Breaking Bach
(flatpicking the partitas)
Chris Newman

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This is the result of over a year of lockdown, during the course of which all musicians were obliged to find something to do that didn't include audiences. Tricky for touring players!

Here's a brief excerpt from the booklet notes:

"The first, and most important, thing for me to point out is that this is most definitely not a classical guitar recording. The pieces contained herein were all composed by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) for solo flute, cello or violin and would ordinarily be considered to be ‘classical’ music. However, I am most certainly not a classical guitarist and have never been trained as such. My background consists of quite a wide variety of things: swing jazz, folk, bluegrass and traditional music from Ireland, Scotland & elsewhere all played with a flatpick (plectrum) on a steel-strung acoustic guitar. Many recordings of this music exist played by really excellent classical (nylon-strung) guitarists who, of course, would never dream of going anywhere near a plectrum, or steel strings."

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Tracklist Excerpt from Violin Sonata No 3 in C major, BWV 1005
Allegro
Excerpts from Cello Suite No 1 in G major, BWV 1007 (transposed to D major)
Prelude
Courante
Gigue
Flute Partita in A minor, BWV 1013
Allemande
Corrente
Sarabanda
Bourée anglaise
Excerpts from Violin Partita No 2 in D minor, BWV 1004
Allemanda
Corrente
Gigue
Excerpt from Violin Sonata No 2 in A minor, BWV 1003
Allegro
   
Catalogue details Old Bridge Music OBMCD23, 2021
Barcode number 5023405002320
  this page modified 25/05/21
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