Bach on the Rauwolf Lute / Jakob Lindberg

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BIS
Release Date
November 5, 2021
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      BACH, J.S.
    • PERFORMER
      Jakob Lindberg
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      November 05, 2021
    • UPC
      7318599925523
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      BIS-2552
    • LABEL
      BIS
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Prelude in D Minor, BWV 999 (original in C Minor)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Jakob Lindberg

    2. II. Fuga

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Jakob Lindberg

    3. III. Largo

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Jakob Lindberg

    4. I. Prelude

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Jakob Lindberg

    5. II. Allemande

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Jakob Lindberg

    6. III. Courante

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Jakob Lindberg

    7. IV. Sarabande

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Jakob Lindberg

    8. V. Menuet I-II

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Jakob Lindberg

    9. VI. Gigue

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Jakob Lindberg

    10. I. Prelude

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Jakob Lindberg

    11. II. Loure

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Jakob Lindberg

    12. III. Gavotte en Rondeau

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Jakob Lindberg

    13. IV. Menuet I-II

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Jakob Lindberg

    14. V. Bourrée

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Jakob Lindberg

    15. VI. Gigue

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Jakob Lindberg

    16. I. Adagio

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Jakob Lindberg

    17. II. Fugue

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Jakob Lindberg

    18. III. Siciliana

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Jakob Lindberg

    19. IV. Presto

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Jakob Lindberg

    20. Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004: V. Ciaccona (arr. J. Lindberg for lute)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Jakob Lindberg


Bach was renowned as a keyboard player as well as being an accomplished violinist, but as far as we know he didn't play the lute. He seems to have been fascinated by the instrument’s special sound qualities, however, and was clearly inspired by the possibilities of the Lautenwerk. This was a gut-strung harpsichord designed to imitate the sound of the lute and at least some of the works usually referred to as ‘the Bach Lute Suites’ were probably composed for this instrument. Jakob Lindberg recorded the complete suites in 1992. Returning to the composer almost three decades later, he does so in the company of his Rauwolf lute, an instrument built in Augsburg around 1590 and ‘modernized’ in 1715, during Bach’s lifetime. But this time, only two of the works belong to the standard lute repertoire – the Prelude BWV 999 and the Suite BWV 1006a, which in fact is the composer’s own arrangement of his Partita No. 3 for solo violin. For the remaining works on the disc Lindberg has taken the cue from Bach, making arrangements of Cello Suite No.1 and Sonata No. 1 for solo violin in full. He has also chosen individual movements from other solo works, including the highly complex fugue from Sonata No. 3 for solo violin. The amply filled album (88 minutes!) closes with the iconic Chaconne from Partita No. 2 in D minor.