Bach: Solo Violin Partitas Linus Roth

• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750): Violin Partita No. 1 in B Minor, BWV 1002:
• 1 Bach: Violin Partita No. 1 in B Minor, BWV 1002: I. Allemanda 07:11
• 2 Bach: Violin Partita No. 1 in B Minor, BWV 1002: II. Double 03:27
• 3 Bach: Violin Partita No. 1 in B Minor, BWV 1002: III. Courante 03:20
• 4 Bach: Violin Partita No. 1 in B Minor, BWV 1002: IV. Double 03:57
• 5 Bach: Violin Partita No. 1 in B Minor, BWV 1002: V. Sarabande 03:52
• 6 Bach: Violin Partita No. 1 in B Minor, BWV 1002: VI. Double 02:52
• 7 Bach: Violin Partita No. 1 in B Minor, BWV 1002: VII. Tempo di Bourrée 03:47
• 8 Bach: Violin Partita No. 1 in B Minor, BWV 1002: VIII. Double 03:32
• Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004:
• 9 Bach: Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004: I. Allemande 04:23
• 10 Bach: Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004: II. Courante 03:14
• 11 Bach: Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004: III. Sarabande 04:12
• 12 Bach: Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004: IV. Gigue 04:36
• 13 Bach: Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004: V. Ciaccona 14:50
• Violin Partita No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1006:
• 14 Bach: Violin Partita No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1006: I. Preludio 03:59
• 15 Bach: Violin Partita No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1006: II. Loure 04:25
• 16 Bach: Violin Partita No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1006: III. Gavotte en Rondeau 03:00
• 17 Bach: Violin Partita No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1006: IV. Menuet I 01:46
• 18 Bach: Violin Partita No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1006: V. Menuet II 01:35
• 19 Bach: Violin Partita No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1006: VI. Bourrée 01:39
• 20 Bach: Violin Partita No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1006: VII. Gigue 02:07
• Total Runtime 01:21:44

Info for Bach: Solo Violin Partitas

A historically informed performance of J.S Bach's Solo Violin Partitas by virtuoso violinist Linus Roth.

The cycle of six solo Sonatas and Partitas by J.S. Bach is arguably one of the most powerful and most important compositions in musical history. These works have been with Linus Roth since he was nine years old, when he first learned the Gigue from the E major Partita, moving on by the age of twelve to the first Fugue in G minor to tackling at fifteen the Ciaconna, which represents a cosmos in its own right. By seventeen, Roth had finally learned the entire oeuvre for the first time and since then he is fortunate to have been able to grow as a musician through the constant and welcome challenge of interpreting these remarkable works.

Bach did not write 'Six Solos' on the cover of the score, but instead wrote 'Sei Solo' in Italian, which can have two meanings: the word 'Sei' can be translated both as the number six and also as 'You are'. 'You are alone' - Bach is unlikely to have left something so important to chance or to be playing a simple word game. This announcement if it is even to be seen as a reminder from the composer to the performer - must be taken seriously and Linus has always viewed it as an invitation to interpret the music as freely as the musical text allows, which for him became a guiding principle in his quest for his own interpretation.

Linus Roth, who received the ECHO KLASSIK Award in 2006 as 'Best Newcomer' for his debut CD on EMI, was honoured with his second ECHO award in 2017 for his recording of the violin concertos by Shostakovich and Tchaikovsky with the London Symphony Orchestra under Thomas Sanderling.

Linus Roth plays on the 1703 Stradivarius violin 'Dancla' on generous loan from the music foundation of the L-Bank Baden-Wurttemberg.

Linus Roth, violin

Linus Roth
ist nicht nur seit 2012 Professor für Violine am Leopold-Mozart-Zentrum der Universität Augsburg, er ist darüber hinaus auch seit Jahren eine feste Größe in der internationalen klassischen Musik. Wie für die meisten Berufsmusiker stellte auch für Roth das letzte Jahr eine Herausforderung dar, da viele seiner Konzerte und Engagements pandemiebedingt entfallen mussten. Der Violinist nutzte diese „Zwangspause“ aber kreativ und beschloss dafür ein Projekt umzusetzen, für das ihm zuvor die Zeit gefehlt hatte: Ein Aufnahmeprogramm mit Tanzmusik für Violine und Klavier. Dabei handelt es sich durchgehend um sog. virtuose Tänze, das heißt um solche Stücke, die hohe spieltechnische Anforderungen an den Interpreten stellen. Das Repertoire umfasst dabei Werke von Komponisten wie Béla Bartók, Johannes Brahms und Igor Stravinsky. Am Klavier begleitet wird Roth von seinem langjährigen musikalischen Weggefährten, dem argentinischen Pianisten José Gallardo.

Linus Roth begann seine Karriere bereits im Alter von zwölf Jahren in der Vorklasse von Prof. Nicolas Chumachenco in Freiburg. Danach absolvierte er ein mehrjähriges Musikstudium, unter anderem in Lübeck, Zürich und München. Nach seinem erfolgreichen Diplomabschluss als Solist folgten zahlreiche, auch internationale, Auftritte, sowie erste musikalische Veröffentlichungen. Für sein Debütalbum wurde er 2006 mit dem ECHO Klassik ausgezeichnet. 2012 wurde Linus Roth auf eine Professur für Violine am LMZ der Universität Augsburg berufen. 2019 übernahm er zudem die künstlerische Leitung des Internationalen Violinwettbewerbs Leopold Mozart.

Das Album „Virtuoso Dances“ erscheint am 5. März 2021 bei Evil Penguin Classics.

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