minor, BWV 1014: II. Allegro02:46
• 3Violin Sonata No. 1 in B Minor, BWV 1014: III. Andante02:59
• 4Violin Sonata No. 1 in B Minor, BWV 1014: IV. Allegro03:04
• Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Major, BWV 1015:
• 5Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Major, BWV 1015: I. Dolce02:58
• 6Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Major, BWV 1015: II. Allegro02:58
• 7Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Major, BWV 1015: III. Andante un poco02:57
• 8Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Major, BWV 1015: IV. Presto04:00
• Violin Sonata No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1016:
• 9Violin Sonata No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1016: I. (Adagio)04:07
• 10Violin Sonata No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1016: II. (Allegro)02:39
• 11Violin Sonata No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1016: III. Adagio ma non tanto04:38
• 12Violin Sonata No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1016: IV. Allegro03:35
• Violin Sonata No. 4 in C Minor, BWV 1017:
• 13Violin Sonata No. 4 in C Minor, BWV 1017: I. Siciliano. Largo04:37
• 14Violin Sonata No. 4 in C Minor, BWV 1017: II. Allegro04:18
• 15Violin Sonata No. 4 in C Minor, BWV 1017: III. Adagio03:22
• 16Violin Sonata No. 4 in C Minor, BWV 1017: IV. Allegro04:15
• Violin Sonata No. 5 in F Minor, BWV 1018:
• 17Violin Sonata No. 5 in F Minor, BWV 1018: I. Largo07:41
• 18Violin Sonata No. 5 in F Minor, BWV 1018: II. Allegro04:10
• 19Violin Sonata No. 5 in F Minor, BWV 1018: III. Adagio04:20
• 20Violin Sonata No. 5 in F Minor, BWV 1018: IV. Vivace02:28
• Violin Sonata No. 6 in G Major, BWV 1019:
• 21Violin Sonata No. 6 in G Major, BWV 1019: I. Allegro03:07
• 22Violin Sonata No. 6 in G Major, BWV 1019: II. Largo01:31
• 23Violin Sonata No. 6 in G Major, BWV 1019: III. Allegro (Cembalo solo)04:07
• 24Violin Sonata No. 6 in G Major, BWV 1019: IV. Adagio02:46
• 25Violin Sonata No. 6 in G Major, BWV 1019: V. Allegro03:08
• Violin Sonata No. 6 in G Major, BWV 1019a:
• 26Violin Sonata No. 6 in G Major, BWV 1019a: I. Cantabile, ma un poco adagio08:22
• Total Runtime01:39:03

Info for Bach: The Sonatas for Violin & Harpsichord

Violinist Rachel Barton Pine and harpsichordist Jory Vinikour, critically acclaimed artists of international renown- and also close friends-record together for the first time on this album of J.S. Bach's complete sonatas for violin and harpsichord. The artists approach these works as Bach intended: as trio sonatas with equally important roles for the violin and the harpsichord's treble and bass lines. In addition to the six Sonatas, the album offers the remarkable and ravishingly poetic Cantabile, BWV 1019a, a free-standing work that Bach originally conceived as a movement of the Sonata, BWV 1019. Cedille's audiophile engineering and the intimate acoustics of Evanston, Illinois' Nichols Hall allow the complex trio textures to blossom with detail. In all, the album sets a new standard for a body of work that Bach's son, CPE, considered among his father's finest compositions. Rachel Barton Pine is a Billboard chart-topping artist. Her 2016 album 'Testament', comprising JS Bach's Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin entered the Billboard Classical Chart in the No. 1 position, as did her 2013 Cedille album 'Violin Lullabies'. Making his Cedille label debut, Vinikour received Grammy Award nominations in the category of Best Solo Instrumental Recording for his 2013 album of modern American music for harpsichord and his 2012 release of Rameau's complete harpsichord works.

Rachel Barton Pine, violin
Jory Vinikour, harpsichord

Rachel Barton Pine
In both art and life, violinist Rachel Barton Pine has an extraordinary ability to connect with people. Celebrated as a leading interpreter of classical works, her performances combine her innate gift for emotional communication and her scholarly fascination with historical research. She plays with passion and conviction across an extensive repertoire. Audiences are thrilled by her dazzling technique, lustrous tone, and infectious joy in music-making.

Pine has appeared as a soloist with many of the world's most prestigious ensembles including the Chicago, Montreal, Vienna, and Baltimore Symphonies; the Philadelphia Orchestra; the Royal Philharmonic, the Mozarteum, Scottish, and Israel Chamber Orchestras; and the Netherlands Radio Kamer Filharmonie. She has worked with such renowned conductors as Charles Dutoit, Zubin Mehta, Erich Leinsdorf, Neeme Järvi, John Nelson, Marin Alsop, and Placido Domingo.

Her festival appearances have included Marlboro, Ravinia, and Salzburg. Her recital performances have included the complete Paganini Caprices, all six Bach Sonatas and Partitas, Beethoven's complete works for violin and piano, and the world premiere of the last movement of Samuel Barber's long-lost 1928 Violin Sonata. She regularly plays and records with John Mark Rozendaal and David Schrader as the period instrument ensemble Trio Settecento.

Pine writes her own cadenzas to many of the works she performs, including concertos by Beethoven, Brahms, Mozart, and Paganini. She is the first living composer to be published as part of Carl Fischer's "Masters Collection" with the release of The Rachel Barton Pine Collection, including original compositions, arrangements, cadenzas, and editions penned or arranged by Pine. Pine is also music advisor and editor of "Maud Powell Favorites," the only published compilation of music dedicated to, commissioned by, or closely associated with Powell, the first native-born American violinist to achieve international recognition.

Pine won the gold medal at the J.S. Bach International Violin Competition (Leipzig, 1992) and holds prizes from several other leading competitions including the Queen Elisabeth (Brussels, 1993), Kreisler (Vienna, 1992), Szigeti (Budapest, 1992), and Montreal (1991) International Violin Competitions. She won honors for her interpretation of the Paganini Caprices at the Szigeti Competition and Paganini International Violin Competition (Genoa, 1993).

Her Rachel Elizabeth Barton Foundation assists young artists through various projects including the Instrument Loan Program, Grants for Education and Career, Global HeartStrings (supporting classical musicians in developing countries), and a curricular series in development with the University of Michigan: The String Students' Library of Music by Black Composers. She teaches chamber music, coaches youth orchestras, gives master classes, conducts workshops at universities, adjudicates music competitions, creates special programs for children and school groups, and offers spoken program notes or pre-concert conversations for audiences of all ages.

Jory Vinikour
is recognized as one of the outstanding harpsichordists of his generation. Born in Chicago, he came to Paris on a Fulbright scholarship to study with Huguette Dreyfus and Kenneth Gilbert. First Prizes in the International Harpsichord Competitions of Warsaw (1993) and the Prague Spring Festival (1994) brought him to the public’s attention, and he has since appeared in festivals and concert series, and as soloist with major orchestras, throughout much of the world. He has appeared as conductor/harpsichordist with the Juilliard415 Baroque orchestra at Carnegie Hall, as well as with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Hong Kong Philharmonic, Korea Chamber Orchestra, etc. He has collaborated with many of the most prominent singers of today, notably Swedish mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter, Rolando Villazon. His solo recordings have been widely praised in the international press. His recording of the complete works of Jean-Philippe Rameau (Sono Luminus, 2012) was nominated for a Grammy in the field of Best Classical Solo Instrumental Recording.

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