JS Bach - Sonatas for Viola & Harpsichord | Channel Classics CCS43721

JS Bach - Sonatas for Viola & Harpsichord

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Label: Channel Classics

Cat No: CCS43721

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Chamber

Release Date: 5th February 2021

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‘We offer a fresh and different – yet historically informed – perspective on the three sonatas for viola da gamba and harpsichord by J.S. Bach.

‘With our rather uncommon instrumentation, we contribute with a neglected perspective to the framework of understanding of these sonatas in their historical context. In our approach, we have been considering the fact that violists in J.S. Bach’s time had very little sonata repertoire and for this reason possibly “borrowed” repertoire from the viol.

‘The three sonatas for viola da gamba are particularly adapted to the viola da braccio with almost no changes in terms of octavations or arrangements.’

– Marie Stockmarr Becker & Ilaria Macedonio

‘The first thing immediately heard is the constant dialogue between the two instruments, as if they were three (...) creating a continuous and close dialogue of incredible beauty.’ – Umbriajournal, October 2019

‘It was both interesting and beautiful to hear Marie Stockmarr Becker play the three compositions on the viola da braccio, together with the Italian Ilaria Macedonio on the harpsichord.’ – Custos (early music magazine, Denmark), June 2020

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