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Angelic inspiration and demonic possession take turns driving some of the most dramatic works of the Baroque. Tartini claimed that his fiendish "Devil's Trill Sonata" was played to him by the devil himself sitting at the foot of his bed, while Biber's "Passacaglia" depicts the protection of a guardian angel. In Vivaldi's "Damnation Sonata" the …

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The second installment of Candlelight Bach features works from the "Well-Tempered Clavier", the sonata in G minor for oboe and harpsichord, the thrilling and beloved trio sonata in G, best known in its later reworking for viola da gamba, and the monumental Ciaccona for violin.