JS Bach - Partita no.2 in D minor: Ciaccona and its References
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Label: MDG (Dabringhaus und Grimm)
Cat No: MDG9032004
Format: Hybrid SACD
Number of Discs: 1
Release Date: 28th July 2017
Contents
Works
Befiehl du deine Wege, BWV270Cantata BWV4 'Christ lag in todes Banden' (Easter Cantata)
Jesu, deine Passion
Jesu, meine Freude, BWV358
Nun lob', mein Seel', den Herren, BWV390
Partita for solo violin no.2 in D minor, BWV1004
St John Passion, BWV245
Artists
Gertrud Schilde (violin)Jan Philip Schulze (piano)
Norddeutscher Kammerchor
Conductor
Maria JurgensenWorks
Befiehl du deine Wege, BWV270Cantata BWV4 'Christ lag in todes Banden' (Easter Cantata)
Jesu, deine Passion
Jesu, meine Freude, BWV358
Nun lob', mein Seel', den Herren, BWV390
Partita for solo violin no.2 in D minor, BWV1004
St John Passion, BWV245
Artists
Gertrud Schilde (violin)Jan Philip Schulze (piano)
Norddeutscher Kammerchor
Conductor
Maria JurgensenAbout
Martin Luther’s consoling Easter hymn “Christ lag in Todesbanden” runs like a red thread through the work. The chorales, from “Jesu, deine Passion” through “Den Tod niemand zwingen kunnt” to “Jesu, meine Freude,” deal with the double theme of death and resurrection. This is surely no coincidence. Bach penned this work not too long after the death of his first wife. It was not until he returned from an official trip to Karlsbad that he learned of this tragic event – when his beloved wife already lay in her grave.
It is thus not surprising that traces of Maria Barbara are encountered in the Ciaccona. However, Bach would not have been Bach if he had not avoided obvious allusions, preferring instead to use a subtly encoded numerical mysticism. Again and again his wife’s name can be deciphered; the year of her death can be found as well as the names of their children. In this way the Ciaccona occupying a central and special place in the cycle of three sonatas and three partitas for violin solo becomes a magnificent memorial tribute to his late wife.
Gertrud Schilde adds yet another aspect to this surprising discovery: together with Jan Philip Schulze she also presents the Mendelssohn version of the Ciaccona with piano accompaniment, which sheds bright new light on the rhythmic and harmonic course taken by this splendid masterpiece. The chorales produce a fresh and vibrant impression with the knowledgeable conductor Maria Jürgensen.
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