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Jason Vieaux

Bach Volume 2 - Works for Violin

Azica Records
Release Date: April 1, 2022

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1 J. S. Bach – Partita No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1006 (Lute Suite No. 4) / Preludio [4:22]  
2 Loure [3:54]  
3 Gavotte en Rondeau [3:04]  
4 Menuett I [1:32]  
5 Menuett II [2:13]  
6 Bourrée [1:57]  
7 Gigue [2:09]  
8 J. S. Bach – Sonata No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1005 / Adagio [3:37]  
9 Fuga [10:33]  
10 Largo [3:29]  
11 Allegro assai [6:05]  
12 1J. S. Bach – Sonata No. 1 in G minor, BWV 1001 / Adagio [3:46]  
13 Fuga: Allegro [5:25]  
14 Siciliana [3:02]  
15 Presto [3:56]  
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On Friday, April 1, 2022, GRAMMY Award-winning classical guitarist Jason Vieaux releases Bach Volume 2: Works for Violin on Azica Records. A follow up to his critically acclaimed 2009 Azica album, Bach Volume 1: Works for Lute, Volume 2 completes Vieaux’s Bach cycle with J. S. Bach’s Partita No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1006, which is both the Violin Partita No. 3 and Lute Suite No. 4; Sonata No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1005; and Sonata No. 1 in G minor, BWV 1001.
 
Vieaux says, “Indeed, it’s been well over a decade since the 2009 issue of three lute works of Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Bach Vol. 1, Works For Lute, was out on Azica. The idea Azica and I had back then was that there would eventually be a Volume 2, which would complete the ‘lute’ set by making a ‘violin’ record that included BWV 1006… Well, ‘eventually’ turned out to be about 13 years, 2 kids, 700 more gigs, and over 8 hours of commercial releases later.
 
“Appointments, marriage, raising kids, care for aging parents, the departure of so many important and dear people, massive changes to the music business, whatever it may be… one of the great things about Bach’s music is that it’s always just there, for us to continually explore. His music doesn’t need anything. It is not only comforting and inspiring in its musical greatness, it’s humbling in how his notes, phrases, structures, compositional decisions, harmonic details, etc, are seemingly all-knowing (divine) and expressive (mortal) all at once, which is always a great respite in such a turbulent world. Every note gives the feeling that Bach has totally been there, done that, but somehow 1000 times more.
 
“I suppose his music can serve as a reflection of a personal moment, experience, a soundtrack to one’s life, but I never hear it that way. Bach is completely timeless, ageless, ‘style’-less. It represents what ‘great’ or ‘awesome’ actually means… With Bach, I always try to just play what’s there; the difficult thing with Bach’s music on guitar is that there’s a daunting, awesome, rewarding, gratifying amount of ‘there’ there. So, I hope that keeps growing, developing, changing, as my navigation of the guitar as an instrument continues to do the same. And I hope you will enjoy this latest snapshot of where I’m at on that particular journey.”

