Johann Sebastian Bach: The Sonatas for Violin and Cembalo Obbligato Vol. 2 Fabio Bonizzoni & Ryo Terakado

• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750): Sonata in C Minor BWV 1017:
• 1 Bach: Sonata in C Minor BWV 1017: I. Largo (Siciliano) 04:32
• 2 Bach: Sonata in C Minor BWV 1017: II. Allegro 04:39
• 3 Bach: Sonata in C Minor BWV 1017: III. Adagio 03:32
• 4 Bach: Sonata in C Minor BWV 1017: IV. Allegro 04:50
• Sonata in F Minor BWV 1018:
• 5 Bach: Sonata in F Minor BWV 1018: I. [no indication] 06:18
• 6 Bach: Sonata in F Minor BWV 1018: II. Allegro 04:34
• 7 Bach: Sonata in F Minor BWV 1018: III. Adagio 03:33
• 8 Bach: Sonata in F Minor BWV 1018: IV. Vivace 02:34
• Sonata in G Major BWV 1019:
• 9 Bach: Sonata in G Major BWV 1019: I. Allegro II 03:49
• 10 Bach: Sonata in G Major BWV 1019: II. Largo 01:31
• 11 Bach: Sonata in G Major BWV 1019: III. Allegro (Cembalo solo) 04:59
• 12 Bach: Sonata in G Major BWV 1019: IV. Adagio 03:04
• 13 Bach: Sonata in G Major BWV 1019: V. Allegro 03:39
• 14 Bach: Sonata in G Major BWV 1019: I. Corrente (Cembalo solo) 05:22
• 15 Bach: Sonata in G Major BWV 1019: II. Tempo di Gavotta 02:15
• 16 Bach: Sonata in G Major BWV 1019: III. Adagio 02:00
• 17 Bach: Sonata in G Major BWV 1019: IV. Adagio e cantabile 05:47
• Total Runtime 01:06:58

Info for Johann Sebastian Bach: The Sonatas for Violin and Cembalo Obbligato Vol. 2

Fabio Bonizzoni: Die Aufführung der gesamten Sonaten für Violine und Cembalo ist wie eine lange Wanderung: schwer, schwierig, manchmal gefährlich. Sie zu spielen ist nichts für faule Menschen: man muss sich gerne anstrengen. Wie in den Bergen in schwierigem Gelände braucht man bei jedem Schritt Konzentration, ein gutes Gleichgewicht, die Fähigkeit, Gefahren zu spüren, den instabilen Stein vorauszusehen. Der gesamte Zyklus ist wie eine lange Marschroute; eine, die die Beine müde macht und vielleicht am nächsten Tag schmerzt, aber gleichzeitig eine, die Augen und Seele mit der Schönheit der sich ständig verändernden Landschaften bereichert. Es ist, als würde man in einem Tal auf weichem Gras beginnen und langsam, Schritt für Schritt, aufsteigen, bis man den Wald erreicht und sieht, wie sich die Art der Bäume verändert. Schließlich lässt man den Wald hinter sich und befindet sich wieder auf einer Wiese, die jetzt aber karger ist, und die ersten Felsen kommen immer näher. Auch der Schnee ist nicht mehr weit entfernt... Es gibt keinen Moment, keinen Ausblick, der nicht in Erinnerung bleibt, der nicht einen bedeutenden Eindruck in unserem Gedächtnis hinterlässt; ein Juwel, eine versteckte Blume, eine unerwartete Harmonie, ein gewagter Kontrapunkt, eine melancholische Melodie. Und so wie man kein Geologe oder Botaniker sein muss, um von den Schönheiten der Berge ergriffen zu sein, so muss man auch kein Musiker sein, um diesen Sonaten leidenschaftlich zuzuhören.

Ryo Terakado, Violine
Fabio Bonizzoni, Cembalo

Ryo Terakado
The Bolivian-born Japanese violinist and conductor, Ryo Terakado, started to play violin at the age of 4. He won the 2nd prize in the All Japan Youth Musical Competition when he was 14 years old. He studied violin, chamber music and conducting at the Toho Gakuen School of Music. In 1983, he won the 3rd prize in the All Japan Music Competition. At the time when graduating at the Toho Gakuen, he was invited as a concertmaster of The Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, where he served for 2 years.

Ryo Terakado’s interest in Baroque music already started before: When he was 19, he started to play Baroque violin by himself. Some years later, he founded a Baroque ensemble Concert Spirituel together with Masahiro Arita (flute) and Hidemi Suzuki (cello). In 1985, he came to the Netherlands to study the Baroque violin at the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague under guidance of Sigiswald Kuijken.

Since 1987, Ryo Terakado played with many Baroque orchestras in Europe and Japan as a concertmaster: Les Arts Florissants, La Chapelle Royale, Collegium Vocale Gent, Tokyo Bach Mozart Orchestra etc. Presently he is the concertmaster of La Petite Bande and Bach Collegium Japan. He plays regularly concertos by i.e. J.S. Bach, Antonio Vivaldi, W.A. Mozart with the above-mentioned orchestras.

Fabio Bonizzoni
one of the leading Italian harpsichordists and organists of his generation, graduated in organ, organ composition and harpsichord at the Royal Conservatorium in The Hague in Ton Koopman’s class.

After having played for several years with some of the most important orchestras specializing in early music (Amsterdam Baroque, Le Concert des Nations, Europa Galante), from 2004 he exclusively devotes himself to his activities as soloist and director, in particular of his own orchestra “La Risonanza”.

Furthermore, he is harpsichord professor at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague (Holland) and in Italy at the Conservatory of Novara; he is founder and president of the “Associazione Hendel”, a society devoted to the studies of Handel’s music in Italy.

As a soloist he has been recording for many years for the Spanish label Glossa. His discography includes works by Claudio Merulo, Giovanni Salvatore, Giovanni Picchi, Francesco Geminiani, Bernardo Storace, Domenico Scarlatti and Johann Sebastian Bach (Goldberg Variations and the Art of Fugue). His last release as a soloist is devoted to the two books of toccatas by Girolamo Frescobaldi.

In 2010 he has completed with La Risonanza the project of recording the complete Italian Cantatas with instruments by G.F. Handel: this project has been defined by Gramophone magazine the most important of the decade, and 3 of the 7 CDs have been awarded the prestigious Handel Stanley Sadie Prize. The last disc issued, « Apollo e Dafne », is winner of a Gramphone Award in 2011.

His activity is also enriched by some commitments as guest conductor; in particular in April 2011 he conducted the orchestra of Teatro alla Scala in Milano in the new ballet “L’altro Casanova”.

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