Roberto Zadra: Three Cello Suites Transcribed for Guitar - COMPACT DISCS

Title: Three Cello Suites Transcribed for Guitar
Artist: Roberto Zadra
Label: Stradivarius
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 8011570372116
Genre: Classical Artists
Release Date: 2024-01-05
Number of Discs: 1

The three Suites recorded on this CD (BWV 1007, BWV 1008 and BWV 1010) were transcribed for guitar by the performers themselves, following a practice customary for Bach and absolutely familiar to him (the Fifth Suite for cello has come down to us in two versions, one for cello and one for lute: we are not sure which came first). One should therefore recognise the full aesthetic legitimacy of the guitar transcription of these compositions, a practice, moreover, that has now been established for decades. This procedure is ultimately legitimised by the primacy, in Bach's language, of the harmonic and contrapuntal dimension over their sonic realisation, a primacy that led Ferruccio Busoni, for whom the concept of "transcription" occupies a position of absolute centrality in his aesthetic thought, to transcribe for piano not only numerous compositions for organ by Thomaskantor, but also the Chaconne from the Second Partita in D minor for solo violin. With specific regard to the guitar, one cannot fail to mention the name of Andrés Segovia, who transcribed for his instrument and recorded in 1946 the highly famous Chaconne.

Tracks:
1.1 I. Prélude [03:21]
1.2 II. Allemande [03:28]
1.3 III. Courante [02:20]
1.4 IV. Sarabande [05:24]
1.5 V. Menuet I-II [02:55]
1.6 VI. Gigue [03:08]
1.7 I. Prélude [04:01]
1.8 II. Allemande [04:53]
1.9 III. Courante [03:24]
1.10 IV. Sarabande [04:08]
1.11 V. Bourrée I-II [05:34]
1.12 VI. Gigue [03:04]
1.13 I. Prélude [02:44]
1.14 II. Allemande [04:04]
1.15 III. Courante [03:03]
1.16 IV. Sarabande [03:11]
1.17 V. Menuet I-II [03:57]
1.18 VI. Gigue [02:14]