COMPOSERS: Bach
LABELS: Delos
WORKS: Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin, BWV 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006 (arr. Galbraith)
PERFORMER: Paul Galbraith (guitar)
CATALOGUE NO: DE 3232
With his eight-stringed instrument Galbraith finds greater tonal depth than other guitarists (and violinists). Chords are richly voiced, lines sing at very slow tempi – try the magnificently concentrated Chaconne. Faster music has a firm pulse, more fluid in minor than major. Robert Maycock
Bach: Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin, BWV 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006 (arr. Galbraith)
With his eight-stringed instrument Galbraith finds greater tonal depth than other guitarists (and violinists). Chords are richly voiced, lines sing at very slow tempi – try the magnificently concentrated Chaconne. Faster music has a firm pulse, more fluid in minor than major. Robert Maycock
Our rating
4
Published: January 20, 2012 at 3:10 pm