Sonaten 2 & 3, Partita 2 (CD)

In order to answer the question as to ‘perfect’ music, simply take and listen to the solo works J. S. Bach wrote for the violin and cello. There is only little in the field of solo literature that so clearly assumes the status of what is perfect, lucid, pure and evidently eternally true. Hence, here is the yardstick for every violinist’s technical skill and for his emotional maturity, which can also be followed over the course of centuries by means of his interpretations of these works. This challenge is met by the young violinist Tomoko Mayeda, who has frequently played together with Paul Badura-Skoda in Japan and Vienna. Here, she presents her interpretations of the solo works BWV 1003 to 1005, including Partita No. 2 with the famous ‘chaconne’.