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    Posted At: April 16, 2023 12:00 AM
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  • Jason Vieaux is one of 'Music Grotto's - Best Classical Guitarists Of All Time'
    Posted At: December 13, 2022 12:00 AM
    Grammy-winner Jason Vieaux, “among the elite of today’s classical guitarists” (Gramophone), is described by NPR as “perhaps the most precise and soulful classical guitarist of his generation”.  Among his extensive discography is the 2015 Grammy-winning album for Best Classical Instrumental Solo, Play.Recent performance highlights include debuts at the Domaine-Forget Festival, Carmel Bach Festival, as w...
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  • Jason Vieaux set for South Berkshire Concert Series / iBerkshires.com
    Posted At: November 2, 2022 12:00 AM
    World Class Guitar Player - Jason Vieaux Performs at McConnell TheateriBerkshires.com writes….Guitar player Jason Vieaux will offer a varied recital of solo guitar music at the McConnell Theater, Daniel Arts Center, at Bard College at Simon's Rock on the South Berkshire Concert Series. The performance will begin at 7:30 pm and admission is free; mask-wearing is required.  The program will include ...
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  • Jason Vieaux's 'Bach Volume 2: Works for Violin' places the guitar in intimate, luminous perspective / GRAMOPHONE
    Posted At: August 1, 2022 12:00 AM
    On Friday, April 1, 2022, GRAMMY Award-winning classical guitarist Jason Vieaux released Bach Volume 2: Works for Violin on Azica Records. A follow up to his critically acclaimed 2009 Azica album, Bach Volume 1: Works for Lute, Volume 2 completes Vieaux’s Bach cycle with J. S. Bach’s Partita No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1006, which is both the Violin Partita No. 3 and Lute Suite No. 4; Sonata No. 3 in C Major, BWV...
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  • Living life with Bach. Jason Vieaux on his new album, the importance of rest, and Greenwich Village jazz / Classical Post
    Posted At: July 21, 2022 12:00 AM
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  • Jason Vieaux - Bach, Volume 2: Works for Violin is the WFMT: Chicago 'Featured New Release
    Posted At: May 3, 2022 12:00 AM
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  • Awesome, rewarding and gratifying. GRAMMY winning Jason Vieaux releases Bach Volume 2 / Winnipeg's CLASSIC107
    Posted At: May 2, 2022 12:00 AM
    GRAMMY Award-winning classical guitarist Jason Vieaux has released Bach Volume 2: Works for Violin on Azica Records. A follow up to his critically acclaimed 2009 Azica album, Bach Volume 1: Works for Lute, Volume 2 completes Vieaux’s Bach cycle with J. S. Bach’s Partita No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1006, which is both the Violin Partita No. 3 and Lute Suite No. 4; Sonata No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1005; and Sonata No. ...
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  • Jason Vieaux - Bach Volume 2 comes almost a decade after Volume 1, and it was worth the wait / Six String Journal
    Posted At: May 1, 2022 12:00 AM
    Six String Journal's Leonardo Garcia writes…While Grammy Award winning guitarist extraordinaire Jason Vieaux needs no introduction here, it is worth posting when he releases a new solo recording, particularly when it is one by Johann Sebastian Bach. Released on the Azica label, Jason’s Bach Volume 2: Works for Violin includes Violin Partita in E Major, BWV1006, Sonata in C Major, BWV1005, and Sonata in G Mi...
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  • Jason Vieaux 'Presto' from 'Bach Violin Sonata No. 1' is #NowPlaying - NPR
    Posted At: April 21, 2022 12:00 AM
    On Friday, April 1, 2022, GRAMMY Award-winning classical guitarist Jason Vieaux released his Bach Volume 2: Works for Violin on Azica Records. A follow up to his critically acclaimed 2009 Azica album, Bach Volume 1: Works for Lute, Volume 2 completes Vieaux’s Bach cycle with J. S. Bach’s Partita No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1006, which is both the Violin Partita No. 3 and Lute Suite No. 4; Sonata No. 3 in C Major,...
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  • Jason Vieaux returns to Rochester for 'An Evening in Granada' / City Newspaper
    Posted At: March 10, 2020 12:00 AM

    Classical guitarist Jason Vieaux's career reflects the versatility (and the portability) of his instrument. He's apt to show up anywhere, from a symphony orchestra concert to NPR's "Tiny Desk" concert series, from teaching at the venerated Curtis Institute of Music to giving online lessons. The award-winning Vieaux performs throughout the world, but Rochester played an important part in his early studies...
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  • Jason Vieaux's LA reciital makes KCRW: Rhythm Planet: december concert picks
    Posted At: December 4, 2019 12:00 AM

    Jason Vieaux is set for his recital First Congregational Church of Los Angeles - MacArthur Park on Saturday, December 7. The concert is presented by the Los Angeles International Guitar Series and Vieaux will perform music by Bach, Scarlatti, Ellington, and more. I had never heard of Vieaux until 2014 when I received his Grammy-winning album Play. I was completely knocked out by the finesse and authority...
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  • Anne Akiko Meyers and Jason Vieaux join forces at Sonoma State: Green Music Center / BroadwayWorld
    Posted At: March 15, 2019 12:00 AM

