JS Bach: Partita No. 2 & Chaconne & Choral References

Release Date: 28th Jul 2017
Catalogue No: MDG9032004
Label: MDG
Series: Scene

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Bach, J S: Chorale Prelude BWV744 'Auf meinen lieben Gott'

Gertrud Schilde (violin)
Norddeutscher Kammerchor
Maria Jürgensen

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

Gertrud Schilde (violin)
Norddeutscher Kammerchor
Maria Jürgensen

Bach, J S: St John Passion, BWV245: Dein Will gescheh, Herr Gott zugleich

Gertrud Schilde (violin)
Norddeutscher Kammerchor
Maria Jürgensen

Bach, J S: Befiehl du deine Wege, BWV270

Gertrud Schilde (violin)
Norddeutscher Kammerchor
Maria Jürgensen

Bach, J S: Jesu, meine Freude, BWV358

Gertrud Schilde (violin)
Norddeutscher Kammerchor
Maria Jürgensen

Bach, J S: Cantata BWV4 'Christ lag in Todesbanden': chorale

Gertrud Schilde (violin)
Norddeutscher Kammerchor
Maria Jürgensen

Bach, J S: Den Tod niemand zwingen kunnt (Nobody could overcome death) from Cantata No. 4

Gertrud Schilde (violin)
Norddeutscher Kammerchor
Maria Jürgensen

Bach, J S: St John Passion, BWV245: In meines Herzens Grunde

Gertrud Schilde (violin)
Norddeutscher Kammerchor
Maria Jürgensen

Bach, J S: Nun lob', mein Seel', den Herren, BWV390

Gertrud Schilde (violin)
Norddeutscher Kammerchor
Maria Jürgensen

Bach, J S: Chorale Prelude BWV694 'Wo soll ich fliehen hin'

Gertrud Schilde (violin)
Norddeutscher Kammerchor
Maria Jürgensen

Bach, J S: St John Passion, BWV245: Jesu, Deine Passion

Gertrud Schilde (violin)
Norddeutscher Kammerchor
Maria Jürgensen

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

arr. for violin & piano F. Mendelssohn
Jan Philip Schulze (piano), Gertrud Schilde (violin)
Norddeutscher Kammerchor
Maria Jürgensen

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Violinist Gertrud Schilde has probed the enigmatic and monumental Ciaccona from JS Bach's Partita in D minor and uncovered spectacular evidence in the form of a whole series of traditional chorale melodies hidden away in its intricate compositional design. On this eye-opener of an album the enterprising violinist teams up with the Northern German Chamber Choir to present her revealing discoveries.

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.

JS Bach: Partita No. 2 & Chaconne & Choral References

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