Lara St John CD1 - Bach - The Six Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin Total time: 56:02 Release date: 12/20/2007 Location of artist: NY, USA This artist has 2 other albums

Her first Magnatune release is our all-time best-selling album, and now Lara St. John's "awe-inducing" recording of Bach's Sonatas and Partitas for Violin Solo is here as well. When most classical artists record technically challenging works like this one, they typically have to repeat certain phrases over and over during the recording process, but when Lara St John recorded this album at Skywalker Ranch, she played only complete versions of each movement, so the resulting music sounds incredibly fresh and alive. Her approach is especially appropriate for Bach's Six Sonatas because they're known for their musical freedom of movement. "Breathtakingly beautiful," says Allmusic.com.

m3u audio streams (if the flash player above doesn't work for you): [hifi lofi] Play all tracks as an m3u audio stream (or xspf, ogg, mp3 file) [hifi lofi] 01-Sonata No 1 in G minor BWV 1001 - I Adagio (3:41) [hifi lofi] 02-Sonata No 1 in G minor BWV 1001 - II Fuga (5:03) [hifi lofi] 03-Sonata No 1 in G minor BWV 1001 - III Siciliana (2:47) [hifi lofi] 04-Sonata No 1 in G minor BWV 1001 - IV Presto (3:41) [hifi lofi] 05-Partita No 1 in B minor BWV 1002 - I Allemanda Double (6:56) [hifi lofi] 06-Partita No 1 in B minor BWV 1002 - II Corrente Double (4:15) [hifi lofi] 07-Partita No 1 in B minor BWV 1002 - III Sarabande Double (3:44) [hifi lofi] 08-Partita No 1 in B minor BWV 1002 - IV Tempo di Borea Double (3:40) [hifi lofi] 09-Sonata No 2 in A minor BWV 1003 - I Grave (3:48) [hifi lofi] 10-Sonata No 2 in A minor BWV 1003 - II Fuga (7:04) [hifi lofi] 11-Sonata No 2 in A minor BWV 1003 - III Andante (5:47) [hifi lofi] 12-Sonata No 2 in A minor BWV 1003 - IV Allegro (5:36)