Gidon Kremer - J.S. Bach: The Sonatas and Partitas for Violin Solo

Gidon Kremer�s return to J. S. Bach�s Sonatas and Partitas is a major event. Kremer�s first recording of these works was released almost a quarter of a century ago, and in the past few years the only solo piece of Bach�s which he has performed with any regularity has been the �Chaconne�. In 2001/2002 however, he once again took the greatest challenge for any violinist, Bach�s magnificent �Sei Solo�, in Kremer�s words the �Himalayas� of violin music. The recordings were made in locations closely linked with Kremer�s biography: the Sonatas were recorded in the Reformation Church of his birthplace, Riga, while the Partitas were realized in the Pfarrkirche at Lockenhaus, Austria, where he has held his famous annual chamber music festival since 1981.