Bach Sonatas for Violin and Piano Nos 4-6 (Henle)

Bach Sonatas for Violin and Piano Nos. 4–6 by Johann Sebastian Bach, published in a scholarly Urtext edition by G. Henle Verlag, presents the final three sonatas of Bach’s visionary cycle in which violin and keyboard function as true equals; these works represent the most mature and expansive realization of Bach’s chamber-music thinking, unfolding as rich musical conversations where contrapuntal clarity, expressive balance, and architectural strength are shared between both instruments, offering performers a deeply satisfying blend of intellectual rigor and expressive warmth.

Key features:

• Represents the culmination of Bach’s violin–keyboard sonata concept, with full equality between parts
• Feels closer to intimate chamber music than solo-with-accompaniment, demanding mutual listening and balance
• Explores greater expressive breadth and structural complexity than the earlier sonatas
• Challenges performers to sustain long musical arguments with clarity and rhetorical purpose
• Encourages refined articulation, phrasing, and stylistic restraint rooted in Baroque rhetoric
• Deepens ensemble sensitivity and musical dialogue, making it ideal for serious duo partnerships
• A repertoire choice that rewards maturity, patience, and musical intelligence