Artist: Leonidas Kavakos
Title: Bach: Sei Solo
Year Of Release: 2022
Label: Sony Classical
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks+ booklet)
Total Time: 02:25:19
Total Size: 788 MB

Tracklist:

CD1
1. Violin Partita No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1006: I. Preludio (3:43)
2. Violin Partita No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1006: II. Loure (4:28)
3. Violin Partita No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1006: III. Gavotte en Rondeau (2:59)
4. Violin Partita No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1006: IV. Menuet I - Menuet II (4:45)
5. Violin Partita No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1006: V. Bourrée (1:27)
6. Violin Partita No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1006: VI. Gigue (1:57)
7. Violin Sonata No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1005: I. Adagio (4:54)
8. Violin Sonata No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1005: II. Fuga (10:37)
9. Violin Sonata No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1005: III. Largo (3:33)
10. Violin Sonata No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1005: IV. Allegro assai (5:38)
11. Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Minor, BWV 1003: I. Grave (3:57)
12. Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Minor, BWV 1003: II. Fuga (8:02)
13. Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Minor, BWV 1003: III. Andante (5:57)
14. Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Minor, BWV 1003: IV. Allegro (6:25)

CD2
1. Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Minor, BWV 1001: I. Adagio (3:48)
2. Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Minor, BWV 1001: II. Fuga (5:21)
3. Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Minor, BWV 1001: III. Siciliana (2:58)
4. Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Minor, BWV 1001: IV. Presto (4:12)
5. Violin Partita No. 1 in B Minor BWV 1002: I. Allemanda (5:41)
6. Violin Partita No. 1 in B Minor BWV 1002: II. Double (3:37)
7. Violin Partita No. 1 in B Minor BWV 1002: III. Corrente (3:39)
8. Violin Partita No. 1 in B Minor BWV 1002: IV. Double (3:29)
9. Violin Partita No. 1 in B Minor BWV 1002: V. Sarabande (3:59)
10. Violin Partita No. 1 in B Minor BWV 1002: VI. Double (3:16)
11. Violin Partita No. 1 in B Minor BWV 1002: VII. Tempo di Borea (3:26)
12. Violin Partita No. 1 in B Minor BWV 1002: VIII. Double (3:29)
13. Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor BWV 1004: I. Allemanda (4:53)
14. Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor BWV 1004: II. Corrente (2:32)
15. Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor BWV 1004: III. Sarabanda (3:49)
16. Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor BWV 1004: IV. Giga (4:06)
17. Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor BWV 1004: V. Ciaccona (14:57)

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. 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.