{"product_id":"luigi-attademo-j-s-bach-a-guitar-collection-cd","title":"Luigi Attademo - J.S. Bach: A Guitar Collection (CD)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDetails: \u003c\/strong\u003eThis rich set of music by J.S. Bach (or connected to\r\nhim by attribution or publication) and transcribed\r\nfor the guitar provides a stunning example of the\r\nversatility of the composer's music, the\r\nunquestionable genius of which renders it\r\nuniversally successful on any instrument with\r\npolyphonic capabilities (solo string instruments\r\nincluded).\r\nLuigi Attademo and Stefano Cardi provide an eclectic\r\nselection of Bach pieces in successful transcriptions\r\nby themselves and virtuoso classical guitarist and\r\narranger David Russell. This is followed by a large set\r\nfrom Anna Magdalena's Notebook performed and\r\ntranscribed by Jan Depreter, and complete sets of\r\nthe Violin Sonatas \u0026amp; Partitas and Lute Suites by\r\nFranceso Teopini and Attademo, respectively. In the\r\nwords of the performer on Disc 1, Luigi Attademo:\r\n'the guitar as we know it today didn't exist in Bach's\r\ntime, and although there was certainly a baroque\r\nguitar, it was not widespread in Germany. The\r\nbaroque lute was the string instrument closest to\r\nBach, and there was certainly one in his collection of\r\ninstruments, though he probably didn't play it. In any\r\nevent he knew a number of lutenists, including L.\r\nKrebs. But we are not using Bach's proximity to the\r\nlute to justify transcriptions for the guitar, rather\r\npointing out that on various occasions he transcribed\r\nmusic originally composed for a given instrument in\r\narrangements for a similar but different instrument.'\r\nIn Cardi's set on Disc 2, the sound of the guitar, it's\r\nrich dynamics and full polyphonic capacity are\r\nexploited for creating performances of some of the\r\nharpsichord pieces composed mainly for teaching\r\npurposes in Bach's Cöthen period (1717-23) or in\r\nhis early Leipzig years. The rather varied content\r\nalso leaves room for pieces by other composers,\r\nsuch as a Suite by Georg Philipp Telemann (whose\r\nCorrente is featured in this recording) and a Partita\r\nby Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel, where the central\r\npart of the Minuet, the Trio, was composed by J.S.\r\nBach. Disc 3 features selections from Depreter's\r\ntranscription of the entire second Notenbüchlein\r\nfür Anna-Magdalena Bach (1725) for classical\r\nguitar, made during his studies. The project to\r\nrecord it all spanned two decades but benefits\r\nfrom the continuity of having the same recording\r\nproducer and engineer, Peter de Wint, and the\r\nsame microphones and recording material through\r\nall the sessions.\r\nTeopini's recording of the Sonatas and Partitas\r\nBWV1001-6 on Discs 4 \u0026amp; 5 was born from his\r\nconviction that such masterpieces are now a\r\nmandatory part of a guitarist's repertoire for the\r\nsake of personal development. His transcription\r\nfaithfully complies with the original notation, in\r\norder to not corrupt the implied counterpoint\r\ncreated by Bach, yet his instrumental approach to\r\nthe works is conceived with the aim of justifying\r\nan interpretation of the works on an instrument as\r\nunnatural for Baroque music as the modern\r\nclassical guitar surely is, therefore viewing the\r\ninstrument as a hybrid of both the violin and the\r\nharpsichord. The right hand takes the role of the\r\nlatter, and Teopini carefully avoided using rest\r\nstroke throughout the recording, making sure that\r\neven the most expressive passages were realized with a\r\nfree stroke technique The left hand is approached as a\r\nviolinist would, holding the notes and using open strings\r\nas much as possible and arranging fingerings to promote\r\ntonal uniformity of all phrases, especially where\r\nsequential modulations occur.\r\nAttademo's recording of the Lute Music, on Disc 6, aims\r\nto bring to the fore the richness of Bach's music without\r\ndenying the lapse of time that separates his time from\r\nours. For that reason, the recording focuses on the study\r\nof Baroque performance practice, on the peculiarities of\r\nthe author's writing, on secondary sources that indicate\r\nhow Bach's music was originally played, and on the\r\nmusical styles that Bach referred to and synthesised. As\r\nwell as the four Suites for lute, the Prelude, Fugue \u0026amp;\r\nAllegro BWV998, Prelude BWV999 and Fugue BWV1000\r\nare included.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alliance Entertainment","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49640784953644,"sku":"5028421972893","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0863\/2257\/7708\/files\/4344106-3187714.jpg?v=1724307490","url":"https:\/\/joseyrecords.com\/products\/luigi-attademo-j-s-bach-a-guitar-collection-cd","provider":"Josey Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}