American violinist Jennifer Koh's Bach & Beyond Part 3 concludes her critically acclaimed series of recordings based on her groundbreaking, multi-season recital series of the same name that The New York Times has called "indispensable." Koh, "a virtuoso with quirky and wonderful ideas" (San Francisco Chronicle), again pairs two of J.S. Bach's landmark Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin with Bach-inspired 20th- and 21st-century works. On this series-finale album, Bach's florid and fanciful Sonata No. 2 in A minor and Sonata No. 3 in C major, celebrated for it's colossal Fuga movement, frame Luciano Berio's expressive, chaconne-like Sequenza VIII and Pulitzer Prize winner John Harbison's alluring For Violin Alone, a dance suite inspired by Bach's partitas, written for Koh (a world-premiere recording).

Tracklist:

Violin Sonata No. 2 In A Minor, Bwv 1003: I. Grave
Violin Sonata No. 2 In A Minor, Bwv 1003: II. Fuga
Violin Sonata No. 2 In A Minor, Bwv 1003: III. Andante
Violin Sonata No. 2 In A Minor, Bwv 1003: IV. Allegro
Sequenza No. 7 For Solo Violin
For Violin Alone: I. Ground
For Violin Alone: II. Dance I
For Violin Alone: III. Air
For Violin Alone: IV. March
For Violin Alone: V. Dance II
For Violin Alone: VI. Duet
For Violin Alone: VII. Epilogue
Violin Sonata No. 3 In C Major, Bwv 1005: I. Adagio
Violin Sonata No. 3 In C Major, Bwv 1005: II. Fuga
Violin Sonata No. 3 In C Major, Bwv 1005: III. Largo
Violin Sonata No. 3 In C Major, Bwv 1005: IV. Allegro Assai

UPC: 735131919920
Label: Cedille
Release Date: 11.13.20
Format: CD

Harbison / Koh - Bach & Beyond Part 3 (2 CD)