BACH: TRIO SONATAS FOR ORGAN - REINE-MARIE VERHAGEN & TINI MATHOT

This CD represents an effort to recover some of the lost chamber music of the Leipzig cantor. The six organ trio sonatas on this CD feature the instrumental combination of recorder and harpsichord or organ. Occasional alterations had to be made to accommodate the recorder. Some keys have been altered to suit the range of the recorder, something Bach also did regularly with his own arrangements. In this context, an aria from the Cantata BWV 182 ‘Himmelskönig sei willkommen’ serves as an example. Bach arranged this 1714 cantata in another key a decade later. The alterations he made to the recorder part of the aria ‘Leget euch dem Heiland unter’, so as to improve its playability in the new key, provide a valuable source of information.

01. Sonata IV BWV 528: Adagio - Vivace 02:22
02. Sonata IV BWV 528: Andante 04:17
03. Sonata IV BWV 528: Un poco allegro 02:34
04. Sonata V BWV 529: Allegro 04:40
05. Sonata V BWV 529: Largo 05:22
06. Sonata V BWV 529: Allegro 03:28
07. Sonata II BWV 526: Vivace 03:40
08. Sonata II BWV 526: Largo 02:57
09. Sonata II BWV 526: Allegro 03:59
10. Sonata I BWV 525: ... 02:43
11. Sonata I BWV 525: Adagio 05:01
12. Sonata I BWV 525: Allegro 02:40
13. Sonata VI BWV 530: Vivace 03:30
14. Sonata VI BWV 530: Lento 05:19
15. Sonata VI BWV 530: Allegro 03:14
16. Sonata III BWV 527: Andante 04:29
17. Sonata III BWV 527: Adagio e dolce 03:36
18. Sonata III BWV 527: Vivace 03:36