J. S. Bach: Sonatas for Violin and Continuo Isabelle Faust, Kristian Bezuidenhout, Kristin von der Goltz

• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750): Sonata for Violin and Continuo in E Minor, BWV 1023:
• 1 Bach: Sonata for Violin and Continuo in E Minor, BWV 1023: I. 01:30
• 2 Bach: Sonata for Violin and Continuo in E Minor, BWV 1023: II. Adagio ma non tanto 03:28
• 3 Bach: Sonata for Violin and Continuo in E Minor, BWV 1023: III. Allemande 04:11
• 4 Bach: Sonata for Violin and Continuo in E Minor, BWV 1023: IV. Gigue 02:58
• Sonata for Violin and Continuo in G Major, BWV 1021:
• 5 Bach: Sonata for Violin and Continuo in G Major, BWV 1021: I. Adagio 03:37
• 6 Bach: Sonata for Violin and Continuo in G Major, BWV 1021: II. Vivace 01:02
• 7 Bach: Sonata for Violin and Continuo in G Major, BWV 1021: III. Largo 02:18
• 8 Bach: Sonata for Violin and Continuo in G Major, BWV 1021: IV. Presto 01:26
• Sonata for Violin and Continuo in C Minor, BWV 1024:
• 9 Bach: Sonata for Violin and Continuo in C Minor, BWV 1024: I. Adagio 02:48
• 10 Bach: Sonata for Violin and Continuo in C Minor, BWV 1024: II. Presto 03:26
• 11 Bach: Sonata for Violin and Continuo in C Minor, BWV 1024: III. Affettuoso 02:19
• 12 Bach: Sonata for Violin and Continuo in C Minor, BWV 1024: IV. Vivace 03:56
• Sonata for Violin and Obbligato Harpsichord in G Major, BWV 1019a (Early Version):
• 13 Bach: Sonata for Violin and Obbligato Harpsichord in G Major, BWV 1019a (Early Version): Cantabile, ma un poco Adagio 06:03
• 14 Bach: Sonata for Violin and Obbligato Harpsichord in G Major, BWV 1019a (Early Version): Adagio 01:46
• 15 Bach: Sonata for Violin and Obbligato Harpsichord in G Major, BWV 1019a (Early Version): Violino solo e Basso l'accompagnato 02:18
• Fugue for Violin and Continuo in G Minor, BWV 1026:
• 16 Bach: Fugue for Violin and Continuo in G Minor, BWV 1026 04:08
• Sonata for Violin and Obbligato Harpsichord in G Minor, BWV 1029:
• 17 Bach: Sonata for Violin and Obbligato Harpsichord in G Minor, BWV 1029: I. Vivace 04:47
• 18 Bach: Sonata for Violin and Obbligato Harpsichord in G Minor, BWV 1029: II. Adagio 04:53
• 19 Bach: Sonata for Violin and Obbligato Harpsichord in G Minor, BWV 1029: III. Allegro 03:40
• Total Runtime 01:00:34

Info for J. S. Bach: Sonatas for Violin and Continuo

Following on from their recording of the sonatas for violin and obbligato harpsichord, Isabelle Faust and Kristian Bezuidenhout are now joined by Kristin von der Goltz for an exploration of the wonderful pieces Bach composed for violin and basso continuo. They reveal to the full the elegance and poetry of these rarely recorded works.

Isabelle Faust, violin
Kristian Bezuidenhout, harpsichord
Kristin von der Goltz, baroque cello

Isabelle Faust
After early successes at the Leopold Mozart Violin Competition in Augsburg and the Paganini Competition in Genoa, Isabelle Faust soon began performing with renowned orchestras, including the Berlin Philharmonic, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the NHK Symphony Orchestra, the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, and the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. She has enjoyed close collaborations with conductors such as Sir Simon Rattle, Andris Nelsons, Giovanni Antonini, François-Xavier Roth, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Daniel Harding, Philippe Herreweghe, Jakub Hrusa, Klaus Mäkelä, and Robin Ticciati. Her repertoire encompasses music from all eras, from the works of Biber and Bach to the great Classical-Romantic violin concertos and contemporary compositions. Most recently, she has premiered works by Peter Eötvös, Brett Dean, Ondřej Adámek, and Rune Glerup. Isabelle Faust's numerous recordings, including Bach's solo sonatas and partitas, the violin concertos by Berg and Beethoven with Claudio Abbado and the Berlin Philharmonic, and violin sonatas by Mozart, Beethoven, and Brahms with pianist Alexander Melnikov, have received awards such as the Gramophone Award, the Diapason d'Or, and the Choc de l'année. She is currently Artist in Residence with the SWR Symphony Orchestra.

Kristian Bezuidenhout
South African pianist Kristian Bezuidenhout is an equally successful performer on the harpsichord, fortepiano, and modern grand piano. He studied first in Australia, later at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, and now lives in London. His teachers include Rebecca Penneys, Arthur Haas, Malcolm Bilson, and Paul O'Dette. As the winner of the Hammerklavier Competition at the Early Music Festival in Bruges, he first attracted international attention at the age of 21. Since then, he has performed with major orchestras such as the Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig, the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Les Arts Florissants, and many others. He has also conducted concerts from the piano with Ensemble Tafelmusik, the Collegium Vocale Gent, Juilliard 415, the Kammerakademie Potsdam, and The English Concert, where he is Principal Guest Conductor. His regular artistic partners include Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Philippe Herreweghe, Trevor Pinnock, Giovanni Antonini, Isabelle Faust, Alina Ibragimova, Jean-Guihen Queyras, Mark Padmore, and Matthias Goerne.

Kristin von der Goltz
completed her cello studies with Christoph Henkel in Freiburg and William Pleeth in London. There she was a member of the New Philharmonia Orchestra under the direction of Giuseppe Sinopoli and the Hanover Band. From 1991 to 2004 she was a member of the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, with whom she made numerous recordings and performed worldwide. In 2006 she joined the Berlin Baroque Soloists; from 2009 to 2011 she was also principal cellist of the Munich Chamber Orchestra. She has collaborated with prominent early music performers, including Ton Koopman, Mark Minkowski, and Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Her discography includes works by Jakob Klein, Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco, Antoine Dard, Andrea Caporale, and Johann Ernst Galliard, among others. After various teaching positions, Kristin von der Goltz took on professorships for baroque cello at the music academies in Munich and Frankfurt am Main.

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