Mikhail Pochekin – J.S. Bach: Sonatas & Partitas BWVV 1001-1006 (2019) [FLAC 24bit/96kHz]

“Pure and penetrating” was the violin playing of Johann Sebastian Bach according to the tradition of his son Carl Philipp Emanuel: “He fully understood the possibilities of all violin instruments. This is testified by his soli for violin and cello without bass. One of the greatest violinists once told me that he had seen nothing more perfect to become a good violinist and he could advise nothing better than the violin soli without bass mentioned above.” When Carl Philipp Emanuel addressed these words in a letter to the musicologist and early Bach biographer Johann Nikolaus Forkel in 1774, Bach’s Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin were known to a still manageable, albeit growing circle of enthusiasts. Now these works are taken up on the present recording by Mikhail Pochekin. Mikhail Pochekin is one of the most captivating violinists of his generation. He appears with many renowned orchestras including the Mariinsky Theater Symphony, the Russian National Orchestra, the Basel Symphony Orchestra, the Moscow Philharmonic, the State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia “Evgeny Svetlanov”, the Tatarstan National Symphony Orchestra or the Lithuanian National Orchestra and worked together with conductors such as Heinz Holliger, Vassily Sinaisky, Yuri Simonov, Kevin Griffiths, Valentin Uryupin, Stanislav Kochanovsky, Dimitris Botinis, Mei-Ann Chen or Alexander Sladkovsky.

Tracklist:
1. Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Minor, BWV 1001: I. Adagio 03:48
2. Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Minor, BWV 1001: II. Fuga. Allegro 05:14
3. Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Minor, BWV 1001: III. Siciliana 03:06
4. Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Minor, BWV 1001: IV. Presto 03:40
5. Violin Partita No. 1 in B Minor, BWV 1002: I. Allemanda – Double 08:01
6. Violin Partita No. 1 in B Minor, BWV 1002: II. Corrente – Double 06:59
7. Violin Partita No. 1 in B Minor, BWV 1002: III. Sarabande – Double 06:14
8. Violin Partita No. 1 in B Minor, BWV 1002: IV. Tempo die Borea – Double 06:13
9. Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Minor, BWV 1003: I. Grave 03:56
10. Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Minor, BWV 1003: II. Fuga 07:32
11. Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Minor, BWV 1003: III. Andante 05:05
12. Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Minor, BWV 1003: IV. Allegro 05:14
13. Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004: I. Allemanda 04:36
14. Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004: II. Corrente 02:36
15. Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004: III. Sarabanda 03:43
16. Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004: IV. Giga 04:22
17. Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004: V. Ciaccona 13:00
18. Violin Sonata No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1005: I. Adagio 03:36
19. Violin Sonata No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1005: II. Fuga 09:53
20. Violin Sonata No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1005: III. Largo 03:16
21. Violin Sonata No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1005: IV. Allegro assai 04:51
22. Violin Partita No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1006: I. Preludio 03:42
23. Violin Partita No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1006: II. Loure 03:52
24. Violin Partita No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1006: III. Gavotte en Rondeau 03:04
25. Violin Partita No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1006: IV. Menuet I & II 04:11
26. Violin Partita No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1006: V. Bourrée 01:24
27. Violin Partita No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1006: VI. Gigue 01:45