Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Chaconne de la Partita en ré mineur pour violon et alto, BWV 1004
Chaconne de la Partita en ré mineur pour violon seul, BWV 1004

Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713)
La Folia

Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1797)
Mélodie

Giuseppe Tartini (1692-1770)
Sonate "Les Trilles du Diable"

Fernando Sor (1778-1839)
La Romanesca, pour violon et guitare

Tomaso Antonio Vitali (1663-1839)
Chaconne en sol mineur

Georg Friedrich Haendel (1685-1759)
Prière

Carsten Petermann, guitare
Hannover Chamber Orchestra
Polska Filharmonia Kamelrana
Adam Kostecki, violon, alto, direction

The album features archival recordings of an outstanding Polish violinist and teacher associated for years with Hanover, Adam Kostecki, a musical heir of such great violinists as David Oistrakh, Isaac Stern and Nathan Milstein. There are also new recordings, showing two versions of Johann Sebastian Bach’s famous Chaconne – traditional, for solo violin, and in the artist’s own arrangement, with the accompanying viola acting as a harmonic basis. The remaining compositions on the album are well-known virtuoso pieces, in which the violinist is partnered by chamber orchestras from Sopot and Hanover, as well as by guitarist Carsten Petermann. The CD’s leitmotif is the phenomenon of Bach’s Chaconne, a timeless piece that can still be interpreted anew. The album takes the listener into the world of slightly forgotten performance aesthetics; it also allows us to admire the sound of an old Italian instrument and a mature interpretation of the Bach masterpiece, although full of passion and fresh.