J.s. Bach: Sonatas For Viola Da Gamba & Harpsichor

Rainer Zipperling, viola da gamba; Sabine Bauer, harpsichord & claviorgan

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Sonatas for Viola da Gamba & Harpsichord BWV 1027, 1028, 1029, 1030b

With the world-famous gambist Rainer Zipperling (Ricercar Consort, among others) and his longtime chamber music partner Sabine Bauer – both also play together in Camerata Köln – Bach’s sonatas are in competent hands. Conceived as trio sonatas, they place the harpsichord on a par with the viol. Because of the low range of the viol part, an area of tension is created that again and again poses a special challenge to performers and listeners alike. Rainer Zipperling and Sabine Bauer offer an alternative version of the great B-Minor Flute onata BWV 1030 in addition to the usual canon of the Viola da gamba Sonatas BWV 1027–1029. The former traces back to a source of the first movement that is in another key, a key that is well playable for the viol. An additional feature of the SACD production on AEOLUS is the use of a claviorgan for the D-Major Sonata BWV 1028. The present recording of the Viola da gamba Sonatas is the first of a series of releases of Bach’s sonatas on AEOLUS that will be continued with the Violin Sonatas and Flute Sonatas.

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