Bach: Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin (Sei Solo á Violino senza Basso accompagnato) Christoph Schickedanz

• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750): Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Minor, BWV 1001:
• 1Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Minor, BWV 1001: I. Adagio03:43
• 2Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Minor, BWV 1001: II. Fuga. Allegro04:36
• 3Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Minor, BWV 1001: III. Siciliana02:41
• 4Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Minor, BWV 1001: IV. Presto03:23
• Violin Partita No. 1 in B Minor, BWV 1002:
• 5Violin Partita No. 1 in B Minor, BWV 1002: I. Allemanda05:09
• 6Violin Partita No. 1 in B Minor, BWV 1002: II. Double02:39
• 7Violin Partita No. 1 in B Minor, BWV 1002: III. Corrente03:10
• 8Violin Partita No. 1 in B Minor, BWV 1002: IV. Double. Presto02:59
• 9Violin Partita No. 1 in B Minor, BWV 1002: V. Sarabande03:31
• 10Violin Partita No. 1 in B Minor, BWV 1002: VI. Double02:35
• 11Violin Partita No. 1 in B Minor, BWV 1002: VII. Tempo di Borea02:56
• 12Violin Partita No. 1 in B Minor, BWV 1002: VIII. Double03:10
• Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Minor, BWV 1003:
• 13Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Minor, BWV 1003: I. Grave04:26
• 14Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Minor, BWV 1003: II. Fuga07:23
• 15Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Minor, BWV 1003: III. Andante04:23
• 16Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Minor, BWV 1003: IV. Allegro05:56
• Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004:
• 17Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004: I. Allemande04:59
• 18Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004: II. Corrente02:33
• 19Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004: III. Sarabande03:46
• 20Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004: IV. Giga03:42
• 21Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004: V. Chaconne13:08
• Violin Sonata No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1005:
• 22Violin Sonata No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1005: I. Adagio03:43
• 23Violin Sonata No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1005: II. Fuga09:40
• 24Violin Sonata No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1005: III. Largo02:46
• 25Violin Sonata No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1005: IV. Allegro Assai05:17
• Violin Partita No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1006:
• 26Violin Partita No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1006: I. Preludio03:26
• 27Violin Partita No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1006: II. Loure03:39
• 28Violin Partita No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1006: III. Gavotte en Rondeau02:39
• 29Violin Partita No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1006: IV. Menuet I01:50
• 30Violin Partita No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1006: V. Menuet II01:42
• 31Violin Partita No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1006: VI. Bourrée01:28
• 32Violin Partita No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1006: VII. Gigue01:54
• Total Runtime02:08:52

Info for Bach: Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin (Sei Solo á Violino senza Basso accompagnato)

Musical depth, perfect form: Bach’s Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin are a miracle of timelessness allowing many interpretations. Christoph Schickedanz presents his own independent reading between the poles of a “traditional” and a “historically informed” view of Bach.

​"On one stave, for a small instrument, this man writes an entire world of the deepest thoughts and the most powerful feelings." These are the words of Johannes Brahms, who venerated Johann Sebastian Bach's six Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin, a miracle of musical timelessness and expressive depth. Violinists approach this music with a sense of awe; they study it for their entire lives and yet never feel absolutely to be able to do it justice. They present the ultimate challenge, a life task. Schickedanz' understanding of these works has grown out of musical practice - an independent reading between the poles of a "traditional" and a "historically informed" view of Bach. To his mind, the violin is only the medium for which these works were conceived: "There is absolutely no need for this music to be played on certain instruments in order to achieve a 'correct' interpretation."

Christoph Schickedanz, violin

Christoph Schickedanz
born in Darmstadt in 1969, received attention as of the most recognized violinists of his generation in Germany. Honours at various competitions in Europe and the US prepared his way to a multi-facetted concert career. He has been concertizing in all over Europe, Northern America and Asia.

Beyond the standard repertoire of solo and chamber music, Mr. Schickedanz has especially dedicated himself to the performance of unjustifiably neglected or forgotten composers. He can refer to numerous first recordings and was also involved in the publication of various first editions. His discography with more than 20 CD productions for the labels Audite, Centaur, cpo, and telos music shows a wide range from the solo to the octet repertoire and has repeatedly attracted special notice by both the audience and the critics. Mr. Schickedanz has also been recording for the most important broadcasting stations in all over Germany, such as BR, SWR, WDR, HR, DLF, Deutschlandradio Berlin. His interpretation of the complete Johann Sebastian Bach solo violin works and the Johannes Brahms sonatas is scheduled to be released this year.

As an enthusiastic interpreter of chamber music, Mr. Schickedanz is currently a member of the Johannes-Kreisler-Piano-Trio, he was enjoying concertizing with the Gililov Piano Quartet Berlin (ex Berlin Philharmonic Piano Quartet) for the ensemble’s last years. In addition, he can refer to the collaboration with musician personalities as Igor Shukov, Ralf Gotoni, Lilya Silberstein, Julie Kaufmann, Sebastian Manz, Arto Noras, Ingolf Turban, Wen-Sinn Yang to name just a few.

Christoph Schickedanz began his studies at the Freiburg University of Music with Prof. Jörg Hofmann, a scholarship granted from the DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) enabled him to study at IU/Bloomington with Distinguished Professor Franco Gulli. After completing the prestigious Solo Concert Examination at the University of Arts in Berlin with Prof. Uwe-Martin Haiberg he obtained a teaching position as an assistant in his violin class. He has also been teaching as Associate Instructor in Violin at IU/Bloomington, as a lecturer at the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz and as Guest Professor at the University of Arts Berlin.

In 2004 Christoph Schickedanz accepted a full time Professorship at the University of Music and Theatre in Hamburg where he was also serving as Head of Strings for several years. Among his students are competition price winners, many of his alumnae are holding positions in important German orchestras (including Berlin, Bremen, Darmstadt, Dortmund, Essen, Hamburg, Hannover, Heilbronn, Leizpig, Munich and Wiesbaden) or abroad (China, Denmark, Norway, Qatar, Spain etc.). Mr. Schickedanz is regularly holding masterclasses in Europe, he furthermore received invitations to teach in universities such as Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music, the Shanghai Conservatory, the Tongji University, the California State University Long Beach or music institutions in Kiev/Ukraine, Havana/Cuba or Port pf Spain/Trinidad & Tobago.

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