Bach Transcriptions Olivier Fortin & Julien Martin

• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750): Flute Sonata in E Major, BWV 1035:
• 1 Bach: Flute Sonata in E Major, BWV 1035: I. Adagio ma non tanto 02:29
• 2 Bach: Flute Sonata in E Major, BWV 1035: II. Allegro 03:09
• 3 Bach: Flute Sonata in E Major, BWV 1035: III. Siciliano 03:56
• 4 Bach: Flute Sonata in E Major, BWV 1035: IV. Allegro assai 03:10
• Violin Sonata in B Minor, BWV 1014:
• 5 Bach: Violin Sonata in B Minor, BWV 1014: III. Andante (Transcr. for Recorder and Harpsichord by Julien Martin and Olivier Fortin) 03:08
• Organ Sonata No. 3 in D Minor, BWV 527:
• 6 Bach: Organ Sonata No. 3 in D Minor, BWV 527: I. Andante (Transcr. for Recorder and Harpsichord by Julien Martin and Olivier Fortin) 04:45
• 7 Bach: Organ Sonata No. 3 in D Minor, BWV 527: II. Adagio e dolce (Transcr. for Recorder and Harpsichord by Julien Martin and Olivier Fortin) 05:41
• 8 Bach: Organ Sonata No. 3 in D Minor, BWV 527: III. Vivace (Transcr. for Recorder and Harpsichord by Julien Martin and Olivier Fortin) 03:52
• Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004:
• 9 Bach: Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004: V. Chaconne (Transcr. for Recorder and Harpsichord by Pierre Gouin) 13:37
• Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659 (Transcr. for Recorder and Harpsichord by Julien Martin and Olivier Fortin):
• 10 Bach: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659 (Transcr. for Recorder and Harpsichord by Julien Martin and Olivier Fortin) 04:07
• Suite in C Minor, BWV 997:
• 11 Bach: Suite in C Minor, BWV 997: I. Preludio (Transcr. for Recorder and Harpsichord by Julien Martin and Olivier Fortin) 03:41
• 12 Bach: Suite in C Minor, BWV 997: II. Fuga (Transcr. for Recorder and Harpsichord by Julien Martin and Olivier Fortin) 04:38
• 13 Bach: Suite in C Minor, BWV 997: III. Sarabande (Transcr. for Recorder and Harpsichord by Julien Martin and Olivier Fortin) 04:08
• 14 Bach: Suite in C Minor, BWV 997: IV. Gigue et double (Transcr. for Recorder and Harpsichord by Julien Martin and Olivier Fortin) 04:06
• Violin Sonata in C Minor, BWV 1017:
• 15 Bach: Violin Sonata in C Minor, BWV 1017: I. Siciliano. Largo (Transcr. for Recorder and Harpsichord by Julien Martin and Olivier Fortin) 04:47
• Total Runtime 01:09:14

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"Johann Sebastian Bach verwendete die Blockflöte in zwei Brandenburgischen Konzerten und etwa zwanzig Kantaten und Oratorien, aber leider hat er uns keine Sonate mit Cembalo hinterlassen", sagen Julien Martin und Olivier Fortin. Die Bearbeitung von Kammermusik für verschiedene Instrumentalbesetzungen war im 18. Jahrhundert eine weit verbreitete Praxis. Bach selbst scheint eine Reihe von Werken geschaffen zu haben, die nicht unbedingt die Verwendung eines bestimmten Instruments erforderten. Julien Martin und Olivier Fortin, langjährige musikalische Partner, präsentieren hier die Sonate in F-Dur, die ursprünglich für Querflöte und Continuo geschrieben wurde, Transkriptionen der Triosonate für Orgel Nr. 3 in e-Moll, der Partita für Violine Nr. 2 in g-Moll und des Chorals "Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland", dessen umfangreiche Verzierungen die Choralmelodie bis zur Unkenntlichkeit verlängern und umgestalten.

Julien Martin, Blockflöte
Olivier Fortin, Cembalo

Julien Martin
studied recorder all over Europe, at the Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique de Lyon, the Conservatorium van Amsterdam, and with Pedro Memelsdorff in Milan. Since 2000, he has toured Europe and North America and recorded many albums with the Capriccio Stravagante Renaissance Orchestra. In 2010, he founded the Ensemble Resonances with Marine Sablonnière. Martin regularly collaborates with baroque dancer Hubert Hazebroucq, with whom he has created a dance piece La flûte d’Arlequin (2018). He also performs regularly with Pygmalion and Raphaël Pichon.

In addition to his more regular collaborations, he has performed with many other prominent names and groups in Europe. Martin teaches recorder and early music at the Conservatory of Music in Levallois-Perret, near Paris. His collaboration with TSC started in 2019, when Third Practice first premiered with the Helsinki Baroque Orchestra.

Olivier Fortin
graduated with distinction from the Québec Conservatory in 1995. He continued his training with Dom André Laberge, obtained a Master Degree from University of Montreal under the direction of Réjean Poirier, and received several scholarships for studies in Paris with Pierre Hantai and in Amsterdam with Bob van Asperen.

In 1997 he was awarded top prizes at the Montreal Bach Competition and the Bruges Festival. Olivier Fortin is in demand as a soloist and chamber musician, touring and recording throughout Europe, China and South Korea, the United States and Canada with Masques, Capriccio Stravagante and Tafelmusik.

He also performs with Skip Sempé and Pierre Hantaï in programs of music for two and three harpsichords. From 2004-08 he taught harpsichord and chamber music at the Conservatoire de Musique de Québec, and he currently teaches at the Tafelmusik Summer Institute in Toronto.

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