Bach & Weiss Toyohiko Satoh

• Silvius Leopold Weiss (1687-1750): Ciacona E flat Major
• 1 Ciacona E flat Major 06:24
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750): Suite C major BWV 1007
• 2 Prelude 03:25
• 3 Allemande 05:42
• 4 Courante 03:55
• 5 Sarabande 03:08
• 6 Menuet I - II 04:09
• 7 Gigue 02:12
• Silvius Leopold Weiss (1687-1750)
• 8 Ciacona A Major 04:07
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750): Suite G major BWV 1009
• 9 Prelude 05:19
• 10 Allemande 05:10
• 11 Courante 04:29
• 12 Sarabande 04:16
• 13 Bouree I - II 05:04
• 14 Gigue 04:51
• Silvius Leopold Weiss (1687-1750)
• 15 Ciacona G minor 06:31
• Total Runtime 01:08:42

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The new solo CD of Toyohiko Satoh, the 72 year old Japanese lutenist who is considered my many as one of the most influential lute players of the last century, presents a well-known repertoire of baroque lute music. Mr. Satoh was the first lutenist to record Bach’s lute music on LP in the 70s (Phillips). Now he returns to this music 40 years later, delivering a completely different rendering of these iconic pieces. His playing has been influenced much by his studies of traditional Japanese arts such as tea ceremony, No-theater and Zen meditation. So here we are presented a recording that draws from the deep silence within, from the awareness of everything in the universe being connected, and from the understanding of Bach’s music as a universal, almost superhuman symbol of completeness.

Toyohiko Satoh, lute

Toyohiko Satoh
born on 4. Nov. 1943 in Hiroshima, Lautenist. Er studierte ab 1968 Laute bei Eugen Dombois in Basel. Von 1973 bis 2004 war er Prof. am Kons. in Den Haag. 2000 gründete er die Lute and Early Guitar Society Japan.

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