J.S. Bach: Guitar Transcriptions

New recordings from a pioneering Russian classical guitarist: works for lute by Bach, plus Ivannikov’s own transcriptions of the D minor Partita and A minor Sonata for solo violin.

Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Artists: Arcady Ivannikov (guitar)

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Unlike the suites for unaccompanied cello or the sonatas and partitas for solo violin, Bach’s works for solo lute do not seem to have been conceived as a group. They include a variety of compositions written in different styles and span a fairly long period of his creative life; the E minor Suite BWV996 dates from Bach’s time in Weimar, while the Prelude, Fugue and Allegro BWV998 is believed to have been composed during the last years of his life. Although some pieces are more idiomatic than others, they all make taxing demands on the performer.

There is no evidence that Bach actually played the lute himself, but he was clearly interested in the sound of the instrument. This is further illustrated by his subtle use of it in the St John Passion and the Trauerode BWV 198. Of the four suites which appear to have been written specifically with the lute in mind, Arcady Ivannikov presents the E minor BWB996 and the C minor BWV997 (transposed here to A minor). BWV997 is probably a late work of Bach’s and in the richness and complexity of its full five-movement form (especially the fugue) notably reminiscent of the Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin, which makes Ivannikov’s coupling so inspired (but unusual).

As a transcriber and performer, Ivannikov has taken a path of minimal intervention, attempting only to make small editorial adjustments to ease the fit of the music from the four-string violin to the six-string guitar. Culminating in the sublime Chaconne which was probably composed as a tombeau to mark the sudden passing of his first wife Maria Barbara, the D minor Partita is Bach’s most profound work for solo instrument besides the piano, and a fitting climax to this collection from one of Russia’s master guitarists.

Tracklist:
Prelude, Fugue & Allegro in E-Flat Major, BWV 998:
00:00:00 I. Prelude
00:02:28 II. Fugue
00:09:01 III. Allegro

Suite in E Minor, BWV 996:
00:13:01 I. Prelude
00:16:16 II. Allemande
00:18:44 III. Courante
00:22:13 IV. Sarabande
00:27:07 V. Bourree
00:28:35 VI. Gigu

Sonata in A Minor, BWV 1003:
00:32:12 I. Grave
00:36:30 II. Fuga
00:44:58 III. Andante
00:50:15 IV. Allegro

Suite No. 2 in A Minor, BWV 997:
00:57:09 I. Prelude
01:00:31 II. Fuga
01:07:46 III. Sarabande
01:13:40 IV. Gigue
01:16:40 V. Double

Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004:
01:20:27 I. Allemande
01:25:12 II. Corrente
01:28:24 III. Sarabande
01:33:42 IV. Giga
01:39:04 V. Chaconne

01:54:34 Prelude in D Minor, BWV 999

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