    On Saturday, March 30, 2019 at 7:30pm, Billboard top-selling violinist Anne Akiko Meyers and Grammy-winning classical guitarist Jason Vieaux join forces for a performance in Weill Hall at Sonoma State University, presented by the Green Music Center. Their program features original works and arrangements for violin and guitar, spanning the Baroque era to the 21st Century. Works include Corelli's Sonat...
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  • Led by guest conductor; Teddy Abrams, Jason Vieaux will perform with Elgin Symphony / Chicago Daily Herald
    Posted At: February 26, 2019 12:00 AM

    This weekend, Grammy Award-winner Jason Vieaux will perform the Villa-Lobos' Guitar Concerto and John Corigliano's "Troubadours" at the Elgin Symphony Orchestra concerts. Performances are March 2, and March 3, at the Hemmens Cultural Center. Guest conductor Teddy Abrams leads the colorful and vibrant program, which also features Czech composer Bedrich Smetana's "The Moldau," a musical journey...
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  • For the Allegro Guitar Society, guitarist Jason Vieaux proves why he's one of the world's best classical guitarists / TheaterJones
    Posted At: November 11, 2018 12:00 AM

    Classical guitarists suffer from a lack of exposure that keeps the names of the superstars out of the public's adoration list of musicians. Asked to name a classical guitarist, even devoted concertgoers struggle to come up with a name, a fate not shared by pianists and violinists. Enter the Allegro Guitar Society/Fort Worth Classic Guitar Society to fill this void by presenting recitals presented by univ...
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  • Jason Vieaux - Play wins 57th Annual GRAMMY Awards for 'Best Classical Instrumental Solo'
    Posted At: February 9, 2015 12:00 AM

    Guitar virtuoso Jason Vieaux celebrated his 20th anniversary as a performer on Play featuring the Spanish, Mexican, South American, Cuban, French, and American classics. The music includes showpieces by Barrios, Sagreras, Bustamante, and Sainz De La Maza, Tárrega's classics Recuerdos de la Alhambra and Capricho Arabe, and Vieaux's own in-demand arrangement of Duke Ellington's...
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  • Jason Vieaux - Play / WQXR: Album Of the Week
    Posted At: February 2, 2015 12:00 AM

    Frigid winter days often require a special blend of music. This week's featured albums seem to satisfy that need, with guitarist Jason Vieaux's Latin-tinged "Play." "Play" is a sort of greatest-hits collection from the fine American guitarist Jason Vieaux. Much of the material is Spanish or South American in origin, a particular forte of Vieaux's, as demonstrated in two Café Concer...
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  • Jason Vieaux receives 2015 GRAMMY Nomination for - Play
    Posted At: December 8, 2014 12:00 AM

    On Friday the 57th Annual Grammy Awards revealed it's winners. and Crossover Media Artists and Projects received 12, 2015 Nominations: including Jason Vieaux: Play, in the Best Classical Instrumental Solo category. On - Play, Guitar virtuoso Jason Vieaux celebrates his 20th anniversary as a performer by featuring the Spanish, Mexican, South American, Cuban, Fren...
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  • Jason Vieaux stops by WFMT: Impromptu
    Posted At: September 4, 2014 12:00 AM

    Jason Vieaux stops by WFMT - Chicago: Impromptu Thursday, Sep. 4 for a conversation with host Lisa Flynn. Vieaux's latest Azica Records release - Play, which features Spanish, Latin American, French, and American classics, is his answer to a culture obsessed with playlists and eclecticism. The album includes works by Agustin Barrios, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Andrew York, Duke Ellington, a...
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  • Jason Vieaux's 'Regino Sainz de la Maza: Zapateado' featured on NPR Music: 50 Favorite Songs Of 2014 (So Far)
    Posted At: June 30, 2014 12:00 AM

    The spanish composer's take on a lively Mexican dance is performed by perhaps the most precise and soulful classical guitarist of his generation. Jason Vieaux's performance of Regino Sainz de la Maza: Zapateado from his album, Play, is featured on NPR Music's list of 50 Favorite Songs of 2014 (So Far). ...
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  • Jason Vieaux - Play / WRTI interview
    Posted At: May 30, 2014 12:00 AM

