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Bram van Sambeek Plays Bach on the Bassoon

Bram van Sambeek (bassoon)

This collection of arrangements for bassoon of keyboard, cello and flute suites is bold, occasionally challenging, but almost always engaging...Bassoon aficionados will need no encouragement;...

Bram van Sambeek Plays Bach on the Bassoon

Bram van Sambeek (bassoon)

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This collection of arrangements for bassoon of keyboard, cello and flute suites is bold, occasionally challenging, but almost always engaging...Bassoon aficionados will need no encouragement;...

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Following a rock/metal album recorded with his band ORBI [BIS-2297], Bram van Sambeek returns with his own idea of a dance album. For it he has selected four works by Johann Sebastian Bach that consist mainly of typical baroque dances - but just as van Sambeek's metal album wasn't made for headbanging, Bach's dances weren't meant for dancing, but rather to be listened to. The album opens with van Sambeek's own arrangement of the celebrated Partita in C minor for keyboard which he describes in his liner notes as one of his favorite works to listen to. The arrangement includes every note of the original keyboard part and is for no less than eight bassoons - all played by van Sambeek using multitrack recording technique. The idea for this came from having spent months in lockdown due to the pandemic: even though musicians were unable to play together, the urge to play actual harmonies persisted. Four movements from another keyboard work - the French Suite No. 5 - are also included on the disc, but as these are melodic rather than contrapuntal they have lent themselves to be arranged for a single voice. The remaining two works are the Flute Partita in A minor and Cello Suite No. 1, adding to an overall result which allows a new look on well-known works, with new nuances and colors.

Contents and tracklist

I. Sinfonia
Track length4:27
II. Allemande
Track length4:47
III. Courante
Track length2:26
IV. Sarabande
Track length4:16
V. Rondeau
Track length1:39
VI. Capriccio
Track length3:35
I. Allemande
Track length3:22
II. Courante
Track length1:45
III. Sarabande
Track length5:26
V. Bourrée
Track length1:37
I. Allemande
Track length5:22
II. Corrente
Track length3:29
III. Sarabande
Track length5:30
IV. Bourrée anglaise
Track length3:01
I. Prélude
Track length2:27
II. Allemande
Track length4:19
III. Courante
Track length2:28
IV. Sarabande
Track length2:48
V. Menuetts I & II
Track length2:59
VI. Gigue
Track length1:35

Awards and reviews

December 2022

This collection of arrangements for bassoon of keyboard, cello and flute suites is bold, occasionally challenging, but almost always engaging...Bassoon aficionados will need no encouragement; others may want to enjoy this anthology in small doses.

December 2022

Bram van Sambeek brings us Bach on the bassoon. And to overdo the alliteration, his playing is bold, beguiling and sufficiently bombastic.
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