(2001) Bach: The Toccatas, BWV 910-916 1988 The Sonata in A Minor

The Sonata in A Minor is the number 16 in the Dresden collection (S-C no

The musicians earned their diplomas in Patrick Genet’s (first violinist of the Sine Nomine Quartet) class at the Lausanne Conservatory

Joachim loved it

Zaïde features prominent Spanish inflections (including castanets in the refrain)and alternating passages of melancholy and sensuality

Following his recording of Bach’s Goldberg Variations (CD 50-2407)

(2001) Bach: The Toccatas, BWV 910-916 1988 The Sonata in A MinorThe baroque toccata is a composition for keyboard instrument with elements of intonazione, prelude, ricercare and fantasy in a multi part piece of improvised character. J. S. Bach (1685 1750) wrote at least seven independent works for a keyboard manualiter, called toccatas, not to mention compositions that contain toccatas, such as overtures, or that have different names, such as prelude. The toccatas BWV 910 916 were written between 1705 and 1714.