Sonata No. 1 in G, BWV 1027
Sonata No. 2 in D, BWV 1028
Sonata No. 3 in G minor, BWV 1029
Organ Trio Sonata No. 3 in D minor, BWV 527
Flute Partita in A minor, BWV 1013 - I. Allemande (arranged by Sarah Cunningham for viola da gamba solo, transcribed to D minor)

Legends of the period-performance community Sarah Cunningham and Richard Egarr need little introduction with their contributions to recorded music garnering critical acclaim from early music afficionados across the decades. They join forces for their AVIE Records debut recording of J.S. Bach’s celebrated Sonatas for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord together with Cunningham’s dazzling Organ Trio Sonata and Flute Partita arrangements to conclude the programme. The Gamba Sonatas have long-established themselves as a staple in the cello/gamba repertoire, notably extending their fame into popular culture with the Adagio from Sonata No. 3 featuring (alongside with Bach’s solo suites) in Anthony Minghella’s 1990 BAFTA award-winning movie “Truly, Madly, Deeply”, starring Alan Rickman and Juliet Stephenson.

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Recording: United Church of New Marlborough, Southfield, Massachusetts, November 2017. Instruments: viola da gamba - Jane Julier, 2003, after Bertrand; harpsichord - David Rubio, Duns Tew (Oxford), 1977, after Taskin (from the collection of Peter Sykes).