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Bach’s unaccompanied sonatas and partitas for the violin are unquestionably the emotional and technical summit of solo violin music. Sonata No. 2 contains the full spectrum of human experience in four strings - the solemn anguish of the opening, the fury of the fugue that follows, the quiet hope of the slow movement, and the dazzling virtuosity of the finale.
Jennifer Koh performs Bach Sonata No. 2, which contains the full spectrum of human experience in four strings — anguish, fury, quiet hope and virtuosity.
