Ysaÿe Six Sonatas For Solo Violin Hillary Hahn

This recording features Finnish guitarist Timo Korhonen with his own published transcriptions of famous violin works: Johann Sebastian Bach’s three Sonatas for Solo Violin. While many guitarists carry single movements in their repertoire, Timo Korhonen has arranged the entire set for modern guitar. His transcriptions remain very faithful to the original compositions, and the historically informed performance reveals Korhonen’s profound understanding of their style.

The sonatas and partitas for solo violin (BWV 1001–1006) are a set of six works composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. They are sometimes referred to in English as the sonatas and partias for solo violin in accordance with Bach's headings in the autograph manuscript: "Partia" (plural "Partien") was commonly used in German-speaking regions during Bach's time, whereas the Italian "partita" was introduced to this set in the 1879 Bach Gesellschaft edition, having become standard by that time. The set consists of three sonatas da chiesa in four movements and three partitas (or partias) in dance-form movements.