The Bach Album: JS Bach transcribed for Viola da Gamba
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Label: Glossa - Platinum
Cat No: GCDP33205
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Instrumental
Release Date: 13th January 2017
Contents
Works
Cello Suite no.4 in E flat major, BWV1010 (arr. for viola da gamba)Partita for solo flute in A minor, BWV1013 (arr. for viola da gamba)
Partita for solo violin no.2 in D minor, BWV1004 (bass viol)
Artists
Fahmi Alqhai (viola da gamba)Works
Cello Suite no.4 in E flat major, BWV1010 (arr. for viola da gamba)Partita for solo flute in A minor, BWV1013 (arr. for viola da gamba)
Partita for solo violin no.2 in D minor, BWV1004 (bass viol)
Artists
Fahmi Alqhai (viola da gamba)About
Alqhai has adapted the Second Violin Sonata, the Fourth Cello Suite, and also the Flute Partita. He completes his programme with the astonishing – and inexhaustible – Chaconne from the Second Violin Partita. This final flourish from one of his concert programmes and his recording for this new Glossa release, made in the Estudios Sputnik in Seville, clearly shows how his interpretation has been honed in live performance. That these transcriptions sound as though they could have been written for the viola da gamba is, of course, testament to Bach’s genius. It is, however, also, a reflection of the naturalness and vivid communication that is the hallmark of Fahmi Alqhai’s playing and musical thinking.
Spanish viola da gamba player Fahmi Alqhai is one of that select group of artists who define and shape the world of Glossa. With his ensemble Accademia del Piacere, Alqhai has, for some years now, been turning away from the well-worn pathways in order to explore new possibilities in terms of presentation and interpretation.
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