BACH: COMPLETE SONATAS FOR VIOLA DA GAMBA AND HARPSICHORD - Cassandra Luckhardt, Pieter Dirksen, Alfredo Bernardini

Cassandra Luckhardt has established an international reputation as a soloist, chamber and orchestral musician and teacher on both cello and viola da gamba. Cassandra has played and recorded as principal cello with The Academy of Ancient Music, Il Complesso Barocco, Les Musiciens du Louvre and as gamba soloist with the King"s Consort. As a chamber musician, Cassandra is in equally high demand, demonstrating her flexibility as both a cellist and gambist.

Alfredo Bernardini specialized in the baroque oboe and plays regularly with the most outstanding Early Music groups, including Hesperion XX, Le Concert des Nations, la Petite Bande, Das Freiburger Barockorchester, The English Concert, Bach Collegium Japan and the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra. He has taken part in about fifty recordings, some of which received important international prizes, including the Cannes Classical. He has founded his own orchestra ZEFIRO and directed orchestras all over Europe.

Pieter Dirksen performs as soloist on both harpsichord and organ and as a continuo player with diverse soloists, ensembles and orchestras. He has published widely about baroque keyboard music. He appeared in most European countries, North- and South America and Japan, and regularly gives master classes. As a soloist he specializes in the rich seventeenth-century repertoire as well as in Bach"s music.

1. Sonata for Oboe (d’Amore), Viola da Gamba & Continuo in E Minor, BWV 528(a): I. Adagio-Vivace
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Artist(s): Cassandra Luckhardt, Pieter Dirksen, Alfredo Bernardini

2. Sonata for Oboe (d’Amore), Viola da Gamba & Continuo in E Minor, BWV 528(a): II. Andante
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Artist(s): Cassandra Luckhardt, Pieter Dirksen, Alfredo Bernardini

3. Sonata for Oboe (d’Amore), Viola da Gamba & Continuo in E Minor, BWV 528(a): III. Un poc’ allegro
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Artist(s): Cassandra Luckhardt, Pieter Dirksen, Alfredo Bernardini

4. Sonata for Viola da Gamba & Obbligato Harpsichord in G Major, BWV 1027: I. Adagio
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Artist(s): Cassandra Luckhardt, Pieter Dirksen

5. Sonata for Viola da Gamba & Obbligato Harpsichord in G Major, BWV 1027: II. Allegro ma non tanto
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Artist(s): Cassandra Luckhardt, Pieter Dirksen

6. Sonata for Viola da Gamba & Obbligato Harpsichord in G Major, BWV 1027: III. Andante
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Artist(s): Cassandra Luckhardt, Pieter Dirksen

7. Sonata for Viola da Gamba & Obbligato Harpsichord in G Major, BWV 1027: IV. Allegro moderato
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Artist(s): Cassandra Luckhardt, Pieter Dirksen

8. Sonata for Viola da Gamba & Obbligato Harpsichord in D Major, BWV 1028: I. Adagio
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Artist(s): Cassandra Luckhardt, Pieter Dirksen

9. Sonata for Viola da Gamba & Obbligato Harpsichord in D Major, BWV 1028: II. Allegro
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Artist(s): Cassandra Luckhardt, Pieter Dirksen

10. Sonata for Viola da Gamba & Obbligato Harpsichord in D Major, BWV 1028: III. Andante
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Artist(s): Cassandra Luckhardt, Pieter Dirksen

11. Sonata for Viola da Gamba & Obbligato Harpsichord in D Major, BWV 1028: IV. Allegro
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Artist(s): Cassandra Luckhardt, Pieter Dirksen

12. Sonata for Harpsichord in D Minor, BWV 964 I. Grave
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Artist(s): Pieter Dirksen

13. Sonata for Harpsichord in D Minor, BWV 964 II. Fuga: Allegro
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Artist(s): Pieter Dirksen

14. Sonata for Harpsichord in D Minor, BWV 964 III. Andante
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Artist(s): Pieter Dirksen

15. Sonata for Harpsichord in D Minor, BWV 964 IV. Allegro
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Artist(s): Pieter Dirksen

16. Sonata for Viola da Gamba & Obbligato Harpsichord in G Minor, BWV 1029: I. Vivace
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Artist(s): Cassandra Luckhardt, Pieter Dirksen

17. Sonata for Viola da Gamba & Obbligato Harpsichord in G Minor, BWV 1029: II. Adagio
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Artist(s): Cassandra Luckhardt, Pieter Dirksen

18. Sonata for Viola da Gamba & Obbligato Harpsichord in G Minor, BWV 1029: III. Allegro
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Artist(s): Cassandra Luckhardt, Pieter Dirksen

19. Nun Komm Der Heiden Heiland, for Oboe, Viola da Gamba & Continuo, BWV 660a
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Artist(s): Cassandra Luckhardt, Pieter Dirksen, Alfredo Bernardini