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Shaham on Bach Sonatas and Partitas
Program: Biscuits & Bach
Aired: Sunday, November 12, 2017 @ 7:00 am
Hosted by Rachel Stewart
Violinist Gil Shaham started playing Bach's Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin 30 years ago, but he only started to perform them in his concerts about 12 years ago.
In 2014, after all those years of becoming intimately familiar with these masterpieces, he finally felt the time was right to commit his performances to disc. The resulting recording, released in March of 2015 on his personal Canary Classics label, contains Shaham's beautiful and thoughtful interpretations of these compositions which have been described as among the greatest achievements in human history.
We listen to selections this week, and Gil Shaham joins Rachel Stewart for a conversation about playing Bach, and he tells us which breakfast food is his guilty pleasure.
Purchase Featured CD: Shaham: Bach: Solo Sonatas and Partitas
Playlist
7 am | |
| Remo Giazotto · Adagio (after Albinoni) Carlo Curley, organ of Girad College Chapel, Philadelphia Argo 430100 "Carlo Curley - The Emperor's Fanfare" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Oboe d'amore Concerto (movements from Cantata BWV 209) (arr. by Andreas Tarkmann) The English Concert Albrecht Mayer, oboe d'amore Decca 001404 102 "Voices of Bach" | |
| Josquin Des Prez · "Agnus Dei" from Missa Pange lingua Tallis Scholars Gimell 206 "The Tallis Scholars Sing Josquin" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Sinfonia in F, BWV 1046a (basis of the later Brandenburg Concerto No. 1, BWV 1046) Marie-Claire Alain, organ; Guy Touvron, trumpet Erato 75367 "Trumpet and Organ" | |
| Gaspar Sanz · Suite espanola Christopher Parkening, guitar EMI Classics 49404 "A Tribute to Segovia" | |
8 am | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Trio Sonata in c, BWV 1079, from "The Musical Offering" Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute; Isaac Stern, violin; Leslie Parnas, cello; John Steele Ritter, harpsichord Sony Classical 64509 "Isaac Stern - A Life in Music: Bach, Telemann Trio Sonatas | |
| Antonio Vivaldi · Concerto in G, RV 545 (arr. by Julian Lloyd Webber) European Union Chamber Orchestra Julian and Jiaxin Lloyd Webber, cellos Naxos 573374 "Vivaldi: Concertos for Two Cellos" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Sonata No. 1 in g for Solo Violin, BWV 1001 Gil Shaham, solo violin (1699 Stradivarius "Countess Polignac") Canary Classics 14 "JS Bach - Solo Sonatas and Partitas" | |
| Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach · Trio Sonata in D, Wq.151 Merlin Ensemble Renate Greiss, flute; Ingo Goritzki, oboe Claves 8902 "CPE Bach: Trio Sonatas" | |
9 am | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Sinfonia, from Cantata BWV 42 "And in the evening of that very Sabbath" Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra Analetka 29811 "A Baroque Feast" | |
| Henry Purcell · Fantasia a 4 "Chacony" Orchestra of the 18th Century Philips 426714 "Rameau: Castor et Pollux Suite" | |
| Henry Purcell · Fantasia a 4 "Three parts on a ground" Orchestra of the 18th Century Philips 426714 "Rameau: Castor et Pollux Suite" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Cantata BWV 115, "Prepare Yourself, My Soul" (selections) Netherlands Bach Collegium; Holland Boys Choir Marjon Strijk, soprano Brilliant Classics 94050 "Bach Edition: Complete Works" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Chaconne, from Partita No. 2 in d, BWV 1004 Gil Shaham, solo violin (1699 Stradivarius "Countess Polignac") Canary Classics 14 "JS Bach - Solo Sonatas and Partitas" | |
| Georg Philipp Telemann · Concerto in Bb for Oboe, Violin, 2 Flutes, 2 Violas & B.c. Camerata Cologne Dhm Deutsche Harmonia 77367 2 "Telemann: Concertos for Woodwind Instruments" | |
10 am | |
| Ignacio de Jerusalem · "Te Deum" (selections) Chanticleer; Chanticleer Sinfonia Teldec 21829 "Matins for the Virgin of Guadalupe" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Orchestral Suite No. 4 in D, BWV 1069 Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra EMI Classics 7 5465 3 "J.S. Bach: Suites" | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach · Partita No. 3 in E for Solo Violin, BWV 1006 Gil Shaham, solo violin (1699 Stradivarius "Countess Polignac") Canary Classics 14 "JS Bach - Solo Sonatas and Partitas" | |
| Francesco Geminiani · Lady Ann Bothwell's Lament Palladian Ensemble Linn Records 010 "An Excess of Pleasure" | |
| Carlo Tessarini · Trumpet Sonata in D Collegium Musicum Leipzig Ludwig Guttler, trumpet Capriccio 10020 "Italian Trumpet Concertos" | |