Bach: Three Cello Suites (Transcribed for Guitar)

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Stradivarius
Release Date
January 5, 2024
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Johann Sebastian Bach
    • PERFORMER
      Roberto Zadra, Alessia Mattiazzi, Marco Emmanuele
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      January 05, 2024
    • UPC
      8011570372116
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      STR37211
    • LABEL
      Stradivarius
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Guitar
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Prélude

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Alessia Mattiazzi

    2. II. Allemande

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Alessia Mattiazzi

    3. III. Courante

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Alessia Mattiazzi

    4. IV. Sarabande

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Alessia Mattiazzi

    5. V. Menuet I-II

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Alessia Mattiazzi

    6. VI. Gigue

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Alessia Mattiazzi

    7. I. Prélude

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Roberto Zadra

    8. II. Allemande

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Roberto Zadra

    9. III. Courante

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Roberto Zadra

    10. IV. Sarabande

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Roberto Zadra

    11. V. Bourrée I-II

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Roberto Zadra

    12. VI. Gigue

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Roberto Zadra

    13. I. Prélude

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Marco Emmanuele

    14. II. Allemande

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Marco Emmanuele

    15. III. Courante

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Marco Emmanuele

    16. IV. Sarabande

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Marco Emmanuele

    17. V. Menuet I-II

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Marco Emmanuele

    18. VI. Gigue

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Marco Emmanuele


The three Suites recorded on this CD (BWV 1007, BWV 1008 and BWV 1010) were transcribed for guitar by the performers themselves, following a practice customary for Bach and absolutely familiar to him (the Fifth Suite for cello has come down to us in two versions, one for cello and one for lute: we are not sure which came first). One should therefore recognise the full aesthetic legitimacy of the guitar transcription of these compositions, a practice, moreover, that has now been established for decades. This procedure is ultimately legitimised by the primacy, in Bach’s language, of the harmonic and contrapuntal dimension over their sonic realisation, a primacy that led Ferruccio Busoni, for whom the concept of “transcription” occupies a position of absolute centrality in his aesthetic thought, to transcribe for piano not only numerous compositions for organ by Thomaskantor, but also the Chaconne from the Second Partita in D minor for solo violin. With specific regard to the guitar, one cannot fail to mention the name of Andrés Segovia, who transcribed for his instrument and recorded in 1946 the highly famous Chaconne.