Bach, J S: Sonatas & Partitas for solo violin, BWV1001-1006

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Silvery, bright and pure, he gives a youthful air to a deeply expressive interpretation that feels knowing beyond his years. Everything about his performance is to be savoured. Phrasing and dynamics... — bbc.co.uk, 2nd November 2010 More…

Release Date: 4th Oct 2010
Catalogue No: V5181
Label: Naive
Length: 2 hours 33 minutes

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December 2010

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Bach, J S: Sonata for solo violin No. 1 in G minor, BWV1001

Work length17:15

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Sergey Khachatryan (violin)

I. Adagio

Track length4:05

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II. Fugue: Allegro

Track length6:23

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III. Siciliana

Track length3:21

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IV. Presto

Track length3:26

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Bach, J S: Partita for solo violin No. 1 in B minor, BWV1002

Work length31:53

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Sergey Khachatryan (violin)

I. Allemanda

Track length7:41

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II. Double

Track length3:02

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III. Corrente

Track length2:51

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IV. Double. Presto

Track length3:37

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V. Sarabanda

Track length4:36

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VI. Double

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VII. Tempo di Bourree

Track length3:44

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VIII. Double

Track length3:18

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Bach, J S: Sonata for solo violin No. 2 in A minor, BWV1003

Work length25:14

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Sergey Khachatryan (violin)

I. Grave

Track length4:28

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II. Fuga

Track length8:20

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III. Andante

Track length6:39

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IV. Allegro

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Bach, J S: Partita for solo violin No. 2 in D minor, BWV1004

Work length34:29

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Sergey Khachatryan (violin)

I. Allemande

Track length6:12

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$1.30

II. Courante

Track length2:59

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III. Sarabande

Track length4:27

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IV. Gigue

Track length4:26

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V. Ciaccona

Track length16:25

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Bach, J S: Sonata for solo violin No. 3 in C major, BWV1005

Work length25:13

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Sergey Khachatryan (violin)

I. Adagio

Track length5:01

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II. Fugue

Track length11:34

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III. Largo

Track length3:34

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IV. Allegro assai

Track length5:04

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Bach, J S: Partita for solo violin No. 3 in E major, BWV1006

Work length19:13

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Sergey Khachatryan (violin)

I. Preludio

Track length3:43

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II. Loure

Track length4:55

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III. Gavotte en rondeau

Track length3:05

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IV. Menuet I

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V. Menuet II

Track length1:57

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VI. Bourree

Track length1:32

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VII. Gigue

Track length1:56

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On this 2-CD set the outstanding young Armenian violinist Sergey Khachatryan brings his youthful insights to bear in a vibrant new recording of what is undoubtedly the most important collection of pieces for solo violin in musical history, J S Bach’s Sonatas and Partitas.

J.S Bach wrote the Six Sonatas and Partitas for Unaccompanied Violin in 1720, midway through his tenure as Capellmeister at the court of Prince Leopold in Cöthen. Whilst with these works Bach paid homage to a well-established Austrian-German tradition of polyphonic solo violin music, the Sonatas and Partitas go far beyond the compositions of his predecessors in their harmonic language The six works are cast in the two principal forms of the Italian trio sonata as codified by Arcangelo Corelli.

Sergey Khachatryan was born in 1985 in Yerevan, Armenia. In December 2000, when only 15, he won the Eighth International Jean Sibelius competition, and in 2005 he claimed First Prize at the prestigious Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels. He has performed as soloist with most of the great orchestras of the world, including the Berlin Philharmonic, the LSO, the New York Philharmonic, and the Royal Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, under the direction of conductors such as Valery Gergiev, Bernard Haitink, Gustavo Dudamel and Gianandrea Noseda. Sergey and his sister Lusine Khachatryan are regular performers at the Wigmore Hall in London, Carnegie Hall in New York, and the Théâtre des Champs Élysées in Paris amongst others. His previous recordings for Naïve include critically acclaimed performances of the Sibelius Violin Concerto (V4959), both of Shostakovich’s Concertos (V5025), and the Violin Sonatas of Franck and Shostakovich, with his sister Lusine on the piano (V5122).

Reviews

2nd November 2010

Silvery, bright and pure, he gives a youthful air to a deeply expressive interpretation that feels knowing beyond his years. Everything about his performance is to be savoured. Phrasing and dynamics play Bach's multi-layering effects to the full...All in all, a quite wonderful listen.

19th November 2010

the young Armenian takes the palm for vigour and intensity. The Ciaconna that closes the second partita builds to a searing climax and the phrasing everywhere is immaculate.

New York Times 26th November 2010

This young violinist avoids the lean, fleet-fingered approach to Baroque music now in vogue, favoring an unabashedly Romantic and passionate take on Bach...his interpretations are vividly rendered, detailed and potently expressive.

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Bach, J S: Sonatas & Partitas for solo violin, BWV1001-1006

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