JS Bach: Suites for Baroque Lute
Hopkinson Smith (13-course baroque lute by Nico van der Waals & Joel van Lennep)
Smith generally takes a leisurely approach to tempo. One is thus able to savour Bach's writing, Smith extrapolations and the wine-dark tone of the instrument...even in the quicker dances he...
JS Bach: Suites for Baroque Lute
Hopkinson Smith (13-course baroque lute by Nico van der Waals & Joel van Lennep)
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Smith generally takes a leisurely approach to tempo. One is thus able to savour Bach's writing, Smith extrapolations and the wine-dark tone of the instrument...even in the quicker dances he...
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Bach’s writing in these suites is as varied and inventive as ever. Melodious, boisterous, amazingly delicate, expansively lyrical, then cleverly busy with detail in complicated figuration… I see my intention in arranging for a plucked instrument as a challenge to approach ‘what Bach himself might have done’ in adapting a piece from one medium to another. No one can ever know for sure, of course, but familiarity with his chamber music and keyboard works gives clues. Where the cello writing is melodious with occasional chords (places in the Allemandes and Sarabandes), the plucked instrument can provide a fuller accompaniment.”
Contents and tracklist
- Transc. for lute H. Smith
- Hopkinson Smith (lute)
- Recorded: October 1992
- Recording Venue: Beinwil Abbey, Canton Solothurn, Switzerland
- Transc. for lute H. Smith
- Hopkinson Smith (lute)
- Recorded: October 1992
- Recording Venue: Beinwil Abbey, Canton Solothurn, Switzerland
- Transc. for lute H. Smith
- Hopkinson Smith (lute)
- Recorded: June 1980
- Recording Venue: The church of Saint-Lambert-des-Bois, Yvelines, France
Awards and reviews
August 2013
Smith generally takes a leisurely approach to tempo. One is thus able to savour Bach's writing, Smith extrapolations and the wine-dark tone of the instrument...even in the quicker dances he offers a melancholic ambivalence that is wholly satisfying.
Hi-Fi Plus March 2013
Hopkinson Smith plays all three suites with great ease
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