Bram van Sambeek Plays Bach on the Bassoon Bram van Sambeek
Album info
Album-Release:
2022
HRA-Release:
02.09.2022
Label: BIS
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Artist: Bram van Sambeek
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Album including Album cover Booklet (PDF)
- Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750): Partita No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 826 (Arr. B.V. Sambeek for Eight Bassoons in Multitrack):
- 1 Bach: Partita No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 826 (Arr. B.V. Sambeek for Eight Bassoons in Multitrack): I. Sinfonia 04:24
- 2 Bach: Partita No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 826 (Arr. B.V. Sambeek for Eight Bassoons in Multitrack): II. Allemande 04:46
- 3 Bach: Partita No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 826 (Arr. B.V. Sambeek for Eight Bassoons in Multitrack): III. Courante 02:23
- 4 Bach: Partita No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 826 (Arr. B.V. Sambeek for Eight Bassoons in Multitrack): IV. Sarabande 04:14
- 5 Bach: Partita No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 826 (Arr. B.V. Sambeek for Eight Bassoons in Multitrack): V. Rondeau 01:38
- 6 Bach: Partita No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 826 (Arr. B.V. Sambeek for Eight Bassoons in Multitrack): VI. Capriccio 03:23
- French Suite No. 5 in G Major, BWV 816 (Arr. T. Wind for Bassoon) [Excerpts]:
- 7 Bach: French Suite No. 5 in G Major, BWV 816 (Arr. T. Wind for Bassoon) [Excerpts]: I. Allemande 03:19
- 8 Bach: French Suite No. 5 in G Major, BWV 816 (Arr. T. Wind for Bassoon) [Excerpts]: II. Courante 01:41
- 9 Bach: French Suite No. 5 in G Major, BWV 816 (Arr. T. Wind for Bassoon) [Excerpts]: III. Sarabande 05:25
- 10 Bach: French Suite No. 5 in G Major, BWV 816 (Arr. T. Wind for Bassoon) [Excerpts]: V. Bourrée 01:23
- Partita in A Minor, BWV 1013 (Transcr. W. Waterhouse for Bassoon):
- 11 Bach: Partita in A Minor, BWV 1013 (Transcr. W. Waterhouse for Bassoon): I. Allemande 05:17
- 12 Bach: Partita in A Minor, BWV 1013 (Transcr. W. Waterhouse for Bassoon): II. Corrente 03:27
- 13 Bach: Partita in A Minor, BWV 1013 (Transcr. W. Waterhouse for Bassoon): III. Sarabande 05:26
- 14 Bach: Partita in A Minor, BWV 1013 (Transcr. W. Waterhouse for Bassoon): IV. Bourrée anglaise 02:47
- Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007 (Transcr. B.V. Sambeek for Bassoon):
- 15 Bach: Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007 (Transcr. B.V. Sambeek for Bassoon): I. Prélude 02:25
- 16 Bach: Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007 (Transcr. B.V. Sambeek for Bassoon): II. Allemande 04:16
- 17 Bach: Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007 (Transcr. B.V. Sambeek for Bassoon): III. Courante 02:26
- 18 Bach: Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007 (Transcr. B.V. Sambeek for Bassoon): IV. Sarabande 02:42
- 19 Bach: Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007 (Transcr. B.V. Sambeek for Bassoon): V. Menuetts I & II 02:57
- 20 Bach: Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007 (Transcr. B.V. Sambeek for Bassoon): VI. Gigue 01:22
Info for Bram van Sambeek Plays Bach on the Bassoon
Nach einem Rock/Metal-Album, das er mit seiner Band ORBI [BIS-2297] aufgenommen hat, kehrt Bram van Sambeek mit seiner eigenen Idee eines Tanzalbums zurück. Dafür hat er vier Werke von Johann Sebastian Bach ausgewählt, die hauptsächlich aus typischen Barocktänzen bestehen - aber genauso wie van Sambeeks Metal-Album nicht zum Headbangen gedacht war, waren Bachs Tänze nicht zum Tanzen gedacht, sondern eher zum Zuhören.
Die Scheibe beginnt mit van Sambeeks eigenem Arrangement der berühmten Partita in c-Moll für Tasteninstrumente, die er in seinen Anmerkungen als eines seiner Lieblingswerke bezeichnet. Das Arrangement enthält jede Note der originalen Klavierstimme und ist für nicht weniger als acht Fagotte gedacht - alle von van Sambeek mit Hilfe der Mehrspurtechnik eingespielt. Die Idee dazu kam ihm, als er wegen der Pandemie monatelang eingesperrt war: Obwohl die Musiker nicht zusammen spielen konnten, blieb der Drang bestehen, echte Harmonien zu spielen. Vier Sätze aus einem anderen Klavierwerk - der Französischen Suite Nr. 5 - sind ebenfalls auf der CD enthalten, aber da diese eher melodisch als kontrapunktisch sind, haben sie sich für eine Einzelstimme angeboten. Die beiden anderen Werke, die Flötenpartita in a-Moll und die Cellosuite Nr. 1, tragen zu einem Gesamtergebnis bei, das einen neuen Blick auf bekannte Werke mit neuen Nuancen und Farben ermöglicht.
Bram van Sambeek, Fagott
Bram van Sambeek
is an international bassoonist and professor of bassoon at the Cologne University of Music. He is the only bassoonist to have received the most prestigious Dutch award in the field of classical music, the Dutch Music Prize. He is an alumnus of the Borletti-Buitoni Trust and of The Bowers Program of the Chamber Music Society of New York’s Lincoln Center. He played for ten years as principal bassoonist in the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra and as a regular guest principal in the London Symphony Orchestra and Mahler Chamber Orchestra. As a soloist, he performs with orchestras such as the Gothenburg, Lahti and Netherlands Symphony Orchestras. A dedicated chamber musician, he made his recital début at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw in 2003 and is a regular guest at prestigious festivals. Bram van Sambeek is known for his extremely versatile approach to bassoon playing, and is invited by some of Europe’s foremost concert halls to programme adventurous concerts, for example combining bassoon concertos by Vivaldi with hard rock songs, or playing the audience to sleep and letting them spend the night in the concert hall. Previous releases on BIS include a disc with bassoon concertos by Kalevi Aho and Sebastian Fagerlund which won the prestigious BBC Music Magazine Award, and an album of rock covers with ORBI (The Oscillating Revenge of the Background Instruments) which reached number 1 in the iTunes Classic Charts.
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