Musicaphon
Bach's Predecessors: Music fur Violine Solo / Siedel
$16.99
Details
- Composer
- BACH BALTZAR WESTHOFF BIBER
- Artist
- Annegret Siedel
- Format
- CD
- Label
- Musicaphon
- Released
- Jun 05, 2020
- Catalog #
- M56984
- UPC
- 4012476569840
About
Johann Sebastian Bach‘s Chaconne, the last movement of the Partita No. 2 in D minor, is considered to be the most overwhelming piece ever written for violin solo. The richness of impression can’t be surpassed. The virtuoso polyphonic play developed here on “only“ four strings – on the violin, which is regarded above all as a melody instrument – let ask for the history of this phenomenon, the development and the testimonies for polyphonic violin playing between 1670 and 1720. During this period the Passacaglia by Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber – the first extensive set of variations handed down to us – and the suite in A major by Johann Paul Westhoff, the first printed cyclic composition for solo violin, had their origin. Bach‘s Chaconne is part of the carefully written manuscript in which Bach put together three sonatas and three partitas: “Sei Solo. a Violino senza Basso accompagnato”. Prerequisite for the composition of these works is a profound experience as a violin player. Of course, one wonders wherefrom Johann Sebastian Bach got his knowledge and looks primarily at his family. He received musical education firstly by his father Johann Ambrosius Bach (1645-1695), the head of Eisenach city musicians, who also served as court musician and was a respected violinist. After his death the just ten-year-old older was taken in by his brother Johann Christoph (1671-1721), organist at St. Michael‘s Church in Ohrdruff, who continued to teach him. In nearby Eisenach, the uncle Johann Christoph Bach (1642-1703) was organist at the Georgenkirche. When fifteen-year-old Johann Sebastian attended the Michaelisschule in Lüneburg for two years, he almost certainly had contact with Hamburg, Lübeck and Celle and the musical life there. In these cities over generations musicians acted in the “Ratsmusik”, who played the violin excellently. Virtuoso violin playing was at home in northern Germany.
Tracklist 12 tracks
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1 Praeludium in G Major 03:22
- Track
- 1
- Title
- Praeludium in G Major
- Duration
- 03:22
- Composer
- Thomas Baltzar
- Performer
- Annegret Siedel
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2 I. Prelude 01:49
- Track
- 2
- Title
- I. Prelude
- Duration
- 01:49
- Composer
- Johann Paul von Westhoff
- Performer
- Annegret Siedel
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3 II. Allemande 02:17
- Track
- 3
- Title
- II. Allemande
- Duration
- 02:17
- Composer
- Johann Paul von Westhoff
- Performer
- Annegret Siedel
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4 III. Courante 02:12
- Track
- 4
- Title
- III. Courante
- Duration
- 02:12
- Composer
- Johann Paul von Westhoff
- Performer
- Annegret Siedel
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5 IV. Sarabande 02:10
- Track
- 5
- Title
- IV. Sarabande
- Duration
- 02:10
- Composer
- Johann Paul von Westhoff
- Performer
- Annegret Siedel
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6 VI. Gigue 03:01
- Track
- 6
- Title
- VI. Gigue
- Duration
- 03:01
- Composer
- Johann Paul von Westhoff
- Performer
- Annegret Siedel
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7 Mystery (Rosary) Sonatas: Passacaglia in G Minor 09:00
- Track
- 7
- Title
- Mystery (Rosary) Sonatas: Passacaglia in G Minor
- Duration
- 09:00
- Composer
- Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber
- Performer
- Annegret Siedel
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8 I. Allemande 05:16
- Track
- 8
- Title
- I. Allemande
- Duration
- 05:16
- Composer
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Performer
- Annegret Siedel
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9 II. Courante 03:10
- Track
- 9
- Title
- II. Courante
- Duration
- 03:10
- Composer
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Performer
- Annegret Siedel
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10 III. Sarabande 04:09
- Track
- 10
- Title
- III. Sarabande
- Duration
- 04:09
- Composer
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Performer
- Annegret Siedel
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11 IV. Gigue 04:52
- Track
- 11
- Title
- IV. Gigue
- Duration
- 04:52
- Composer
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Performer
- Annegret Siedel
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12 V. Ciaccona 15:44
- Track
- 12
- Title
- V. Ciaccona
- Duration
- 15:44
- Composer
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Performer
- Annegret Siedel