Bach, JS :: Musikalisches Opfer [Musical Offering] Volume II - Trio Sonata in C minor BWV 1079

The Trio Sonata, the most extensive part of Johann Sebastian Bach's Musical Offering, was undoubtedly intended as a special gift to the flute-playing King Frederick II of Prussia. It represents the most mature and at the same time, the last example of Bach's efforts in the genre 'trio sonata' in the four-movement form that he especially favored. Stylistically, it occupies a special position, primarily in that it fulfills the ideals of the 'empfindsamer Stil' cultivated at the Prussian court. This is significant especially for the subtle phrasing and articulation of all the movements, the dynamic contrasts, and the thoroughly affective manner of declamation as well as the abrupt harmonic changes of the third movement.

This Barenreiter Urtext publication is based on the edition of the entire work in the Neue Bach-Ausgabe. This edition includes a realized keyboard by the Kirnberger, a pull-out flute and a pull-out violin part, and an additional pull-out basso continuo part for use in place of the keyboard if so desired.