Hlíf Sigurjónsdóttir – Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin

Tracklist

CD 1
Sonata I BWV 1001 in g minor
Sonata II BWV 1003 in a minor
Sonata III BWV 1005 in C major

CD 2
Partita I BWV 1002 in b minor
Partita II BWV 1004 in d minor
Partita III BWV 1006 in E major

Violinist Hlíf Sigurjónsdóttir performs Johann Sebastian Bach’s Partitas and Sonatas for Solo Violin. CD HBS-03 Ms. Sigurjónsdóttir is the first Icelandic violinist to have recorded all these pieces for solo violin, which have been referred to as “the violinist’s Bible.” She writes, “I have been familiar with these compositions since I began studying the violin at an early age with the concertmaster of the Iceland Symphony Orchestra, Björn Ólafsson. He saw these compositions as the violinist´s Bible, and I was fortunate enough to play them all under his guidance. Ólafsson’s tutor had been Adolf Busch.” “My last teacher, Gerald Beal, has left his mark on my artistic approach as well with his inventive fingering solutions and a clear musical approach. His teacher was Jascha Heifetz.”