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| Disc No: GMCD 7321 |
Not only is the music uniquely complex, but to quote one of the world’s pre-eminent performers on that instrument: “…as they appear in the scores, Bach’s ‘lute works’ are unplayable on the standard 13-course lute used in 18th century Germany”. This statement well reflects my earlier experiences of playing these works on the baroque lute, which involved transposition and much adaptation. It appears that Bach actually composed this music for the Lautenwerk, a keyboard instrument with single gut strings. Jakob Adlung wrote in 1768: “it is the most beautiful of all keyboard instruments after the organ...and is so named because it imitates the sound of the lute in its range as well as delicacy...its only deficiency, is that on the lute one can play loudly and softly…”. |
| Price: Sek. 157 | |
| Name: Bach on the Italian Lute | |
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| Composer | Name | Performer |
| Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750) | Praeludium C minor BWV 999 | Peter Croton, lute |
| Bach, Johann Sebastian | Suite C minor BWV 997 | |
| Bach, Johann Sebastian | Suite G minor BWV 995 | |
| Bach, Johann Sebastian | Suite No.1 for Violincello arranged by Peter Croton C Major BWV 1007 | |
| Stolzel, Heinrich (1690-1749) | Bist du bei mir from Clavier-Büchlein für Anna Magdalena Bach arranged for solo lute by Peter Croton |