Bach: Sei Solo Kavakos

Leonidas Kavakos

A Musical Everest­ - Leonidas Kavakos records Bach’s complete Partitas and Sonatas“Kavakos’ tone has the character of striking high-grade silver sinew, ever beautiful, graceful and unbreakable” - LA Times Ever-restless, ever-questioning and consistently captivating, Leonidas Kavakos ‘the violinist’s violinist’ (The Strad) is recognized as one of the greatest musicians alive.Kavakos is a laureate of the great violin competitions and a visitor to the great orchestras of the world – as both violinist and conductor. In 2017 he joined the likes of Shostakovich, Rostropovich and Rubinstein as a laureate of the Sonning Music Prize.An exclusive Sony Classical artist since 2018, Kavakos now stands ready to release his most significant recording yet – his first account of Bach’s Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin. The set also includes the famous Chaconne in D minor from the Partita No. 2, for many, Bach’s single greatest span of music. Like many of his coevals, Bach was capable of creating great structures in sound, making use of the full panoply of choir, orchestra and soloists. He was unique, however, in his ability to conjure similar architectural marvels out of a single instrument. Bach titled his set Sei Solo – both a description of the work itself (‘six solos’) and a reminder of the challenge to the player: ‘you are alone.’Leonidas Kavakos tackles that challenges and “keeps a firm grip on the rhythm, but one never gets the feeling that he is merely metronomic. Indeed, in the Double of the Courante, he wrestles the flood of notes into long, well-formed phrases, establishing a structure of impressive breadth and integrity (…) every line seems sharply etched, and Kavakos takes unusual care to balance the voices” – Gramophone Magazine.“Harmony’s rhythm and rhythm’s harmony are decisive assistants towards achieving the divine aspect of existence”, says Leonidas Kavakos and continues “Wir danken dir, Gott (We thank you, God) is the title of Bach’s Cantata No. 29, the opening Sinfonia of which is a transcription for organ and orchestra of the Preludio from Partita No. 3. It could equally well serve as the title for all six sonatas and partitas, an opus consisting of two triads which, through the peerless swirling of the great Thomas cantor’s compositions, enlighten the individual responsibility of existence (“SeiSolo”), a vital component of collective Spacetime!”Kavakos’s account of Bach’s scores, which have been interpreted by every major violinist throughout history, will be a major moment in his career. The recording was made in December 2020 in Berlin, with Kavakos playing his 1734 ‘Willemotte’ Stradivarius.TRACKLISTCD 1PARTITA FOR SOLO VIOLIN NO. 3 IN E MAJOR BWV 10061 I Preludio2 I I Loure3 III Gavotte en Rondeau4 IV Menuet I – V Menuet II5 V I Bourrée6 VII GigueSONATA FOR SOLO VIOLIN NO. 3 IN C MAJOR BWV 10057 I Adagio8 I I Fuga9 III Largo1 0 I V Allegro assaiSONATA FOR SOLO VIOLIN NO. 2 IN A MINOR BWV 100311 I Grave12 I I Fuga13 III Andante14 I V AllegroCD 2SONATA FOR SOLO VIOLIN NO. 1 IN G MINOR BWV 10011 I Adagio2 I I Fuga. Allegro3 III Siciliana4 I V PrestoPARTITA FOR SOLO VIOLIN NO. 1 IN B MINOR BWV 10025 I Allemanda6 I I Double7 III Corrente8 I V Double. Presto9 V Sarabande1 0 V I Double11 VII Tempo di Borea12 VIII DoublePARTITA FOR SOLO VIOLIN NO. 2 IN D MINOR BWV 100413 I Allemanda14 I I Corrente15 III Sarabanda16 I V Giga17 V Ciaccona

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