    Virtuoso classical guitarist Jason Vieaux tends to go anywhere his mind can take him. From J.S. Bach to Issac Albeniz, to David Ludwig to Astor Piazaolla, to Pat Metheny to Duke Ellington, it's hard to pin Jason Vieaux down. But, perhaps, that's his plan. Those of you who've listened to at least one of his shows on Crossover know Jason's story. For those who haven't: he began his ...
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  • Jason Vieaux - Play / Minor 7th review
    Posted At: April 25, 2014 12:00 AM

    Many classical musicians – guitarists included – release CDs either of one composer's works (an all-Bach disc, for example), or programmatic recordings that might follow some melodic or technical theme. Jason Vieaux's latest record, Play, does neither of those, but it's pure genius. What Vieaux has done is assemble a smorgasbord of great guitar works he and his audiences love. Fro...
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  • Jason Vieaux - Play featured on MPR: 'New Classical Tracks'
    Posted At: April 23, 2014 12:00 AM

    Jason Vieaux has been teaching at the Cleveland Institute of Music for the past 18 years. He recently co-founded the guitar department at the Curtis Institute, and he offers personalized instruction through the ArtistWorks online schools. Jason Vieaux teaches and performs because he loves to play guitar. That passion is front and center in the title of his newest solo recording, Play. LISTEN TO Julia Ama...
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  • Jason Vieaux - Play is KBIA's CD of the Week
    Posted At: April 23, 2014 12:00 AM

    This week on KBIA they're featuring music from the new release by guitarist Jason Vieaux, Play. You can hear tracks from the Azica Recrods release Play this week on KBIA. On this his thirteenth recording, Vieaux offers up a set of seventeen shorter pieces from guitarist-composers including Antonio Lauro and Andres Segovia. Jason Vieaux's Play is KBIA: Missouri CD of the Week....
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  • Jason Vieaux interviews with WRUW's Max & Ted / TODAY!!!
    Posted At: March 3, 2014 12:00 AM

    Guitarist extraordinaire Jason Vieaux joins WRUW: Cleveland, Max & Ted TODAY!!, Monday March 3rd for a journey of diverse sounds from his new album 'Play' on Azica Records. Celebrating Vieaux's 20th anniversary, the album features the Spanish, Mexican, South American, Cuban, French, and American classics that Vieaux has found to be universal. Composers on the disc include Barrios, Sa...
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  • Jason Vieaux interviews with Toledo OH - WGTE Radio
    Posted At: March 3, 2014 12:00 AM

    Guitarist extraordinaire Jason Vieaux joins WGTE: Toledo -  Brad Cresswell  for an explorion of fast and slow, traditional and modern. These are some of the diverse sounds from his new album 'Play' on Azica Records celebrating Vieaux's 20th anniversary. Featuring the Spanish, Mexican, South American, Cuban, French, and American classics that Vieaux has found to be universal, compose...
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  • Jason Vieaux interviews with Syndicated: 'Classical Guitar Alive'
    Posted At: February 26, 2014 12:00 AM

    Guitarist extraordinaire Jason Vieaux explores fast and slow traditional and modern in a juxtaposition of sounds for his new album Play on Azica Records. The album celebrates Jason Vieaux's 20th anniversary as a performer by featuring the Spanish, Mexican, South American, Cuban, French, and American classics that Vieaux has found to be universal. Barrios, Sagreras, Bustamante, and...
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  • Jason Vieaux interviews with KUAF - Fayetteville AR
    Posted At: February 21, 2014 12:00 AM

    Guitarist extraordinaire Jason Vieaux explores fast and slow traditional and modern in a juxtaposition of sounds for his new album Play on Azica Records. The album celebrates Jason Vieaux's 20th anniversary as a performer by featuring the Spanish, Mexican, South American, Cuban, French, and American classics that Vieaux has found to be universal. Barrios, Sagreras, Bustamante, and Sainz De ...
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  • Jason Vieaux interview with Pittston PA's WVIA Radio airs TODAY!!
    Posted At: February 19, 2014 12:00 AM

    Guitar virtuoso Jason Vieaux has released a new solo album called - 'Play' on Azica Records. The album celebrates Mr. Vieaux's 20th anniversary as a performer by featuring the Spanish, Mexican, South American, Cuban, French, and American classics that he has found to be universal audience favorites over the past two decades including showpieces by Barrios, Sagreras, Bustamante, and ...
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  • Jason Vieaux interviews with WRCJ: Detroit / 'The Listening Room'
    Posted At: February 14, 2014 12:00 AM

