Hopkinson Smith - Johann Sebastian Bach: Suites Nos. 1, 2 & 3 (2012)

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Date: Dec. 25, 2024

Hopkinson Smith - Johann Sebastian Bach: Suites Nos. 1, 2 & 3 (2012)
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Classical | Label: Naïve ‎| E 8937 | Recorded: 2012

Like many other composers of his time, Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) reused and rewrote much of his earlier material, often transcribing entire works for new instruments. So it probably would not have surprised him that musicians today are doing the same things with his music. Theorobist Hopkinson Smith follows up his successful album of Bach's Cello Suites 4, 5 & 6 transcribed for lute with the present disc of Nos. 1, 2 & 3, saying he transcribed the latter for theorbo because he finds the instrument more ideally suited in sound and aesthetic to the first three suites.
Fair enough, especially since Bach himself transcribed at least one of the suites for lute. Indeed, as Smith points out, “more than half of the continental lute music of the Renaissance is made up of adaptations of vocal works.” Whatever, the approach works and provides exquisite entertainment.
The theorbo, if you’re not sure, is a now-obsolete bass lute with two sets of strings attached to separate peg boxes, one above the other, on the neck. The biggest difference between the theorbo and the cello, of course, is that as one would do with any lute, one plucks the theorbo rather than using a bow. Think, then, of the cello suites on guitar, if it helps.
Smith performs the suites gently, with conviction and ease, creating from them easy-flowing renditions. He adds sweetness and refinement throughout the interpretations, making them rich and well thought out, as friendly to the ear as they are to the mind.

Performer:
Hopkinson Smith, theorbo

Tracklist:
Johann Sebastian Bach (1586-1750)
Suite No. 1 In G Major BWV 1007
01. I. Prelude
02. II. Allemande
03. III. Courante
04. IV. Sarabande
05. V. Menuets I & II
06. VI. Gigue
Suite No. 2 In D Minor BWV 1008
07. I. Prelude
08. II. Allemande
09. III. Courante
10. IV. Sarabande
11. V. Menuets I & II
12. VI. Gigue
Suite No. 3 In C Major BWV 1009
13. I. Prelude
14. II. Allemande
15. III. Courante
16. IV. Sarabande
17. V. Bourrées I & II
18. VI. Gigue


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