Bach,J.S. / Rowuie / Borner Reconstructed Chamber Music & Chorals CD

Johann Sebastian Bach's chamber music was in constant transition. His few surviving trio sonatas, for the traditional combination of two melody instruments and continuo, likely date from his years in Weimar and Kothen. Bach revisited some of these works in Leipzig, reworking them for concerts at Zimmerman's coffee house into sonatas for a melody instrument with harpsichord obbligato. Unfortunately, few of these manuscripts survive, leaving us with only later arrangements as rough clues to their original form and instrumentation. Prominent Bach scholars agree that Bach, just as Handel and Telemann, must have made a major contribution to the main genre of 18th century chamber music. In view of this evaluation, there is a particularly unfortunate gap in the catalogue of the Thomaskantor's works. Our program was conceived as an approximation of some of these lost trio sonatas.

1. I. Vivace 2. II. Affettuoso 3. III. Allegro 4. O Mensch, Bewein' Dein S?nde Gro, BWV622 5. Kommst Du Nun, Jesu, Vom Himmel Herunter, BWV650 6. I. Adagio 7. II. Allegro 8. III. Andante 9. IV. Allegro 10. Chorale-Setting of Jesu Meine Freude 11. Wenn Wir in H÷chsten N÷then Sein, BWV641 12. Largo and Allegro, Bwvanh.111 13. Herr Jesu Christ, Dich Zu Uns Wend, BWV655 14. Trio in G minor, BWV584 15. Allein Gott in Der H?H Sei Ehr, BWV676 16. Ich Ruf' Zu Dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV639 17. An Wasserfl?ssen Babylon, BWV653 18. Chorale-Setting of Wer Nur Den Lieben Gott L?SST Walten 19. Prelude in E minor, BWV548 20. Prelude in G minor, BWV885 21. Fugue in E minor, BWV548