Bach: Sonates BWV 1027-1029, Chorals & Trios / Cocset

Johann Sebastian Bach
Sonates BWV 1027-1029, Chorals & Trios

Bruno Cocset - Bertrand Cuiller - Richard Myron

Defining the boundaries between sacred and secular music in Bach's music is not an easy task as this distinction was made neither by the composer, nor by most of his contemporaries. Many works reveal this non-existing boundary as they change indifferently from one register to the other, from the cantata to the concerto, and vice-versa.

Bruno Cocset's new record highlights this permanence of spirituality in Bach's music, as he places side by side the three sonatas for viola da gamba and arrangements of chorals for organ solo.

On his quest for the most appropriate sonorities to make the music he plays sing, Bruno Cocset has again turned to his cello-maker and friend, Charles Riché, with the demand that he would conceive a new instrument, half-viola, half-violin, favourable to virtuosity as well as polyphony. They found inspiration in a painting from Bartolomeo Bettera, which proves once more that music and painting are one : ut pictura musica.

Tracklisting:

Nun Komm, der Heiden Heiland
1. Choralvorspiel BWV 659
Sonate BWV 1027 en sol majeur
2. adagio
3. allegro ma non tanto
4. andante
5. allegro moderato
6. Trio BWV 528a a 2 Clavier e Pedale, andante
Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr
7. Choralvorspiel BWV 711
Sonate BWV 1028 en ré majeur
8. adagio
9. allegro
10. andante
11. allegro
12. Trio BWV 583 a 2 Clavier e Pedale, adagio
Ach bleib bei uns, Herr Jesu Christ
13. Choralvorspiel BWV 649
Sonate BWV 1029 en sol mineur
14. vivace
15. adagio
16. allegro
Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme
17. Choralvorspiel BWV 645

2009 Alpha 139

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