The trio sonatas that Bach wrote, probably for his son Wilhelm Friedemann to master his skills at the organ, are so perfect that you can understand why others have plundered them for different ...
Johann Sebastian Bach is possibly the most influential and sublime composer in history. Everyone from Mozart and Beethoven to the Beatles and Lady Gaga has paid him homage. During his life, however, ...
How many musicians does it take to play a trio sonata? In his six Trio Sonatas for organ, Bach thought one would suffice, the organist playing one part in the right hand, one in the left and one with ...
The most successful of these arrangements shed unexpected light on the originals, then, while others translate them into another medium effectively but more neutrally (as in Nos 2 and 5). The ...
There’s such an abundance of trio sonatas that you might wonder why anyone would want to plunder Bach’s organ music to arrange more. Well, sadly, the trio sonata was not much cultivated by Bach, so ...
Concerto in G major BWV 592 (after Prince Johann Ernst of Saxe-Weimar) Concerto in a minor BWV 593 (after Viv aldi) Concerto in C major BWV 594 (after Viv aldi) Concerto in C major BWV 595 (after ...
This is, quite simply, a delightful recording. Robert King, who plays harpsichord and chamber organ throughout, has ‘repurposed’ JS Bach’s six organ trios as trio sonatas. There are five different ...