Bach: Violin Sonatas & Partitas, BWV 1001–1006

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Sergiu Luca revolutionized Baroque concert practice with his performances of these pieces on a period violin, performances captured on this double album, in which Luca makes that which “had plunged generations of fiddlers in paroxysms of visible and audible torment” sound “musical and natural” (Washington Post).

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One of the great violinists of the 20th century, Sergiu Luca revolutionized Baroque concert practice with his performances of these pieces on an original period violin. Those historic performances are captured on this double album, in which Luca makes that which “had plunged generations of fiddlers in paroxysms of visible and audible torment” sound “musical and natural” (Washington Post).

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Sergiu Luca, violin

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73030

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Sergiu Luca
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    One of the great violinists of the 20th century, Sergiu Luca revolutionized Baroque concert practice with his performances of these pieces on an original period violin. Those historic performances are captured on this double album, in which Luca makes that which “had plunged generations of fiddlers in paroxysms of visible and audible torment” sound “musical and natural” (Washington Post).