J.S. Bach was a versatile musician, serving as a composer, conductor, violinist, organist, singer, music director, cantor, copyist, and organ consultant, among other roles.
Composition History
The E Major Suite (BWV1006a) is believed to be an arrangement Bach himself made of his Partita III for violin (BWV1006), with an autograph manuscript surviving in Tokyo.
Composition History
The E Minor Suite (BWV996) is considered an early work, dating from between 1710 and 1717 when Bach was in Weimar.
Recording & Production
This album was recorded at the legendary Studio 3 at Abbey Road Studios in London.
Instruments
The recording features a custom-built 7-string guitar by master luthier Robert Ruck, designed to allow Bach's works to be played in their original register with an additional string.
Instruments
The lute, for which these suites were originally composed, has both the chordal capacity of a harpsichord and the melodic intimacy of bowed strings, allowing direct contact with the strings.
Compositional Technique
Bach's unaccompanied instrumental music, including these lute suites, creates an illusion of polyphony by blurring the line between melody and accompaniment.
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