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Rachel Barton Pine: Testament

Rachel Barton Pine (violin)

Rachel Barton Pine: Testament

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There is a surprisingly striking contrast between its crystalline voicing, clear articulation and warm tone that makes the listener feel that it is concerned with the plain and simple beauty...

Rachel Barton Pine: Testament

Rachel Barton Pine (violin)

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There is a surprisingly striking contrast between its crystalline voicing, clear articulation and warm tone that makes the listener feel that it is concerned with the plain and simple beauty...

About

'Testament' is Rachel Barton Pine's very personal homage to the music of J. S. Bach, on which she performs the composer's complete Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin in the acoustic of her hometown St. Pauls Church in Chicago, where she first heard and fell in love with Bach's music.

Best-selling violinist Rachel Barton Pine's relationship with the music of Bach runs deep. She first heard and fell in love with Bach's music in her hometown St. Pauls Church in Chicago, which had a stained glass window of the composer in the sanctuary. That church is where Rachel first played Bach's music, at the age of four, and where she returned to record Bach's Six Sonatas and Partitas in its beautiful yet clear acoustic. Rachel says, "I'm so pleased to have recorded the Six Sonatas and Partitas in my favourite sound space for these works, the place that I consider to truly be my emotional home for playing them."

Contents and tracklist

I. Adagio
Track length3:29
II. Fuga
Track length4:50
III. Siciliana
Track length2:33
IV. Presto
Track length3:30
I. Allemanda
Track length7:03
II. Corrente
Track length6:38
III. Sarabande
Track length5:36
IV. Tempo di Borea
Track length6:17
I. Grave
Track length3:26
II. Fuga
Track length6:44
III. Andante
Track length5:22
IV. Allegro
Track length5:23
I. Allemanda
Track length4:01
II Corrente
Track length2:43
III. Sarabanda
Track length3:48
IV. Giga
Track length3:55
V. Ciaccona
Track length11:43
This track is only available as an album download.
I Adagio
Track length3:59
II. Fuga
Track length9:04
III. Largo
Track length2:53
IV. Allegro assai
Track length4:58
I. Preludio
Track length3:33
II. Loure
Track length3:51
III. Gavotte en rondeau
Track length2:42
IV. Menuet I & II
Track length4:02
V. Boureé
Track length1:36
VI. Gigue
Track length1:53

Awards and reviews

  • Gramophone Magazine
    June 2016
    Editor's Choice

June 2016

There is a surprisingly striking contrast between its crystalline voicing, clear articulation and warm tone that makes the listener feel that it is concerned with the plain and simple beauty of the music as much as with the genius of its counterpoint and relationships between movements.
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