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The Violin and Harpsichord Sonatas [Double Album] [Pure DSD]
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The Violin and Harpsichord Sonatas [Double Album] [Pure DSD]

Label Eudora Records

Artists Andoni Mercero, Alfonso Sebastián

€29,99 EUR
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2022 NativeDSD Album of the Year Nominee - Chamber Music Bach’s Six Sonata cycle for violin and harpsichord ranks among the best examples of the Baroque Trio Sonata repertoire. Unlike common practice, both instruments participate equally in the unfolding of the thematic-motivic material and the keyboard part is almost entirely specified by Bach. Violinist Andoni Mercero, a former member of the Cuarteto Casals, proves the point that you do not have to be world famous to make a reference recording: His warm and silvery timbre on an 18th Century Violin shines while Alfonso Sebastián’s skillful playing on a 1984 William Dowd, after a 1700 Mietke harpsichord manages to bring superb ensemble playing, both highlighting the majesty of these works. Eudora Records’ audiophile engineering and the warm and immersive acoustics of the San Miguel Church, in Daroca (Zaragoza, Spain), allow the textures to blossom with its exquisite sound. This is a Stereo and 5 Channel Surround Sound Pure DSD 256 recording. It is available in Pure DSD exclusively at Native DSD - both in the recorded Stereo and 5 Channel DSD 256 bit rates and in other DSD bit rates created in the DSD Domain using the Signalyst HQ Player 4 Pro mastering tools by NativeDSD Mastering Engineer Tom Caulfield. Andoni Mercero - Violin Alfonso Sebastián - Harpsichord

Tracklist

Total time: 01:32:35

1. Sonata No. 1 in B Minor for Violin and Harpsichord, BWV 1014 - I. Adagio
03:27
2. Sonata No. 1 in B Minor for Violin and Harpsichord, BWV 1014 - II. Allegro
02:55
3. Sonata No. 1 in B Minor for Violin and Harpsichord, BWV 1014 - III. Andante
03:05
4. Sonata No. 1 in B Minor for Violin and Harpsichord, BWV 1014 - IV. Allegro
03:25
5. Sonata No. 2 in A Major for Violin and Harpsichord, BWV 1015 - I. Dolce
03:14
6. Sonata No. 2 in A Major for Violin and Harpsichord, BWV 1015 - II. Allegro
03:11
7. Sonata No. 2 in A Major for Violin and Harpsichord, BWV 1015 - III. Andante un poco
03:02
8. Sonata No. 2 in A Major for Violin and Harpsichord, BWV 1015 - IV. Presto
04:18
9. Sonata No. 3 in E Major for Violin and Harpsichord, BWV 1016 - I. Adagio
04:00
10. Sonata No. 3 in E Major for Violin and Harpsichord, BWV 1016 - II. Allegro
03:06
11. Sonata No. 3 in E Major for Violin and Harpsichord, BWV 1016 - III. Adagio ma non tanto
04:44
12. Sonata No. 3 in E Major for Violin and Harpsichord, BWV 1016 - IV. Allegro
03:55
13. Sonata No. 4 in C Minor for Violin and Harpsichord, BWV 1017 - I. Largo
04:13
14. Sonata No. 4 in C Minor for Violin and Harpsichord, BWV 1017 - II. Allegro
04:29
15. Sonata No. 4 in C Minor for Violin and Harpsichord, BWV 1017 - III. Adagio
03:37
16. Sonata No. 4 in C Minor for Violin and Harpsichord, BWV 1017 - IV. Allegro
04:38
17. Sonata No. 5 in F Minor for Violin and Harpsichord, BWV 1018 - I. [without indication]
06:50
18. Sonata No. 5 in F Minor for Violin and Harpsichord, BWV 1018 - II. Allegro
04:38
19. Sonata No. 5 in F Minor for Violin and Harpsichord, BWV 1018 - III. Adagio
03:20
20. Sonata No. 5 in F Minor for Violin and Harpsichord, BWV 1018 - IV. Vivace
02:35
21. Sonata No. 6 in G Major for Violin and Harpsichord, BWV 1019 - I. Allegro
03:28
22. Sonata No. 6 in G Major for Violin and Harpsichord, BWV 1019 - II. Largo
01:34
23. Sonata No. 6 in G Major for Violin and Harpsichord, BWV 1019 - III. Allegro
04:22
24. Sonata No. 6 in G Major for Violin and Harpsichord, BWV 1019 - IV. Adagio
03:10
25. Sonata No. 6 in G Major for Violin and Harpsichord, BWV 1019 - V. Allegro
03:19

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Additional Information

Label
Eudora Records
SKU
EUDDR2205
Qualities
FLAC 192 kHz, FLAC 96 kHz, DSD 64, DSD 128, DSD 256, DSD 512
Channels
2ch Stereo, 5ch Surround, 2ch Stereo & 5ch Surround
Artists
Andoni Mercero, Alfonso Sebastián
Composers
Bach
Genres
Classical
Original Recording Format
DSD 256
Instruments
Harpsicord
Release Date
September 09, 2022
  • Pure DSD
  • Higher Rates Program

Reviews

Positive Feedback

Rushton Paul

This is a truly remarkable album...I think it may be the best sounding recording of multiple instruments that I have yet heard from Gonzalo Noqué. And he has created many superb recordings. This recording superbly balances the violin and harpsichord in the acoustic space. It is completely transparent, capturing every nuance of timbre, texture, resonance, and attack. The acoustic environment in which this is recorded...

Andoni Mercero's violin is similarly lovely to hear. It is a seventeenth century instrument by an unknown maker, yet just listen to it and you will know why me plays it. It has a full, sweet tone. And Mercero plays it will with loving attention to pulling out all of the sweetness and rich harmonic overtones that this instrument delivers. His playing is fluid, rhythmically varied, nuanced. He plays with a joy that is infectious.

The shared joy of these two performers in the playing of the various sonatas on this album makes the program fly by. This is not treadle-pumping Bach. This is joyous Bach--full of life, full of invention, ever flowing with ideas.

Source: positive-feedback.com

CD Choice

Barry Forshaw

It’s hard to imagine these imperishable pieces given more persuasive advocacy than by Mercero and Sebastian, who find every nuance in the music, greatly aided by the sympathetic Surround Sound DSD recording granted them by the Eudora label. Even those resistant to the pieces may find themselves converted by this album.

 

Source: www.cdchoice.co.uk

Reviews by Customers

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Kim AlainenJanuary 30, 2024Verified buyer

I knew that this would be exceptional. As soon as I heard the entry of the violin at the beginning of the first sonata - it should appear rising from nothing. It does.

These sonatas pay full attention to Bach without either self-effacement of the players (that sense of a false/inappropriate worship of the composer) or the opposite - self-promotion.

In other words, Sebastián and Mercero have struck the ideal balance. The sound, of course, is astonishing. It leaves nothing to desire.

The violin and harpsichord are recorded sounding exactly as live violin and harpsichord. That's the maximum that can be achieved.

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Georges HaymozSeptember 20, 2022Verified buyer

A beautiful album with amazing Pure DSD sound thanks to Gonzalo Noqué. When you move from Teacher to Producer you can help more people enjoy music.
The Violin and Harpsichord Sonatas [Double Album] [Pure DSD]

The Violin and Harpsichord Sonatas [Double Album] [Pure DSD]

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