Violaine Cochard and Stéphanie-Marie Degand – J.S. Bach: Complete sonatas for obbligato harpsichord and violin (2020) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Violaine Cochard and Stéphanie-Marie Degand – J.S. Bach: Complete sonatas for obbligato harpsichord and violin (2020)
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First-prize winner in the International Harpsichord Competition in Montreal in June 1999, Violaine Cochard worked with the finest teachers to develop a personal and inventive style. In 1991 she was awarded a first prize at the Conservatoire (CNR) in Angers, where she studied with Françoise Marmin, and entered the classes of Christophe Rousset and Kenneth Gilbert at the Paris Conservatoire (CNSM). Three years later she graduated with three first prizes – for continuo and harpsichord – awarded unanimously by the jury. She continued her training with Pierre Hantaï and Christophe Rousset (advanced course at the CNSM in Paris).

Violaine Cochard was a founding member of Amarillis, a baroque ensemble with a variable line-up which currently ranks amongst the most original groups in Europe. The Ensemble has been awarded three international first prizes.

As soon as they met at the Conservatoire national supérieur de musique de Paris, Stéphanie-Marie Degand and Violaine Cochard developed a musical complicity: J.S. Bach’s Six Sonatas for Obbligato Harpsichord and Violin quickly became their preferred repertoire. These works (with the exception of the 6th) are of Corellian inspiration – on the model of the “sonata da chiesa”: alternation of four movements slow-fast-slow-fast. Bach mixes the rigour of North German counterpoint with Italian cantabile alternating with fast movements, almost all of which are fugal. A recording that celebrates thirty years of friendship and shared passion for music.

Tracklist:
1. Stéphanie-Marie Degand – Sonata No. 1 in B Minor, BWV 1014: I. Adagio (03:19)
2. Stéphanie-Marie Degand – Sonata No. 1 in B Minor, BWV 1014: II. Allegro (02:51)
3. Stéphanie-Marie Degand – Sonata No. 1 in B Minor, BWV 1014: III. Andante (03:03)
4. Stéphanie-Marie Degand – Sonata No. 1 in B Minor, BWV 1014: IV. (Allegro) (03:28)
5. Stéphanie-Marie Degand – Sonata No. 2 in A Major, BWV 1015: I. Dolce (02:58)
6. Stéphanie-Marie Degand – Sonata No. 2 in A Major, BWV 1015: II. Allegro (03:12)
7. Stéphanie-Marie Degand – Sonata No. 2 in A Major, BWV 1015: III. (Allegro) (03:14)
8. Stéphanie-Marie Degand – Sonata No. 2 in A Major, BWV 1015: IV. Andante un poco (04:14)
9. Stéphanie-Marie Degand – Sonata No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1016: I. Adagio (03:53)
10. Stéphanie-Marie Degand – Sonata No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1016: II. Allegro (02:50)
11. Stéphanie-Marie Degand – Sonata No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1016: III. Adagio ma non tanto (04:36)
12. Stéphanie-Marie Degand – Sonata No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1016: IV. (Allegro) (03:41)
13. Stéphanie-Marie Degand – Sonata No. 4 in C Minor, BWV 1017: I. Largo (04:38)
14. Stéphanie-Marie Degand – Sonata No. 4 in C Minor, BWV 1017: II. Allegro (04:35)
15. Stéphanie-Marie Degand – Sonata No. 4 in C Minor, BWV 1017: III. (Allegro) (03:22)
16. Stéphanie-Marie Degand – Sonata No. 4 in C Minor, BWV 1017: IV. (Largo) (04:48)
17. Stéphanie-Marie Degand – Sonata No. 5 in F Minor, BWV 1018: I. Largo (06:04)
18. Stéphanie-Marie Degand – Sonata No. 5 in F Minor, BWV 1018: II. Allegro (04:36)
19. Stéphanie-Marie Degand – Sonata No. 5 in F Minor, BWV 1018: III. Adagio (03:36)
20. Stéphanie-Marie Degand – Sonata No. 5 in F Minor, BWV 1018: IV. Vivace (02:30)
21. Stéphanie-Marie Degand – Sonata No. 6 in G Major, BWV 1019: I. Allegro (03:39)
22. Stéphanie-Marie Degand – Sonata No. 6 in G Major, BWV 1019: II. Largo (01:45)
23. Stéphanie-Marie Degand – Sonata No. 6 in G Major, BWV 1019: III. (Allegro) (04:37)
24. Stéphanie-Marie Degand – Sonata No. 6 in G Major, BWV 1019: IV. Adagio (02:50)
25. Stéphanie-Marie Degand – Sonata No. 6 in G Major, BWV 1019: V. (Allegro). (03:18)