Three Sonatas for Violoncello and Harpsichord according to BWV 1027-1029

J S Bach Three Sonatas for Violoncello and Harpsichord according to BWV 1027-1029

The three sonatas for viola da gamba and harpsichord obbligato by Johann Sebastian Bach edited here in a version with violoncello have been handed down to us only as separate works.  Neither source material nor style indicate that the three works - as, for example, the Six Sonatas for violin and Harpsichord BWV 1014-1019 - should be regarded as a whole.  It is provable or at least feasible that all three sonatas were not originally conceived for this instrumentation.  The musical substance and, therefore, the artistic status of the sonatas was not affected by this transcription.