Bach: 6 Sonatas for Violin & Harpsichord Giulia Nuti & Chiara Zanisi

• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750): Sonata No. 1 for Violin & Harpsichord in B Minor, BWV 1014:
• 1 Sonata No. 1 for Violin & Harpsichord in B Minor, BWV 1014: I. Adagio 03:21
• 2 Sonata No. 1 for Violin & Harpsichord in B Minor, BWV 1014: II. Allegro 02:57
• 3 Sonata No. 1 for Violin & Harpsichord in B Minor, BWV 1014: III. Andante 03:13
• 4 Sonata No. 1 for Violin & Harpsichord in B Minor, BWV 1014: IV. Allegro 03:22
• Sonata No. 2 for Violin & Harpsichord in A Major, BWV 1015:
• 5 Sonata No. 2 for Violin & Harpsichord in A Major, BWV 1015: I. Dolce 02:41
• 6 Sonata No. 2 for Violin & Harpsichord in A Major, BWV 1015: II. Allegro 03:08
• 7 Sonata No. 2 for Violin & Harpsichord in A Major, BWV 1015: III. Andante un poco 03:28
• 8 Sonata No. 2 for Violin & Harpsichord in A Major, BWV 1015: IV. Presto 04:17
• Sonata No. 3 for Violin & Harpsichord in E Major, BWV 1016:
• 9 Sonata No. 3 for Violin & Harpsichord in E Major, BWV 1016: I. Adagio 03:37
• 10 Sonata No. 3 for Violin & Harpsichord in E Major, BWV 1016: II. Allegro 03:00
• 11 Sonata No. 3 for Violin & Harpsichord in E Major, BWV 1016: III. Adagio ma non tanto 04:39
• 12 Sonata No. 3 for Violin & Harpsichord in E Major, BWV 1016: IV. Allegro 03:43
• Sonata No. 4 for Violin & Harpsichord in C Minor, BWV 1017:
• 13 Sonata No. 4 for Violin & Harpsichord in C Minor, BWV 1017: I. Siciliano: Largo 04:09
• 14 Sonata No. 4 for Violin & Harpsichord in C Minor, BWV 1017: II. Allegro 04:22
• 15 Sonata No. 4 for Violin & Harpsichord in C Minor, BWV 1017: III. Adagio 02:47
• 16 Sonata No. 4 for Violin & Harpsichord in C Minor, BWV 1017: IV. Allegro 04:32
• Sonata No. 5 for Violin & Harpsichord in F Minor, BWV 1018:
• 17 Sonata No. 5 for Violin & Harpsichord in F Minor, BWV 1018: I. (Adagio) 05:43
• 18 Sonata No. 5 for Violin & Harpsichord in F Minor, BWV 1018: II. Allegro 04:39
• 19 Sonata No. 5 for Violin & Harpsichord in F Minor, BWV 1018: III. Adagio 03:08
• 20 Sonata No. 5 for Violin & Harpsichord in F Minor, BWV 1018: IV. Vivace 02:40
• Sonata No. 6 for Violin & Harpsichord in G Major, BWV 1019:
• 21 Sonata No. 6 for Violin & Harpsichord in G Major, BWV 1019: I. Allegro 03:23
• 22 Sonata No. 6 for Violin & Harpsichord in G Major, BWV 1019: II. Largo 01:49
• 23 Sonata No. 6 for Violin & Harpsichord in G Major, BWV 1019: III. Allegro (Cembalo Solo) 04:32
• 24 Sonata No. 6 for Violin & Harpsichord in G Major, BWV 1019: IV. Adagio 03:07
• 25 Sonata No. 6 for Violin & Harpsichord in G Major, BWV 1019: V. Allegro 03:18
• 26 Sonata No. 6 for Violin and Harpsichord in G Major, BWV 1019a: I. Cantabile, ma un poco adagio 06:12
• Total Runtime 01:35:47

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The violinist Chiara Zanisi works with the finest early music ensembles, notably the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra under Ton Koopman, with whom she has just finished a long tour performing the Six Brandenburg Concertos. She now devotes her first solo recording to Johann Sebastian Bach’s Six Sonatas for Harpsichord and Violin. Alongside her is Giulia Nuti, among the most brilliant harpsichordists and scholars in Italy, whose solo CD Les Sauvages: Harpsichords in pre-Revolutionary Paris (DHM) won a Diapason d’Or, among other awards. The kernel from which this project grew is their strongly shared idea that, in addition to great stylistic richness and invention, Bach’s music possesses an aura of magic and an almost divine form. Thus, in this valuable and elegant reading, it is clearly their intention to underline in the simplest way the grandeur of the writing. Even the choice of sound aesthetic, beautifully realised under the supervision of Fabio Framba, opts for the ‘real’ with a ‘pure’, ‘speaking’ sound, warm and full of harmonics. The attractions of this precious version of the Six Sonatas, played on a G. Gagliano violin of 1761 and a harpsichord by K. Hill, are enhanced by a bonus track: the Cantabile, un poco Adagio from the early version of Sonata VI in G major.

Chiara Zanisi, violin
Giulia Nuti, harpsichord

Giulia Nuti
studied viola at the Scuola di Musica di Fiesole (Firenze). She plays viola and keyboards in the band Underfloor, that she joined in 2011 after contributing to their previous albums.

She was a member of Hypnodance and Lightshine. She played several times at the Premio Ciampi (an Italian national award for songwriters) with artists like Graziano Romani, Simone Felice, Emma Tricca, Claire Hamill, Underfloor, Kenny White. She worked as a musician and arranger on the italo-american hip hop artist DropAflo’s debut album (Warner Italia, 2004). She played viola and violin on Ernesto De Pascale’s first solo album, “Morning Manic Music” (2007) , and she co-wrote few of the songs. In 2006 she joined a project of traditional music from Sicily led by Salvatore Meccio, with whom she recorded the album “Salvatore Meccio – Una Rosa per Natale” (Materiali Sonori Associated, 2006). In 2007 she joined the project “Salvatore Meccio and Bandakaleido”. She played the viola on Graziano Romani’s “Tre Colori” album (2006) and she kept collaborating with him on all of his following releases.

In 2008 she played on the album “My Land is your land” by Ashley Hutchings (Fairport Convention, Steeley Span, Albion Band) and Ernesto De Pascale (Esoteric Recordings/Cherry Red). In 2009 she played with the English songwriter Claire Hammil (the author of the song You Take My Breath Away) in her italian mini tours and recorded with her. Besides Underfloor, she collaborates with other projects and artists as Le Macchie di Rorschach, Pericle Sponzilli, Chiara White, Fabrizio Berti Jug Band.

As a journalist, she wrote for Rosso Fiorentino and for the magazine of Slow Food Italy. She currently writes for Jam, l’Ambasciata Teatrale and Il Popolo del Blues (www.ilpopolodelblues.com), that she edits together with the editor in chief Michele Manzotti. With Michele Manzotti and Fabrizio Berti , since 2011 she hosts Il Popolo del Blues radio show, broadcasted on Controradio (www.controradio.it) on saturady night and sunday afternoon, bringing on Ernesto De Pascale’s activity.

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