Akiko Suwanai – Johann Sebastian Bach: The sonatas and partitas for violin solo (2022) [2xSACD / Decca – UCGD-9086/7]

Title: Akiko Suwanai – Johann Sebastian Bach: The sonatas and partitas for violin solo (2022)
Genre: Classical
Format: MCH SACD ISO

25 years after her CD debut, Akiko Suwanai finally recorded Bach’s milestone, unaccompanied works! This is a new recording with Guarneri del Gesu “Charles Read”, a new masterpiece that she continued to earnestly face under Corona. Akiko Suwanai, one of the leading violinists of our time, celebrates the 25th anniversary of her album debut this year with a long-awaited recording of the complete works of Bach’s Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin. In 1990, Akiko became the youngest solo violinist in history to record the complete works of Bach. In 1990, she became the youngest ever winner of the International Tchaikovsky Competition, and in the 30 years since then, she has disciplined herself strictly, and with a musicality nurtured with rich sensitivity, she gives us Bach performances that are supple and dynamic. The first pressing is a SACD hybrid with liner notes by Sawako Agawa. The first pressing is a SACD hybrid with liner notes by Sawako Agawa and comes in a sleeve case with a different design from the standard edition. The instrument used is a 1732 Guarneri del Jez “Charles Reed”.

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Tracklist:

Disc 1

Sonata No.1 In G Minor, BWV 1001
1-1 I. Adagio
1-2 II. Fuga. Allegro
1-3 III. Siciliana
1-4 IV. Presto

Partita No.1 In B Minor, BWV 1002
1-5 I. Allemanda
1-6 II. Double
1-7 III. Corrente
1-8 IV. Double. Presto
1-9 V. Sarabande
1-10 VI. Double
1-11 VII. Tempo di Borea
1-12 VIII. Double

Sonata No.2 In A Minor, BWV 1003
1-13 I. Grave
1-14 II. Fuga
1-15 III. Andante
1-16 IV. Allegro

Disc 2

Partita No.2 In D Minor, BWV 1004
2-1 I. Allemanda
2-2 II. Corrente
2-3 III. Sarabanda
2-4 IV. Giga
2-5 V. Ciaccona

Sonata No.3 In C Major, BWV 1005
2-6 I. Adagio
2-7 II. Fuga
2-8 III. Largo
2-9 IV. Allegro assai

Partita No.3 In E Major, BWV 1006
2-10 I. Preludio
2-11 II. Loure
2-12 III. Gavotte en Rondeau
2-13 IV. Menuet I / Menuet II
2-14 V. Bourrée
2-15 VI. Gigue

Personnel:

Akiko Suwanai, violin

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