Bach - Violin Sonata in F minor BWV 1018 - Sato and Ares | Netherlands Bach Society

In 1774, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach remarked on his father’s sonatas for harpsichord and violin that they were still very enjoyable “despite being more than 50 years old”. What helped retain the attractiveness of these sonatas was their instrumentation. Instead of the trio sonatas for two violins and basso continuo that were prevalent at the beginning of the eighteenth century (e.g. Corelli), these sonatas were for keyboard instrument and one violin. So they also suited the times of Carl Philipp and later (take Mozart’s sonatas for piano and violin, for example). Yet in some movements, the older trio sonata form is still just under the surface. In the second movement of this Sonata in F minor BWV 1018, performed by Shunske Sato and Diego Ares for All of Bach, you could also imagine the notes of the right hand of the keyboard being played on a second violin. Recorded for the project All of Bach on 4 November 2020 at Studio 150 - former Bethlehemchurch - in Amsterdam. If you want to help us complete All o