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| | Stereophile: Recording of January 2002: J.S. Bach: Morimur |
 | | In 1994, Bach scholar Helga Thoene published a paper arguing that a number of the chorales Bach had written for his more than 200 surviving cantatas were quoted or alluded to or implied in the long, famous Chaconne of his Partita No.2 in d for Solo Violin, BWV 1004. |
 | | Partita No.2 in d for Solo Violin, BWV 1004; 11 Chorales; Chaconne from BWV 1004 and "Auf meinen lieben Gott" realized by Helga Thoene for solo violin & four voices |
 | | As she points out, an essential element of Bach's works for solo violin and cello, and particularly those for violin, is the astonishingly creative tension he builds by implying harmonies, other voices, bass lines, counterpointeven fuguesthat are barely hinted at on the page. |
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