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Johann Sebastian Bach Partita for solo violin No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004 (1720) 1. Allemande 2. Courante 3. Sarabande 4. Gigue 5. Chaconne Arthur Grumiaux, violin Description by Michael Jameson [-] Alongside Paganini's 24 Caprices for solo violin and Bach's six cello suites, his Partitas and Sonatas (three apiece) for solo violin stand out among their comparatively few siblings as magnificent music written for an unaccompanied stringed instrument. And while they also represent the zenith of polyphonic writing for a non-keyboard instrument, Bach's sonatas and partitas were also crucially important in the development of violin technique. With their colossal scope, huge technical demands, and musical complexity, and notwithstanding their awesome intellectual intensity, these creations greatly transcended anything that had preceded them, including the Partitas for solo violin by von Westhoff (1696), and various comparable solo works by Biber, Pisendel, and o
