Alon Sariel, Francesca Benetti - Plucked Bach II (2024)
WEB FLAC (Tracks) 230 MB | Cover | 47:41 | MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 110 MB
Classical | Label: PentaTone
WEB FLAC (Tracks) 230 MB | Cover | 47:41 | MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 110 MB
Classical | Label: PentaTone
Mandolinist Alon Sariel continues his series of Bach transcriptions with Plucked Bach II. On his first Plucked Bach album (jpc 10925407), Sariel played the cello suites on a variety of plucked instruments. In this new recording, however, he plays works for lute, organ and violin - all on "only" two types of mandolin. With a distinctive and groundbreaking interpretation of his own transcriptions and arrangements, Sariel succeeds in breathing new life into some very familiar works by Johann Sebastian Bach. The iconoclastic Toccata and Fugue in D minor (BWV 565) for the organ takes on a contemplative and intimate character on the mandolin. Excerpts from the Lute Suite (BWV 998) and the Violin Partita No. 3 in E major (BWV 1006) are painted in a completely new color palette. In Bach's Violin Sonata No. 2 in A minor (BWV 1003), Alon Sariel demonstrates the incredible suitability of the mandolin for Bach's music. And as an encore, you will hear his interpretation of Ysaÿe's dazzling Obsession.