Bach on the Rauwolf Lute Jakob Lindberg

• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750):
• 1 Bach: Prelude in C Minor, BWV 999 (Arr. J. Lindberg for Lute) 02:06
• Violin Sonata No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1005 (Excerpts Arr. J. Lindberg for Lute):
• 2 Bach: Violin Sonata No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1005 (Excerpts Arr. J. Lindberg for Lute): II. Fuga 10:44
• 3 Bach: Violin Sonata No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1005 (Excerpts Arr. J. Lindberg for Lute): III. Largo 03:00
• Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007 (Arr. J. Lindberg for Lute):
• 4 Bach: Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007 (Arr. J. Lindberg for Lute): I. Prélude 02:37
• 5 Bach: Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007 (Arr. J. Lindberg for Lute): II. Allemande 04:43
• 6 Bach: Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007 (Arr. J. Lindberg for Lute): III. Courante 03:18
• 7 Bach: Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007 (Arr. J. Lindberg for Lute): IV. Sarabande 02:42
• 8 Bach: Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007 (Arr. J. Lindberg for Lute): V. Menuetts I & II 03:20
• 9 Bach: Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007 (Arr. J. Lindberg for Lute): VI. Gigue 01:53
• Suite in E Major, BWV 1006a (Arr. J. Lindberg for Lute):
• 10 Bach: Suite in E Major, BWV 1006a (Arr. J. Lindberg for Lute): I. Prélude 05:01
• 11 Bach: Suite in E Major, BWV 1006a (Arr. J. Lindberg for Lute): II. Loure 03:49
• 12 Bach: Suite in E Major, BWV 1006a (Arr. J. Lindberg for Lute): III. Gavotte en rondeau 03:26
• 13 Bach: Suite in E Major, BWV 1006a (Arr. J. Lindberg for Lute): IV. Menuetts I & II 04:55
• 14 Bach: Suite in E Major, BWV 1006a (Arr. J. Lindberg for Lute): V. Bourrée 02:09
• 15 Bach: Suite in E Major, BWV 1006a (Arr. J. Lindberg for Lute): VI. Gigue 02:48
• Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Minor, BWV 1001 (Arr. J. Lindberg for Lute):
• 16 Bach: Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Minor, BWV 1001 (Arr. J. Lindberg for Lute): I. Adagio 03:35
• 17 Bach: Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Minor, BWV 1001 (Arr. J. Lindberg for Lute): II. Fuga 06:05
• 18 Bach: Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Minor, BWV 1001 (Arr. J. Lindberg for Lute): III. Siciliana 02:56
• 19 Bach: Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Minor, BWV 1001 (Arr. J. Lindberg for Lute): IV. Presto 03:29
• Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004:
• 20 Bach: Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004: V. Chaconne (Arr. J. Lindberg for Lute) 14:25
• Total Runtime 01:27:01

Info for Bach on the Rauwolf Lute

Bach was renowned as a keyboard player as well as being an accomplished violinist, but as far as we know he didn't play the lute. He seems to have been fascinated by the instrument’s special sound qualities, however, and was clearly inspired by the possibilities of the "Lautenwerk". This was a gut-strung harpsichord designed to imitate the sound of the lute and at least some of the works usually referred to as "the Bach Lute Suites" were probably composed for this instrument.

Jakob Lindberg recorded the complete suites in 1992. Returning to the composer almost three decades later, he does so in the company of his Rauwolf lute, an instrument built in Augsburg around 1590 and "modernised" in 1715, during Bach’s lifetime. But this time, only two of the works belong to the standard lute repertoire – the Prelude, BWV 999 and the Suite BWV 1006a, which in fact is the composer’s own arrangement of his Partita No. 3 for Solo Violin.

For the remaining works recorded here, Lindberg has taken the cue from Bach, making arrangements of Cello Suite No. 1 and Sonata No. 1 for Solo Violin in full. He has also chosen individual movements from other solo works, including the highly complex fugue from Sonata No. 3, BWV 1005. This amply filled album closes with the iconic Chaconne from Partita No. 2 in D minor.

Jakob Lindberg, lute (Rauwolf Augsburg ca. 1590)

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