Jaroslav Tůma
CD1 - clavichords, CD2 - harpsichord
World premiere recording on clavichord

Jaroslav Tůma - clavichord by J. Ch. G. Schiedmayer (1789)

Ivan Ženatý – violin, Zuzana Růžičková – harpsichord, Petr Hejný – viola da gamba

This CD of Bach´s less familiar sonatas offers a glimpse into works not only by Bach, the father, but also those by his sons. Though originally ascribed to Johann Sebastian and given BWV catalogue numbers, musicologists today suspect some of them may well have been composed by his sons. However, this measure of doubt about the actual authorship detracts nothing from their sheer musical beauty, enhanced as it is by the virtuoso performance of all the players.

John Holloway: baroque violin

The Hilliard Ensemble - Joanne Lunn, Rebecca Outram: soprano, David James, David Gould: counter tenor, Rogers Covey-Crump: tenor, organ, Steven Harrold: tenor, Gordon Jones: baritone, Robert Macdonald: bass