Drei Sonaten für Violoncello und Cembalo

The sonatas for viola da gamba and harpsichord, BWV 1027-1029, are three sonatas composed by Johann Sebastian Bach for viola da gamba and harpsichord. Bach's three Sonatas for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord, BWV 1027-29 have been variously dated, either to Bach's Cöthen period, where as Kapellmeister he was responsible for all instrumental music, and had at his disposal a small but outstanding ensemble of musicians, or to the later period in Leipzig, when he was occupied with the Collegium Musicum. These intensely expressive and often technically demanding, yet intimate works have the usual texture of Bach's instrumental sonatas, with two upper parts supported by a bass part. Performances of J.S. Bach's gamba sonatas are heard in modern times more frequently on the cello. Each of the sonatas is characteristically laid-back and relaxed without seeming stodgy or dragging. - Naxos.com.