{"id":511,"date":"2009-05-15T02:45:13","date_gmt":"2009-05-15T06:45:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/opensourcemusic.org\/?p=511"},"modified":"2009-05-16T10:36:21","modified_gmt":"2009-05-16T14:36:21","slug":"bach-partitas-and-sonatas-for-solo-violin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/opensourcemusic.org\/?p=511","title":{"rendered":"Bach Partitas and Sonatas for Solo Violin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Bach Partitas and Sonatas are must plays for every violinist, whether they are ancient, grumpy old soloists or young musicians who have achieved the technical proficiency to handle the works.\u00a0 These work&#8217;s musical depth is profound, and the famous Ciaccona might be the greatest work written for a solo violin.\u00a0 Fortunately since it is played, and studied intensely by every professional violinist (and even most violists), we have a plethora of incredible recordings.\u00a0 Some of the notable ones include <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nathan_Milstein\">Milstein&#8217;s<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arthur_Grumiaux\">Grumiaux&#8217;s<\/a>, and Heifetz&#8217;s (though Heifetz&#8217;s recording is extremely unconventional, whereas the other two are more traditional).<br \/>\n<object width=\"340\" height=\"285\" data=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/iRhSUXf_7aI&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;border=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/iRhSUXf_7aI&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;border=1\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object><object width=\"340\" height=\"285\" data=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/84wjmbrE0pg&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;border=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/84wjmbrE0pg&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;border=1\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p>(Really weird huh?)<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll try and see if I can get a violinist to peruse over the parts that I am re-hosting from <a href=\"http:\/\/imslp.org\">IMSLP<\/a> and talk about the quality of the editions.\u00a0 Additionally, I&#8217;ll see if I can get an early music expert to discuss early-music-style recordings.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bach Partitas &amp; Sonatas:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/opensourcemusic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/bach_sonata_no1.pdf\">Bach Sonata No. 1<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/opensourcemusic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/bach_partita_no1.pdf\">Bach Partita No. 1<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/opensourcemusic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/bach_sonata_no2.pdf\">Bach Sonata No. 2<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/opensourcemusic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/bach_partita_no2.pdf\">Bach Partita No. 2<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/opensourcemusic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/bach_sonata_no3.pdf\">Bach Sonata No. 3<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/opensourcemusic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/bach_partita_no3.pdf\">Bach Partita No. 3<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/opensourcemusic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/Bach_Sonatas_Partitas_Manuscript.pdf\">Bach Sonatas and Partitas Manucript<br \/>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-2509454862918610\";\n\/* 468x60, created 5\/9\/09 *\/\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"8999057281\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 468;\ngoogle_ad_height = 60;\n\/\/ --><\/script><br \/>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bach Partitas and Sonatas are must plays for every violinist, whether they are ancient, grumpy old soloists or young musicians who have achieved the technical proficiency to handle the works. These work&#8217;s musical depth is profound, and the famous Ciaccona might be the greatest work written for a solo violin. 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