Sonates et Partitas (arr. pour guitare)

Description

Summits of the violin repertoire, Bach's Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin have always fascinated performers and music lovers with their architectural perfection, spiritual content and the breadth of their emotional palette. It is therefore not surprising that, like so many of Bach's works, they have been constantly arranged for other instruments. On a purely practical level, there are elements in the writing of these works that seem particularly well suited to the guitar, with its polyphony, melody, dynamics and tonal colors that lend themselves especially well to the complexity of works that seem to surpass the solo violin. Following his guitar transcription of Bach's four lute suites (BIS-2285), which BBC Music Magazine described as "a remarkable combination of technical ease, musical understanding and emotional directness," Franz Halasz now offers his own arrangements of the Sonatas and Partitas - new performances that combine historical practice and modern technique. Halasz appears on a number of acclaimed recordings for BIS, in a very varied repertoire, from Spanish Baroque music to contemporary works by Takemitsu and Gubaidulina, as well as tango and Brazilian music.