Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonatas For Violin and Harpsichord

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Adrian Butterfield’s sweetly focused violin tone and Silas Wollston’s elegant accompanying are well matched. — BBC Music Magazine, May 2023, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 17th Mar 2023
Catalogue No: SOMMCD0664-2
Label: Somm
Length: 2 hours 2 minutes

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Bach, J S: Sonata for Violin & Harpsichord No. 1 in B minor, BWV1014

Work length12:41

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Adrian Butterfield (violin), Silas Wollston (harpsichord)

I. Adagio

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Ii. Allegro

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Iii. Andante

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Iv. Allegro

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Bach, J S: Sonata for Violin & Harpsichord No. 2 in A major, BWV1015

Work length13:09

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Adrian Butterfield (violin), Silas Wollston (harpsichord)

I. Dolce

Track length2:42

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Ii. Allegro assai

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Iii. Andante un poco

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Iv. Presto

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Bach, J S: Sonata for Violin & Harpsichord No. 3 in E major, BWV1016

Work length15:44

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Adrian Butterfield (violin), Silas Wollston (harpsichord)

I. Adagio

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Ii. Allegro

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Iii. Adagio ma non tanto

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Iv. Allegro

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Bach, J S: Violin Sonata in E minor, BWV1023

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Adrian Butterfield (violin), Silas Wollston (harpsichord)

I. (Preludio)

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Ii. Adagio ma non tanto

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Iii. Allemanda

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Iv. Gigue

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Bach, J S: Violin Sonata in G major, BWV1021

Work length8:39

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Adrian Butterfield (violin), Silas Wollston (harpsichord)

I. Adagio

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Ii. Vivace

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Iii. Largo

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Iv. Presto

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Bach, J S: Sonata for Violin & Harpsichord No. 4 in C minor, BWV1017

Work length17:23

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Adrian Butterfield (violin), Silas Wollston (harpsichord)

I. Largo

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Ii. Allegro

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Iii. Adagio

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Iv. Allegro

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Bach, J S: Sonata for Violin & Harpsichord No. 5 in F minor, BWV1018

Work length16:47

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Adrian Butterfield (violin), Silas Wollston (harpsichord)

I. (Lamento)

Track length6:22

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Ii. Allegro

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Iii. Adagio

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Iv. Vivace

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Excerpt, Bach, J S: Sonata for Violin & Harpsichord No. 6 in G major, BWV1019

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Adrian Butterfield (violin), Silas Wollston (harpsichord)

I. Vivace

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Excerpt, Bach, J S: Violin Sonata in G minor, BWV1020

Work length1:37

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Adrian Butterfield (violin), Silas Wollston (harpsichord)

Ii. Largo

Track length1:37

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Excerpt, Bach, J S: Violin Sonata in G major, BWV1021

Work length4:53

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Adrian Butterfield (violin), Silas Wollston (harpsichord)

Iii. Allegro

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Bach, J S: Violin Sonata in F major, BWV1022

Work length2:53

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Adrian Butterfield (violin), Silas Wollston (harpsichord)

Iv. Adagio

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Excerpt, Bach, J S: Violin Sonata in E minor, BWV1023

Work length3:39

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Adrian Butterfield (violin), Silas Wollston (harpsichord)

V. Allegro

Track length3:39

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Bach, J S: Bwv 1019 Alternative Movements - Cantabile, ma un poco Adagio

Work length5:19

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Adrian Butterfield (violin), Silas Wollston (harpsichord)

Bach, J S: Bwv 1019 Alternative Movements - Adagio

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Adrian Butterfield (violin), Silas Wollston (harpsichord)

Bach, J S: Bwv 1019 (Tempo di Gavotta)

Work length2:14

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Adrian Butterfield (violin), Silas Wollston (harpsichord)

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SOMM Recordings announces a double-disc set of Johann Sebastian Bach’s Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord brilliantly performed by two virtuosos of their instruments, Adrian Butterfield (violin) and Silas Wollston (harpsichord). The selection of eight sonatas includes six works for violin and obbligato harpsichord (BWV 1014-1019), likely composed between 1720 and 1723 during Bach’s final years in Cöthen, and the later Violin Sonatas in G major (BWV 1021) from 1732, and early (though belatedly catalogued) E minor (BWV 1023) from around 1709. Bonus tracks include three alternative movements composed for the BWV 1019 Sonata in G major that illustrate the development of Bach’s thinking in relation to sonata form and intimate musical expression. These intricately designed sonatas also serve to reveal Bach’s innovative way of employing the harpsichord’s singing voice as an equal to the violin and are surely precursors to the rich sonata tradition that emerged in the 19th century.

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May 2023

Adrian Butterfield’s sweetly focused violin tone and Silas Wollston’s elegant accompanying are well matched.

June 2023

Wollston plays with breath and mystery, and that most magical thing – when rubato and articulation combine as a single utterance – is effortlessly traced by his fingertips. The spell isn’t broken on violinist Adrian Butterfield’s entrance either.

Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonatas For Violin and Harpsichord

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