Bach: Complete Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin by Nathan Milstein

These works are the highest possible achievement of violin music, and rank alongside the Cello Suites and the Well-Tempered Clavier as Bach's most meditative, introspective and spiritually profound works. They take you through a whole range of emotions and moods, and probably not coincidentally, like the Cello Suites, they end on a bright note, almost like the light of heaven shining down on you. Listening to the fugal movements is like being in a private cathedral of sound. This music is more personally spiritual, without being necessarily 'religious', like so many of Bach's vocal works.

Tracklist

CD1
Partita No 1 In B Minor Allemanda
Partita No 1 In B Minor Corrente
Partita No 1 In B Minor Double 1
Partita No 1 In B Minor Double 2
Partita No 1 In B Minor Double 3
Partita No 1 In B Minor Double Presto
Partita No 1 In B Minor Sarabande
Partita No 1 In B Minor Tempo Di Borea
Sonata No 1 In G Minor Adagio
Sonata No 1 In G Minor Fuga Allegro
Sonata No 1 In G Minor Presto
Sonata No 1 In G Minor Siciliana
Sonata No 2 In A Minor Allegro
Sonata No 2 In A Minor Andante
Sonata No 2 In A Minor Fuga
Sonata No 2 In A Minor Grave

CD2
Partita No 2 In D Minor Allemanda
Partita No 2 In D Minor Ciaccona
Partita No 2 In D Minor Corrente
Partita No 2 In D Minor Giga
Partita No 2 In D Minor Sarabanda
Partita No 3 In E Major Bouree
Partita No 3 In E Major Gavotte En Rondeau
Partita No 3 In E Major Gigue
Partita No 3 In E Major Loure
Partita No 3 In E Major Menuet I
Partita No 3 In E Major Menuet Ii
Partita No 3 In E Major Preludio
Sonata No 3 In C Major Adagio
Sonata No 3 In C Major Allegro Asai
Sonata No 3 In C Major Fuga
Sonata No 3 In C Major Largo