The Complete Sonatas for Violin and Obbligato Harpsichord

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A recording of Bach's violin sonatas that really hits the spot. Rachel Podger has already attracted much praise for her recordings of the solo violin music, but is heard here to even better advantage... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Catalogue No: CCS14798
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Length: 71 minutes

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

Work length17:10

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Rachel Podger, Trevor Pinnock

I. Allegro

Track length3:39

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II. Largo

Track length1:52

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III. Allegro

Track length4:41

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IV. Adagio

Track length3:41

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V. Allegro

Track length3:17

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

Work length13:09

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Rachel Podger
Trevor Pinnock

I. Adagio

Track length3:45

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II. Allegro

Track length2:51

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III. Andante

Track length3:16

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IV. Allegro

Track length3:17

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

Work length13:38

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Rachel Podger, Trevor Pinnock

I. Andante dolce

Track length3:02

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II. Allegro

Track length3:12

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III. Andante un poco

Track length3:10

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IV. Presto

Track length4:14

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

Work length15:55

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Rachel Podger, Trevor Pinnock

I. Adagio

Track length4:14

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II. Allegro

Track length2:56

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III. Adagio ma non tanto

Track length4:51

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IV. Allegro

Track length3:54

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

Work length11:20

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Rachel Podger, Trevor Pinnock, Jonathan Manson

I. [...]

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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 length8:51

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Trevor Pinnock, Rachel Podger, Jonathan Manson

I. Adagio

Track length3:53

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II. Vivace

Track length0:57

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III. Largo

Track length2:34

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IV. Presto

Track length1:27

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

Work length16:41

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Trevor Pinnock, Rachel Podger

I. Siciliano. Largo

Track length4:14

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II. Allegro

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III. Adagio

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IV. Allegro

Track length4:42

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

Work length17:41

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Trevor Pinnock, Rachel Podger

I. Largo

Track length7:39

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II. Allegro

Track length4:39

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III. Adagio

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IV. Vivace

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Bach, J S: Sonata for Violin & Harpsichord No. 6 in G major, BWV1019a

Work length24:28

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Trevor Pinnock, Rachel Podger, Jonathan Manson

I. Vivace

Track length3:44

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II. Largo

Track length1:38

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III. [...]

Track length4:36

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IV. Adagio

Track length2:17

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V. [...]

Track length2:25

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VI. Vivace ab initio repetatur et claudatur

Track length3:46

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VII. Cantabile, ma un poco adagio

Track length6:02

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2010

A recording of Bach's violin sonatas that really hits the spot. Rachel Podger has already attracted much praise for her recordings of the solo violin music, but is heard here to even better advantage in the Six Sonatas for violin and obbligato harpsichord, BWV1014-19, for which she's joined by Trevor Pinnock.
The two make a fine match. Both are uncomplicated, instinctive musicians with a sure technical command and sound stylistic sense, and in works as robust and complete as these, that's most of the battle already won. But this is also music of great poetry, and, without straining unduly to make their points, Podger and Pinnock bring this out superbly; Pinnock's harpsichord is gently resonant and softly voiced, and Podger coaxes a lyrical flexibility out of her violin, its singing qualities enhanced thanks to a restrained but telling use of vibrato – one which also enables her to play more consistently and blessedly in tune than almost any other Baroque fiddler currently in business.
It's difficult to single out details of this recording for comment; there just seems to be such a tremendous feeling of overall 'rightness' to it.
Maybe the finale of Sonata No 2 seems rather frantic and the wonderful Adagio ma non tanto of No 3 a touch lumpy, but there really isn't much else to criticise. And there are true gems to be enjoyed in the opening movement of BWV1014, where the violin makes an almost imperceptible initial entry, or the warm embrace of BWV1017's Adagio, or practically any of the sparkling fast movements, played with invigorating rhythmic drive and clarity.
This recording's closest period rival, that of Andrew Manze and Richard Egarr, shows a typical wealth of new ideas and inspired moves but is less satisfying as a whole, and suffers from some intonationally hairy moments and a less precisely pointed sound. The only period recording to touch Podger and Pinnock for technical assurance is that of Fabio Biondi and Rinaldo Alessandrini, but in both sound and interpretation it's heavy-handed compared with the spontaneous musicianship and airy texture on display here, and rather meanly it gives the six obbligato sonatas only. Though all the recent recordings of these sonatas have had their merits, this – two discs for the price of one – is, quite simply, the best yet.

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