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Bach & Ysaÿe Vol. 2
Johann Sebastian Bach

Antje Weithaas

Bach & Ysaÿe Vol. 2

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Format: CD
Label: CAvi
UPC: 4260085533466
Catnr: AVI 8553346
Release date: 10 June 2016
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CAvi
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4260085533466
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AVI 8553346
Release date
10 June 2016
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Youthful experiments vs. mature wisdom Vol. 2
Vol. 2 of Antje Weithaas‘ Trilogy with works of the two cycles. It was Antje Weithaas’s own idea to jointly record Johann Sebastian Bach’s six sonatas and partitas for solo violin in conjunction with Eugène Ysaye’s six solo violin sonatas. “The works by Bach are rather well-known”, she remarks. “But what about the Ysaye sonatas? Ysaye is invariably shoved into the virtuoso corner, but as a composer he is to be taken quite seriously!” - Now the No. 2: On the second CD in her Bach-Ysaye-trilogy, Antje Weithaas follows a path from darkness to light.
J. S. Bach‘s Sonata in A Minor resembles a sacred passion without words; Ysaye’s dramatic Third Sonata is entitled Ballade, and the first movement of Ysaye’s Fifth Sonata evokes a sunrise (L’aurore ). The CD closes with Bach’s Partita in E Major! “This work is the simplest one in the entire cycle of sonatas and partitas. I don’t mean ‘simple’ as ‘easy to play’, but in terms of its musical statement: here, Bach chooses the majestic, positive key of E Major.”
„ ….Nevertheless it is particularly exciting and refreshing to hear Weithaas in true isolation with her beautiful and varied tone (on her modern Greiner violin which she plays with extraordinary skill of compensation, exspecially when maintaining the heavy poise of the Chaconne) and absolutely meticulous technique. Most of all, you can hear her complex thinking clearly evidenced in the light but ever-present dance lilt in all Bach’s movements, despite their musical and intellectual gravities. …..“ (The Gramophone, March 2015)

Artist(s)

Antje Weithaas

Brimming with energy, Antje Weithaas brings her compelling musical intelligence and technical mastery to every detail in the score. Her charisma and stage presence are captivating, but never overshadow the works themselves. Her wide-ranging repertoire encompasses a large portion of major concerto and chamber music works from the Baroque age to the present day. As a soloist, she has made appearances with a great number of orchestras in Europe and around the globe, collaborating with conductors such as Vladimir Ashkenazy, Dmitri Kitayenko, Sir Neville Marriner, Marc Albrecht, Yakov Kreizberg, Sakari Oramo, and Carlos Kalmar. With her infectious zest for communication, Antje Weithaas has become a sought-after leader in “Play-Conduct concerts” with internationally renowned chamber orchestras. She was Artistic Director of the Camerata Bern for almost ten years and still...
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Brimming with energy, Antje Weithaas brings her compelling musical intelligence and technical mastery to every detail in the score. Her charisma and stage presence are captivating, but never overshadow the works themselves. Her wide-ranging repertoire encompasses a large portion of major concerto and chamber music works from the Baroque age to the present day.
As a soloist, she has made appearances with a great number of orchestras in Europe and around the globe, collaborating with conductors such as Vladimir Ashkenazy, Dmitri Kitayenko, Sir Neville Marriner, Marc Albrecht, Yakov Kreizberg, Sakari Oramo, and Carlos Kalmar.
With her infectious zest for communication, Antje Weithaas has become a sought-after leader in “Play-Conduct concerts” with internationally renowned chamber orchestras. She was Artistic Director of the Camerata Bern for almost ten years and still returns to work with them on a regular basis.
Her concerts as Associated Artist of the Orchestre de Chambre de Paris in the 2021/22 season led to an immediate re-invitation.
Weithaas’s recordings include the solo sonatas of Bach and Ysaÿe, the Ligeti horn trio, Beethoven quartets, Schubert trios, and the violin concertos of Beethoven, Schumann, Berg, and Khachaturian.
More than anything else, Antje Weihaas is a chamber music musician par excellence and is playing with many high qualified partners.
She won the Kreisler Competition in Graz in 1987 and the Bach Competition in Leipzig in 1988, as well as the renowned Joseph Joachim International Violin Competition Hanover in 1991. Together with Oliver Wille, she recently assumed the artistic directorship of the Joachim competition.
After teaching at the Berlin University of the Arts, Antje Weithaas was appointed to a chair at the Hochschule für Musik “Hanns Eisler” in 2004, where she has acquired a pre-eminent worldwide reputation as a violin teacher. She plays on a 2001 Peter Greiner violin. www.antje-weithaas.de


