J.S. Bach Flute Sonatas - Volume 2

Par BACH JOHANN SEBASTIAN. / Date parution : 2003-01-01/ Répertoire / Flûte Traversière

Seventeen arrangements of movements from the sonatas partitas and suites of J.S. Bach are intended for private study rather than public performance. Although they were not originally written as Flute music. It should be remembered that Bach's instrumental writing was of a universal nature and he himself considered his music transferable to any instrument.

Nos. 4-6-The six Flute Sonatas of J.S. Bach fall into two groups of three. In Nos. 1-3 the composer provided a concertante keyboard part where the right hand is as musically important as the flute and bass lines apart from theoccasional passage when he reverts to a figured bass. Nos. 4-6 however adopt the four-movement pattern favoured for instance by Telemann. This edition is has been edited and realised by William Bennett.The solo flutepart is also included on a separate insert.

This attractive collection of 11 major works for the solo Flute is designed to showcase the wide range of capabilities of the Flute and the flautist. The expressive and challenging pieces were all originally written by great composers with the solo Flute in mind (not transcribed from other instrumentations) making the bond between instrument musician and music more organic.The careful selection marks the peak of Flute solo music in the Baroque and early Classical era with sonatas and fantasies from J.S. Bach Telemann and C.P.E. Bach whose Sonata in A minor is regarded to be the last significant piece for solo Flute for the next 150 years untilDebussy’s Syrinx in 1913 which is also included in this selection. Edited by the professional flautist and Flute instructor Trevor Wye Music For Solo Flute provides all the staple pieces of an advanced player’s solo repertoire.

Nos. 1-3-The six Flute Sonatas of J.S. Bach fall into two groups of three. In Nos. 1-3 the composer provided a concertante keyboard part where the right hand is as musically important as the flute and bass lines apart from theoccasional passage when he reverts to a figured bass. This edition is has been edited and realised by William Bennett.The solo flute part is also included on a separate insert.

BWV997-The purpose of the series if Bach was a cellist is to live the fantasy that everything Bach wrote he wrote for the cello. It may also serve as a way for cellists to get close to Bach through works other than the six solo suites and the three gamba sonatas.I first came across the Partita by Johann Sebastian Bach in a version for flute and strings beautifully recorded by Kurt Redel. Since my early teens it has been on my list of special pieces.The four movements show extraordinary variation. In the hands of Bach the key of C minor becomes particularly powerful of limitless weight sometimes even stern. Is there an opening of a movement from the baroqueera which compares with power of the first movement here? It is a magni-ficent example of musical temperament.Three 18th century manuscripts survive. One found among the papers of C.Ph.E.Bach and two by Johann Philipp Kirnberger a student of J.S.Bach. All three are in the form of a keyboard sonata. Because of the choice of register however one may ask whether they are in turn arrangements of an original composition for solo flute or solo violin. The Double is very pianistic and may therefore have been added later. For all movements except the Fugue I have supplied a piano part for the right hand.

In this collection Robert Bancalari has made 26 pieces by J. S. Bach accessible to the mandolinist. Adapted from various suites sonatas and partitas the pieces in this collection include 'BoureeAngloise' from Partita in A Minor for Solo Flute 'Marche' from The Anna Magdalena Bach Notebook 'Fantasie' from Partita No. 3 in A Minor and more.  J. S. Bach For Mandolin iswritten in standard notation and tablature. The price of the book includes access to online audio tracks featuring recordings of 13 of the 26 solos.