Utwory na płycie:

• Musical offering, BWV 1079 Sonata sopr'il Soggetto Reale: Andante
• Musical offering, BWV 1079 Sonata sopr'il Soggetto Reale: Allegro
• Musical offering, BWV 1079 Canon perpetuus
• Sonata no.6 in D minor for violin, viola da gamba, and basso continuo, BuxWV 257
• Musical offering, BWV 1079 Ricercar [a 3]
• Musical offering, BWV 1079 Canon perpetuus
• Musical offering, BWV 1079 Canones diversi
• Musical offering, BWV 1079 Fuga canonica
• Musical offering, BWV 1079 Ricercar a 6
• Musical offering, BWV 1079 Canon a 2, Canon a 4: Quaerendo invenietis
• Musical offering, BWV 1079 Sonata sopr'il Soggetto Reale: Largo
• Musical offering, BWV 1079 Sonata sopr'il Soggetto Reale: Allegro

Dieterich Buxtehude:
Sonata no.6 in D minor for violin, viola da gamba, and basso continuo, BuxWV 257

J.S. Bach:
Musikalisches Opfer, BWV 1079

The orator and the musician have essentially the same aim: namely, to make themselves masters of the heart of their listeners, to arouse or still their passions, and to transport them now to this sentiment, now to that. Thus it is to the advantage of both, if each has some knowledge of the duties of the other.’ (Johann Joachim Quantz)

This recording brings together two wonderful demonstrations of the art of rhetoric: a trio sonata by Dieterich Buxtehude and J. S. Bach’s Musical offering. Bach’s work, written for and dedicated to the flute-playing Frederick the Great, is among his most haunting and enigmatic. The movements are played here not in their conventionally established order, but in a sequence that reflects their rhetorical unfolding.

As with all The Bach Players’ recordings, fresh insights are gained by placing the music in context.

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Recorded at St Michael's Church, Highgate, London, 28-30 April 2015