Bach, J S - Lute Works, Vol. 1 - O'Dette, Paul (lute)

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4 AV 5 MÖJLIGA I BETYG I UPSALA NYA TIDNING

"Stränghanteringen är lika kontrollerad som innerlig, klangen oerhört rik."
(Svenska Dagbladet)

Johann Sebastian Bach so admired the sound of the lute that he designed a gut-strung harpsichord to imitate it (Lautenwerk) which ‘deceived the ears of the best lutenists’. This invention permitted him, as a keyboard virtuoso, to compose astonishing pieces for ‘lute’ that are unplayable on the 13-course instruments of his day! Paul O’Dette has taken up this challenge, introducing into these arrangements of suites and partitas just what was needed to make them sound natural on his instrument.

Paul O'Dette, lute

Johann Sebastian Bach
"Pièces pour la Luth à Monsieur Schouster"
Suite in A minor, BWV 995
1 I. Prelude - Très Vite
2 II. Allemande
3 III. Courante
4 IV. Sarabande
5 V. Gavotte I & II en Rondeaux
6 VI. Gigue

Partita in E major, BWV 1006a (transposed to F major)
7 I. Prelude
8 II. Loure
9 III. Gavotte en Rondeaux
10 IV. Minuet I & II
11 V. Bourée
12 VI. Gigue

Sonata in G minor, BWV 1001
13 I. Adagio
14 II. Fuga - Allegro
15 III. Siciliana
16 IV. Presto