    Guitarist extraordinaire Jason Vieaux explores fast and slow traditional and modern in a juxtaposition of sounds for his new album Play on Azica Records. The album celebrates Jason Vieaux's 20th anniversary as a performer by featuring the Spanish, Mexican, South American, Cuban, French, and American classics that Vieaux has found to be universal. Barrios, Sagreras, Bustamante, and Sainz De La Maza, a...
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  • Jason Vieaux talks with radio about his new release: PLAY
    Posted At: February 11, 2014 12:00 AM

    Guitar virtuoso Jason Vieaux releases his next solo album, Play, worldwide on Azica Records. The album celebrates Jason Vieaux's 20th anniversary as a performer by featuring the Spanish, Mexican, South American, Cuban, French, and American classics that Vieaux has found to be universal audience favorites over the past two decades. The music includes showpieces by Barrios, Sagreras, Bustaman...
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  • Jason Vieaux - PLAY is WCLV: Cleveland 'Choice for February'
    Posted At: February 1, 2014 12:00 AM

    Each month, WCLV's Program Director Bill O'Connell selects a series of special CDs to be featured on the air throughout the month. For February, Bill has selected: Play - Jason Vieaux and here are his comments on this standout CD.  Play celebrates Jason Vieaux's 20th anniversary as a performer by featuring the Spanish, Mexican, South American, Cuban, French, and American cl...
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  • Jason Vieaux: Play - is this week's WQXR: New York / Album Of the Week
    Posted At: January 26, 2014 12:00 AM

    "Play" is a sort of greatest-hits collection from the fine American guitarist Jason Vieaux. Much of the material is Spanish or South American in origin, a particular forte of Vieaux's, as demonstrated in two Café Concerts that he has given at WQXR. Pieces like "El Colibri" and "Danza Caracteristica" are displays of dexterity and rhythmic agility; others, such as "Cavatina" (taken from the 1978 fil...
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  • Jason Vieaux - Play / KCRW: Rhythm Planet review
    Posted At: January 22, 2014 12:00 AM

    The cover looks more like a country guitarist. Anyway, I played the album and within a few seconds I realized that this is one very serious player. His repertoire is varied, from classical staples like Tarrega's Recuerdos de la Alhambra to pieces by Cuban composer Leo Brouwer, Jobim, and Stanley Myers' lovely "Cavatina" from the film Deer Hunter. READ THE FULL Rhythm Planet review FROM Tom S...
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  • Jason Vieaux's 'Play' is this week's KDFC: San Francisco / Download Of the Week'
    Posted At: January 14, 2014 12:00 AM

    Guitar virtuoso Jason Vieaux will release his next solo album, Play, worldwide on Azica Records on January 28, 2014. The album celebrates Mr. Vieaux's 20th anniversary as a performer by featuring the Spanish, Mexican, South American, Cuban, French, and American classics that are proven favorites over the past two decades. The music includes showpieces by Barrios, Sagreras, Bustamante, and Sainz...
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  • In this very first NPR: Tiny Desk Concert, Jason Vieaux makes the guitar sing
    Posted At: June 15, 2009 12:00 AM
    NPR's Tom Huizenga writes….In this very first classical Tiny Desk Concert, Jason Vieaux makes the guitar sing — whether he's negotiating the sturdy architecture of a Bach Prelude or strumming a West African-inspired Argentine dance.I first heard Vieaux play seven years ago, when we invited him to spend a week as a young-artist-in-residence on our classical-music program Performance Today. Going into that we...
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  • Jason Vieaux Picks Out a New Guitar: NPR / All Things Considered piece
    Posted At: April 8, 2006 12:00 AM

    Framed by a stained-glass window at the Shrine Church of St. Stanislaus - a gothic cathedral in Cleveland - classical guitarist Jason Vieaux recently made a big decision. He chose a new guitar. He was introduced to the instrument by Armin Kelly, one of the major classical guitar dealers in the country. Kelly is based in Cleveland, where Vieaux does most of his recording, so the musician gets to try out a...
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