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Composer(s)

Johann Sebastian Bach

Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer and musician of the Baroque period. He enriched established German styles through his skill in counterpoint, harmonic and motivic organisation, and the adaptation of rhythms, forms, and textures from abroad, particularly from Italy and France. Bach's compositions include the Brandenburg Concertos, the Goldberg Variations, the Mass in B minor, two Passions, and hundreds of cantatas. His music is revered for its technical command, artistic beauty, and intellectual depth.  Bach's abilities as an organist were highly respected during his lifetime, although he was not widely recognised as a great composer until a revival of interest in and performances of his music in the first half of the 19th century. He is now generally regarded as one of the greatest composers of all time.  
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Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer and musician of the Baroque period. He enriched established German styles through his skill in counterpoint, harmonic and motivic organisation, and the adaptation of rhythms, forms, and textures from abroad, particularly from Italy and France. Bach's compositions include the Brandenburg Concertos, the Goldberg Variations, the Mass in B minor, two Passions, and hundreds of cantatas. His music is revered for its technical command, artistic beauty, and intellectual depth.

Bach's abilities as an organist were highly respected during his lifetime, although he was not widely recognised as a great composer until a revival of interest in and performances of his music in the first half of the 19th century. He is now generally regarded as one of the greatest composers of all time.


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01.
Sonata No. 3 in A minor for Violin Solo BWV 1003 (1720): I. Grave
04:18
(Johann Sebastian Bach ) Antje Weithaas
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Sonata No. 3 in A minor for Violin Solo BWV 1003 (1720): II. Fuga
08:25
(Johann Sebastian Bach ) Antje Weithaas
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Sonata No. 3 in A minor for Violin Solo BWV 1003 (1720): III. Andante
05:40
(Johann Sebastian Bach ) Antje Weithaas
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Sonata No. 3 in A minor for Violin Solo BWV 1003 (1720): IV. Allegro ma non troppo
05:53
(Johann Sebastian Bach ) Antje Weithaas
05.
Sonata No. 3 in D minor for Violin Solo Op. 27 “BALLADE” (1923) George Enescu: I. Lento molto sostenuto
07:52
(Eugène Ysaÿe) Antje Weithaas
06.
Sonata No. 5 in G major for Violin Solo Op. 27 (1923) Mathieu Crickboom: I. L’aurore : Lento assai
05:16
(Eugène Ysaÿe) Antje Weithaas
07.
Sonata No. 5 in G major for Violin Solo Op. 27 (1923) Mathieu Crickboom: II. Danse rustique: Allegro giocoso molto
05:56
(Eugène Ysaÿe) Antje Weithaas
08.
Partita No. 3 in E major BWV 1006 (1720): I. Preludio
04:03
(Johann Sebastian Bach, Eugène Ysaÿe) Antje Weithaas
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Partita No. 3 in E major BWV 1006 (1720): II. Loure
04:27
(Johann Sebastian Bach) Antje Weithaas
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Partita No. 3 in E major BWV 1006 (1720): III. Gavotte en rondeau
03:00
(Johann Sebastian Bach) Antje Weithaas
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Partita No. 3 in E major BWV 1006 (1720): IV. Menuet I - Menuet II
04:36
(Johann Sebastian Bach) Antje Weithaas
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Partita No. 3 in E major BWV 1006 (1720): V. Bourée
01:24
(Johann Sebastian Bach) Antje Weithaas
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Partita No. 3 in E major BWV 1006 (1720): VI. Gigue
02:08
(Johann Sebastian Bach) Antje Weithaas
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