Bach: Transcriptions for Guitar / Cardi

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Brilliant Classics
Release Date
February 3, 2023
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Johann Sebastian Bach
    • PERFORMER
      Stefano Cardi
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      February 03, 2023
    • UPC
      5028421966878
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      BRI96687
    • LABEL
      Brilliant Classics
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Prelude No. 4 in D Major, BWV 936

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Stefano Cardi

    2. Prelude No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 934

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Stefano Cardi

    3. Prelude No. 5 in E Major, BWV 937

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Stefano Cardi

    4. Prelude No. 6 in E Minor, BWV 938

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Stefano Cardi

    5. Prelude No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 940

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Stefano Cardi

    6. Prelude No. 1 in C Major, BWV 939

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Stefano Cardi

    7. Prelude No. 4 in A Minor, BWV 942

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Stefano Cardi

    8. Prelude in C Minor, BWV 999 (arr. S. Cardi for guitar)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Stefano Cardi

    9. IV. Anglaise

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Stefano Cardi

    10. V. Menuet I - Trio

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Stefano Cardi

    11. French Suite No. 4 in E-Flat Major, BWV 815: I. Allemande (arr. S. Cardi for guitar)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Stefano Cardi

    12. Fugue in C Minor, BWV 961 (arr. S. Cardi for guitar)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Stefano Cardi

    13. Partita No. 1 in B-Flat Major, BWV 825: V. Minuet I-II (arr. S. Cardi for guitar)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Stefano Cardi

    14. Prelude in D Minor, BWV 926 (arr. S. Cardi for guitar)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Stefano Cardi

    15. Minuet in G Major, BWV 841 (arr. S. Cardi for guitar)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Stefano Cardi

    16. Minuet in G Minor, BWV 842 (arr. S. Cardi for guitar)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Stefano Cardi

    17. Prelude in C Major, BWV 924 (arr. S. Cardi for guitar)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Stefano Cardi

    18. 3-Part Inventions (Sinfonias), BWV 787-801: Sinfonia No. 6 in E Major, BWV 792 (arr. S. Cardi for guitar)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Stefano Cardi

    19. Prelude in G Minor, BWV 930 (arr. S. Cardi for guitar)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Stefano Cardi

    20. 3-Part Inventions (Sinfonias), BWV 787-801: Sinfonia No. 5 in E-Flat Major, BWV 791 (arr. S. Cardi for guitar)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Stefano Cardi

    21. Trio in G Minor, BWV 929: IV. Minuet (arr. S. Cardi for guitar)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Stefano Cardi

    22. Suite in A Major, BWV 824: II. Courante (arr. S. Cardi for guitar)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Stefano Cardi

    23. March in D Major, BWV Anh. 122 (by C.P.E. Bach)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Stefano Cardi

    24. March in G Major, BWV Anh. 124 (by C.P.E. Bach)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Stefano Cardi

    25. Minuet in G Major, BWV Anh. 114 - Minuet in G Minor, BWV Anh. 115

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Stefano Cardi

    26. Polonaise in G Minor, BWV Anh. 119 (by C.P.E. Bach)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Stefano Cardi

    27. Minuet in F Major, BWV Anh. 113

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Stefano Cardi

    28. Minuet in A Minor, BWVAnh. 120

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Stefano Cardi

    29. Minuet in G Major, BWV Anh. 116

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Stefano Cardi

    30. Minuet in D Minor, BWV Anh. 132

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Stefano Cardi

    31. Musette in D Major, BWV Anh. 126

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Stefano Cardi


In recent decades, Johann Sebastian Bach's works have undergone numerous transcriptions and adaptations. Since the 1960s, the guitar repertoire has seen the addition of several Bach pieces originally intended for the lute, an instrument that is undoubtedly among the most akin to the modern six-string guitar. Following the increasingly in-depth study of Bach's work and the spread of the classical guitar, several harpsichord pieces have also been transcribed and performed. This album magnificently displays these pieces by exploiting the rich dynamics and full polyphonic capacity of the guitar.

The Clavier-Büchlein vor Wilhelm Friedemann Bach and the Clavier-Büchlein vor Anna Magdalena Bach hold an important place, as these collections offer a glimpse into Bach’s familial and didactic spheres of action. Within the Friedemann Bach collection, we find the two Praeambula (BWV 924 & 926), characterised by arpeggiated writing, probably a model for students to create a first simple improvisation. Further on, the Fantasias that appear in the final part of the collection show a wonderful degree of contrapuntal complexity. Although there were 2 versions of the Anna Magdalena collection, the one which has survived almost in its entirety seems to have been intended as a family album, with contributions not only from Anna Magdalena (J.S. Bach’s wife), but also from her son Carl Philipp Emanuel and other composers. The pieces in this collection, including vocal pieces written for Anna (an accomplished singer), are most commonly small dance forms characterised by an essential and refined homophonic-style writing. The Anglaise and Minuet from the French Suite No. 3, as well as the more solemn Allemande from the French Suite No. 4, are clear examples of the gracefulness of these compositions, which show a subtler sound texture than those of other series of Bach suites, as well as a more limited use of counterpoint. Also of exquisite elegance is the Minuet from Partita BWV 825, taken from the first volume of the Clavier-Übung.

This album also includes some famous works, among them the preludes from the French Suite No. 3 and Johann Peter Kellner’s collection. These are rather varied pieces, written for teaching purposes and passed down through written transcriptions from Bach’s pupils. Some are extremely short but show some degree of harmonic density and sometimes a rather chromatic style, while others have a slightly broader structure and a writing more similar to the Inventions, with a systematic use of counterpoint. The album also features works from other prominent composers – George Philipp Telemann and C.P.E. Bach – as well as two lesser-known composers, Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel and Christian Petzold.