Bach's Chamber Music

  List of Bach's Chamber Works  (includes solo works for violin, cello, or flute and chamber works for two or more musicians).


  6 Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin 

        Partita No. 3 for Violin in E major  (by 1720)  Alina Ibragimova  

                  1.  Preludio (3:20)  6.  Gigue (3:10)

            Violin Partita No. 2 In D Minor - 'Chaconne' - James Ehnes, Violin  (7:20 - 1st half)


  6 Suites for Solo Cello

        Cello Suite #1 in G Major, BMV 1006  (1717 - 1723)  Yo Yo Ma  (2:45)

                1.  Prelude  2.  Allemande  3.  Courante  (10:00)


  Lute Suites

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        Lute Suite No. 4 in E Major, BMV 1006  (aka  The Partita No. 3 in E major) 

 
                      'Prelude'  -  John Williams, guitar   (4:22)


        Lute Suite No. 1: 'Sarabande' & Lute Suite No. 5 'Gavotte en Rondeau' 

                      Andrés Segovia, guitar  

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  Six Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord, BWV 1014–1019

        Violin Sonata #4 in C minor  (1720 - 1723)  Movements 3 & 4
               Yehudi Menuhin, violin & Glenn Gould, piano  (7:00)


  The Musical Offering  (1747)

                   The Musical Offering was a set of works for solo harpsichord and chamber ensemble dedicated
                   to Frederick the Great of Prussia and based on a melody that Frederick had given Bach at a  

                    1747 meeting at Sanssouci, where Bach's son, Carl Philipp Emanuel, was the court composer.  

                   The Netherlands Bach Society  (founded 1921)

                            Ricerar a 6  ('The Prussian Fugue')  (6:25)

                            Trio Sonata   'sopr'il Soggetto Reale'  ('On the Royal Subject') 

                                         Movements 3 (Andante) & 4 (Allegro)  (6:15)

                                          Notice the Viol (or Viola da Gamba)

 Flute Sonatas
  
        Sonata in C Major for Flute and Basso Continuo, BWV 1033

                         1.  Allegro  -  Elizabeth Walker, flute  (4:30)

           Other than the sonatas for one flute and continuo, there is: 
           a Partita in A minor for solo flute and a Trio Sonata in G major for two flutes and continuo 


   Sonatas for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord, BWV 1027-1029

                A few minutes of Viola da Gamba music