Sinfonia No. 15 in B minor, BWV 801

The collection concludes with trembling virtuosity. But does this imply that virtuosity is the summit of composition and performance? One must acknowledge that this virtuosic study comes at the expense of the much richer counterpoint (when there are three voices, one of them is always oblique, except in the last few bars) and harmony (most of the piece feels like one chord per bar) found in the preceding 29 examples. If Bach were implying anything at all, I would interpret it to be that, although it is necessary to "have the chops," there is much more to music than virtuosity, and this small collection has given us only a glimpse of Bach's fantastic music universe. ~~~~~~~~~~ Sinfonia No. 15 in B minor, BWV 801 by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Piano: Ruoshi Sun (2025) on CLP-785 Temperament: Werckmeister