Bram van Sambeek – Bram van Sambeek Plays Bach on the Bassoon (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

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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 disc 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 favourite 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 colours.

Tracklist:

01. Bram van Sambeek – Bach: Partita No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 826 (Arr. B.V. Sambeek for Eight Bassoons in Multitrack): I. Sinfonia (04:27)
02. Bram van Sambeek – Bach: Partita No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 826 (Arr. B.V. Sambeek for Eight Bassoons in Multitrack): II. Allemande (04:47)
03. Bram van Sambeek – Bach: Partita No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 826 (Arr. B.V. Sambeek for Eight Bassoons in Multitrack): III. Courante (02:26)
04. Bram van Sambeek – Bach: Partita No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 826 (Arr. B.V. Sambeek for Eight Bassoons in Multitrack): IV. Sarabande (04:16)
05. Bram van Sambeek – Bach: Partita No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 826 (Arr. B.V. Sambeek for Eight Bassoons in Multitrack): V. Rondeau (01:39)
06. Bram van Sambeek – Bach: Partita No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 826 (Arr. B.V. Sambeek for Eight Bassoons in Multitrack): VI. Capriccio (03:35)
07. Bram van Sambeek – Bach: French Suite No. 5 in G Major, BWV 816 (Arr. T. Wind for Bassoon) [Excerpts]: I. Allemande (03:22)
08. Bram van Sambeek – Bach: French Suite No. 5 in G Major, BWV 816 (Arr. T. Wind for Bassoon) [Excerpts]: II. Courante (01:45)
09. Bram van Sambeek – Bach: French Suite No. 5 in G Major, BWV 816 (Arr. T. Wind for Bassoon) [Excerpts]: III. Sarabande (05:26)
10. Bram van Sambeek – Bach: French Suite No. 5 in G Major, BWV 816 (Arr. T. Wind for Bassoon) [Excerpts]: V. Bourrée (01:37)
11. Bram van Sambeek – Bach: Partita in A Minor, BWV 1013 (Transcr. W. Waterhouse for Bassoon): I. Allemande (05:22)
12. Bram van Sambeek – Bach: Partita in A Minor, BWV 1013 (Transcr. W. Waterhouse for Bassoon): II. Corrente (03:29)
13. Bram van Sambeek – Bach: Partita in A Minor, BWV 1013 (Transcr. W. Waterhouse for Bassoon): III. Sarabande (05:30)
14. Bram van Sambeek – Bach: Partita in A Minor, BWV 1013 (Transcr. W. Waterhouse for Bassoon): IV. Bourrée anglaise (03:01)
15. Bram van Sambeek – Bach: Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007 (Transcr. B.V. Sambeek for Bassoon): I. Prélude (02:27)
16. Bram van Sambeek – Bach: Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007 (Transcr. B.V. Sambeek for Bassoon): II. Allemande (04:19)
17. Bram van Sambeek – Bach: Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007 (Transcr. B.V. Sambeek for Bassoon): III. Courante (02:28)
18. Bram van Sambeek – Bach: Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007 (Transcr. B.V. Sambeek for Bassoon): IV. Sarabande (02:48)
19. Bram van Sambeek – Bach: Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007 (Transcr. B.V. Sambeek for Bassoon): V. Menuetts I & II (02:59)
20. Bram van Sambeek – Bach: Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007 (Transcr. B.V. Sambeek for Bassoon): VI. Gigue (01:35)