World’s most beautiful lute piece? J.S.Bach(1685-1750)Sarabande in c-minor.Göran Söllscher guitar
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- Опубліковано 15 чер 2023
- This music reminds me a lot of Bach’s Matthew Passion.What more can I say…..
From Suite BWV 997
Recorded in me and my wife’s studio.
Guitar by Georg Bolin
Painting by Kerstin Eriksson-Söllscher
For 40 years I've listened to every recorded lutenist on this repertoire, and while the field is peppered with some fantastic musicians, I've always come back to your interpretations as the ones that embody in my mind the essence of these compositions. I am grateful to have been able to hear you play.
Reminds Me of those 60's Italian Movies where the Girl Runs Away From The Stifling Village Life and Ends up Working in a Cigarette Factory in Milan only to Rediscover Herself and end up Joining a Fishing Vessel Heading For Sicily ...Anyway that's What I Keep Seeing 🤫
I've always loved this piece. Bach wrote this piece well after he wrote his E minor suite when he was in his early twenties that contains the vigorous final gigue. This sarabande is preceded by a fugue which is one of the most engaging pieces ever written for a fretted fingerboard instrument. The phrase "restrained magnificence" comes to mind when hearing this great music. BRAVO Goran Sollcher!
Just a minute while I wipe the tear away. How could anybody not love this?
Regarding the unusual frets on bass chords, let me give an input, from a lutenist perspective : If we go back to "renaissance" lute, we have an instrument with 6 strings tuned in 4th : G-D-A-F-C-G (from up to low) that we play with left hand (like guitar), on which, in renaissance (Dowland period) a 7th bass string was added. The 7th can be tuned as a F (one degree lower than the bass G) or as a D if needed. This string is still fretted, so that the F#, first inversion of D major, can be played occasionally at the bass. So, yes, we play the 7th string with left hand sometime. Then a 8th string was added (F & D or C), and up to 10 (F,E,D,C). The added bass are called "open" basses, tuned on diatonic descending mode (every tone) - so the right hand thumb strike the needed bass, as the left hand of the pianist would. Now, we need to take an other fact in consideration : at that time, only gut strings existed (very expensive and breaking all time !) and the more you low down to bass, the longer the vibrating length must be. This is the reason why, in Italy, they invented the archiluth, adding a long piece of wood (mine is 1,40 m but it can reach 2 meters) with an other peg box - and the "open" bass are therefore in the void, no fret needed because they are never altered. BUT !!! there is a but !!! But, the 7th (F) and the 8th (E) are still upon the frets... why ? For the reason I explained before : the F is often altered in F# (D minor-> D major), and the E moll is altered in E (G minor -> G major), two tonalities very often used in Renaissance and baroque period. So to end up with this long annoying and cumbersome input, the fact that this guitar has frets all along is a pure esthetic choice from the luthier... esthetic that I, personally, don't really share. And why all strings, including lower bass are on the same "short" peg box ? Because, nowadays, we use "cordes filées" (sorry I don't know the term in english - "coated" may be ?) in copper or silver, and this changes the physical rules.
Yeah, but does it djent?
No other composer suffers as much from this phenomenon as Bach, for every piece is his most beautiful piece in the hands of the right interpreter. 🙂
On UA-cam, where we have so many channels with zero useful content, your channel is like a diamond among stones. Thank you for the great performance!
Thank you from Ukraine!
I grew up listening to Segovia playing Bach on the guitar. This performance brings me back to those glorious days of experiencing utter perfection.
Un barocco romantico grande esecuzione
this is exquisite
Sehr geehrter Göran Söllscher, es ist schön nicht nur die Musik zu hören sondern Ihnen auch beim Spielen zuzusehen. Vielen Dank! Dieses Jahr habe ich meine ersten Röhrenverstärker gebaut und auch meine erste Lautsprecherbox. Natürlich bin ich der Meinung, damit klingt es besonders gut.
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Absolutely beautiful!
Fantastic ❤
Gorgeous sound! Which microphone do you use?
magnifique!
A wonderful Bach piece matched with a impeccable performance!
Otroligt Göran! Din ton blir bara bättre med åren. Alltid en höjdpunkt när du lägger upp nytt material.