Recorded in the iconic Abbey Road Studios, and following a Kickstarter campaign that raised almost $20,000 from 262 backers in ten countries, this release features a new recording of Bach's Lute Suites transcribed for and performed on the 7-string guitar by classical guitarist and conductor Michael Poll. During twenty months of scholarly research, Michael noted that the 7-stringed guitar offered a unique opportunity to play Bach's music in it's original register, giving the listener a chance to experience the suites as Bach himself would have heard them. Classical guitarist and conductor Michael Poll has performed across North America, South America, and Europe, including in Barbican Hall, Wigmore Hall, and the National Theatre of Panama. A 2010 Fulbright and a 2012 Marshall Scholar, Michael Poll holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in music summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania. He has done coursework at the Curtis Institute of Music in conducting with Virginia Allen and in solfÃ¨ge with Eric Sessler. In 2012 he received the Graduate Performance Diploma from the Academy of Music in Poznan, Poland, and in 2014 the MPerf degree from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, where he was made a Fellow in 2015.

Tracklist:

Lute Suite In E Minor, Bwv 996 (Arr. M. Poll For Guitar): Ia. Praeludio
Lute Suite In E Minor, Bwv 996 (Arr. M. Poll For Guitar): Ib. Presto
Lute Suite In E Minor, Bwv 996 (Arr. M. Poll For Guitar): II. Allemande
Lute Suite In E Minor, Bwv 996 (Arr. M. Poll For Guitar): III. Courante
Lute Suite In E Minor, Bwv 996 (Arr. M. Poll For Guitar): IV. Sarabande
Lute Suite In E Minor, Bwv 996 (Arr. M. Poll For Guitar): V. Bourrée
Lute Suite In E Minor, Bwv 996 (Arr. M. Poll For Guitar): VI. Gigue
Lute Suite In E Major, Bwv 1006a (Arr. M. Poll For Guitar): I. Prélude
Lute Suite In E Major, Bwv 1006a (Arr. M. Poll For Guitar): II. Loure
Lute Suite In E Major, Bwv 1006a (Arr. M. Poll For Guitar): III. Gavotte En Rondeau
Lute Suite In E Major, Bwv 1006a (Arr. M. Poll For Guitar): IV. Menuet I
Lute Suite In E Major, Bwv 1006a (Arr. M. Poll For Guitar): V. Menuet II
Lute Suite In E Major, Bwv 1006a (Arr. M. Poll For Guitar): VI. Bourrée
Lute Suite In E Major, Bwv 1006a (Arr. M. Poll For Guitar): VII. Gigue

UPC: 5060189560820
Label: Orchid Classics
Release Date: 4.6.18
Format: CD

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