Isabelle Faust & Kristian Bezuidenhout

Johann Sebastian Bach
Sonata for Violin and Harpsichord in C minor BWV 1017

Johann Jakob Froberger
Suite for Harpsichord in C major

Nicola Matteis der Jüngere
Fantasia for Solo Violin in A minor

Johann Sebastian Bach
Sonata for Violin and Harpsichord in A major BWV 1015

George Frideric Handel
Sonata for Violin and Basso continuo in D major HWV 371

Georg Philipp Telemann
Fantasia for Solo Violin in B minor TWV 40:4 Johann Sebastian Bach
Sonate for Violin and Harpsichord in B minor BWV 1014

To this day, Johann Sebastian Bach’s Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord tend to be unjustly overshadowed by his famous solo works—even though the composer kept returning to these six pieces, the first in which he treated the two instruments as equal partners, several times throughout his life. “These are not showpieces like the partitas and solo sonatas,” says Isabelle Faust. “The violin really has to become one with the harpsichord.” She has clearly found this ideal musical unity with her longtime artistic partner Kristian Bezuidenhout. The two artists bring Bach’s Sonatas to the Pierre Boulez Saal, presenting them in a dialogue with music by famous predecessors and contemporaries.